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Deformation and breakage of biofuel wood pellets

  • Alexander Russell
  • , Sylvia Larsson
  • , Shishir Shekhar
  • , Isaac Solomon
  • , Hamid Salehi Kahrizsangi
  • , Jordi Subirana
  • , Robert Samuelsson

    Publication: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    Abstract

    A convenient approach to employ an elliptic load-deformation elastoplastic approximation has been proposed and used to evaluate the mechanical behavior of pinewood biofuel pellets from lab-scale compressive load-deformation measurements. Verification of model predictions has been attempted against apparent finite element method based simulations. A database of essential mechanical properties has been established. This submission is intended as a model for being able to study the deformation and breakage behavior using lab-scale compression tests. (C) 2019 Institution of Chemical Engineers. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)419-426
    Number of pages8
    JournalChemical Engineering Research and Design
    Volume153
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2020

    Keywords

    • Biomass
    • Biofuel
    • Pellets
    • Wood
    • Strength
    • Breakage

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