Reclamation of Acid Soils with Biomass Ashes from Pyrolytic Wood Liquefaction

Reclamation of Acid Soils

Contents 1. Introduction 2. Soil acidity and its indices 2.1. Actual acidity. 2.2. Potential acidity. 2.3. Cation (positive ion) exchange capacity and saturation with bases. 3. Natural reasons for increasing soil acidification 3.1. Leaching regime. 3.2. Soil-forming rocks and plants. 3.3. The distribution of acid soils. 4. The reasons for anthropogenic acidification of soils. The phenomenon of ...

The Study on the liquefaction residues of wood biomass

Pyrolytic sugars from cellulosic biomass.

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Biomass acid-catalyzed liquefaction – Catalysts performance and polyhydric alcohol influence

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