Direct mechanical energy measures of hammer mill comminution of switchgrass, wheat straw, and corn stover and analysis of their particle size distributions
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Article history: Biomass particle size impa Received 9 June 2008 Received in revised form 11 December 2008 Accepted 10 February 2009 Available online 23 February 2009
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Direct measures of mechanical energy for knife mill size reduction of switchgrass, wheat straw, and corn stover.
Lengthy straw/stalk of biomass may not be directly fed into grinders such as hammer mills and disc refiners. Hence, biomass needs to be preprocessed using coarse grinders like a knife mill to allow for efficient feeding in refiner mills without bridging and choking. Size reduction mechanical energy was directly measured for switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.), wheat straw (Triticum aestivum L.), ...
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