Augmented Leaching Pretreatments for Forest Wood Waste and Their Effect on Ash Composition and the Lignocellulosic Network
- Submitting institution
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The University of Hull
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 3481217
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c00351
- Title of journal
- ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering
- Article number
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- First page
- 5674
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 14
- ISSN
- 2168-0485
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- March
- Year of publication
- 2020
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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4
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This research, funded by EPSRC (EP/P034667/1) and Research England (UKRI/2312616), demonstrated for the first time that low energy ultrasound can be used in the processing of biomass fuels to reduce energy costs and harmful emissions, and most importantly decrease ash formation. The latter in particular, can cause significant operational problems including corrosion and increased downtime for cleaning and maintenance. This important finding significantly increases the viability and sustainability of using woody biomass waste as an alternative to burning coal. (https://www.theicon.org.uk/biomass-research-seeks-to-make-production-cleaner-and-more-energy-efficient/)
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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