Effect of Steam Explosion Pretreatment on Size Reduction and Pellet Quality of Woody and Agricultural Biomass

Steam explosion is a thermo-chemical pretreatment widely used to disrupt the ultrastructure of the cell wall of the ligno-cellulosic fiber to improve the fractionation of the major ligno-cellulosic components of the biomass for biochemical conversion. In recent years, steam explosion pretreatment has been applied on the fibers for improving the pellet quality of woody and agricultural biomass for thermo-chemical conversion. The improved qualities include high bulk density, low equilibrium moisture Pak Sui Lam University of British Columbia, Canada Pak Yiu Lam University of British Columbia, Canada Shahab Sokhansanj University of British Columbia, Canada & Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA Xiaotao T. Bi University of British Columbia, Canada C. Jim Lim University of British Columbia, Canada Staffan Melin University of British Columbia, Canada Effect of Steam Explosion Pretreatment on Size Reduction and Pellet Quality

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