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Energy potential, flow characteristics and stability of water and alcohol-based rice-straw biochar slurry fuel

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  • Cueva Zepeda, Lolita
  • Griffin, Gregory
  • Shah, Kalpit
  • Al-Waili, Ibrahim
  • Parthasarathy, Rajarathinam

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Biochar/char slurry (CS) has the potential to be a biofuel in transport and energy applications. This work investigates the effects of varying the liquid suspension medium on the stability, rheology, and higher heating value (HHV) of a biochar-based-slurry biofuel. The slurry was formed with 40 %wt. of rice straw biochar (RSB) and water and ethanol-water mixtures as the suspension mediums. Three surfactants, sodium lignosulfonate (SL), sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP), and sodium dodecylbenzene-sulfonate (SDS), were used in water, whereas only SDS was used within the ethanol-water mixtures.

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  • Cueva Zepeda, Lolita & Griffin, Gregory & Shah, Kalpit & Al-Waili, Ibrahim & Parthasarathy, Rajarathinam, 2023. "Energy potential, flow characteristics and stability of water and alcohol-based rice-straw biochar slurry fuel," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 207(C), pages 60-72.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:207:y:2023:i:c:p:60-72
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2023.02.104
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