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dc.contributor.authorZhang, Mingming
dc.contributor.authorGao, Xiangpeng
dc.contributor.authorWu, Hongwei
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T14:59:07Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T14:59:07Z
dc.date.created2013-12-11T04:18:00Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationZhang, Mingming and Gao, Xiangpeng and Wu, Hongwei. 2013. A Method for the Quantification of Alkali and Alkaline Earth Metallic Species in Bioslurry Fuels. Energy & Fuels. 27: pp. 6823-6830.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42342
dc.identifier.doi10.1021/ef401632h
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This study reports a method for the quantification of alkali and alkaline earth metallic (AAEM) species in bioslurry fuels. The so-called evaporation-ashing-digestion-ion chromatography (IC) method consists of four steps, including evaporation that converts bioslurry into solid-like residue, ashing that converts the residue into ash, acid digestion that dissolves the ash into a solution, and IC analysis that quantifies the AAEM species in the solution. The novelty of the method is the combination of the evaporation step with the existing ashing-digestion-IC method that is developed for solid fuels but notsuitable for bioslurry fuels. The evaporation step consists of multi-steps of slow heating and holding at various segment temperatures corresponding to the boiling points of the major compounds in bio-oil, resulting in progressive evaporation of biooil vapors with little carry-over of biochar particles. The method has been successfully applied for quantifying AAEM species in bioslurry fuels with various biochar loading levels (5-20 wt %), with small relative standard errors (within ±3%) and low limitations of quantification (0.4-3.0 ppm). It also overcomes the biochar incomplete oxidation issue associated with the microwave-digestion-based methods, which considerably underestimate the concentrations of AAEM species in bioslurry fuels.

dc.publisherAmerican Chemical Society
dc.titleA Method for the Quantification of Alkali and Alkaline Earth Metallic Species in Bioslurry Fuels
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume27
dcterms.source.startPage6823
dcterms.source.endPage6830
dcterms.source.issn0887-0624
dcterms.source.titleEnergy & Fuels
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