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http://dx.doi.org/10.5658/WOOD.2018.46.4.309

Study on the Size Reduction Characteristics of Miscanthus sacchariflorus via Image Processing

Lee, Hyoung-Woo (College of Agriculture and Life Science, Chonnam National University)
Lee, Jae-Won (College of Agriculture and Life Science, Chonnam National University)
Gong, Sung-Ho (Intertek Kimsco Co., Ltd.)
Song, Yeon-Sang (Bioenergy Crop Research Center, National Institute of Crop Science, Rural Development Administration)

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Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology / v.46, no.4, 2018 , pp. 309-314 More about this Journal

Abstract

Size reduction is an important pre-processing operation for utilizing biomass as a sustainable resource in industrial-scale energy production and as a raw material for other industries. This work investigates the size reduction characteristics of air-dried Miscanthus sacchariflorus Goedae-Uksae 1 (Amur silver grass) via image processing and identifies the morphological characteristics of comminuted and screened M. sacchariflorus. At chopping lengths of 18, 40, 80, and 160 mm, 81%, 77%, 78%, and 76% of the particles, respectively, passed through a 4-mm sieve. Even a knife mill with a very small screen aperture (>1 mm) admitted over 10% of the particles. The average circularity and aspect ratio of the particles were <0.30 and >10, respectively. These results confirm that in all preparation modes, most M. sacchariflorus particles were needle-like in shape, irrespective of the type of preparation.

Keywords

size reduction; biomass; particle size distribution; image processing; Miscanthus sacchariflorus Goedae-Uksae 1;

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