The importance of size reduction to the commercial deployment of biomass utilization
technologies cannot be overemphasized. Size reduction is necessary to create good …

Steels are commonly used in high-performance demanding applications due to their
favourable mechanical properties. Various surface engineering techniques have been …

A new biomass comminution system, Crumbler rotary shear, was developed to process fuel-
grade biomass. The rotary shear is more efficient than the traditional hammer mill in …

The inorganic content of biomass impairs size reduction tool life and the conversion process.
Conventional ash extraction relies on furnace combustion that inevitably alters the inorganic …

Erodants and abradants are two types of wear-causing particles (WCP). Despite their effects
on the severity and rate of wear, WCP are inadequately characterized in a surprising …

Mechanical preprocessing of biomass, including size reduction, is a crucial step in
converting biomass into biofuel. However, feedstock inevitably contains abrasive intrinsic …

An analytical erosion model that relates critical process parameters (speed and
impingement angle) to critical material attributes of inorganic mineral species in feedstock …

A series of wear tests using a custom-built shredder was conducted for size reduction of corn
stover biomass feedstock with three cutter materials: a conventional D2 tool steel, iron …