Shahab Sokhansanj

TL;DR: In this article, a simulation model is developed to enhance and facilitate the studies concerning the design and analysis of wood pellet supply chains, which includes uncertainties, interdependencies between stages of the supply chain, and resource constraints.

TL;DR: A proposed collection option using loafer/ stacker was shown to be the best option followed by ensiling and baling, which may change if technologies such as loafing or ensiling (wet storage) methods are proved to be infeasible for large-scale collection systems.

TL;DR: In this article, the impact of feedstock preprocessing methods like sizing, baling, pelletizing, briquetting, washing/leaching, torrefaction and pelletization and steam explosion in attainment of optimum feedstock characteristics to successfully co-fire biomass with coal is discussed.

TL;DR: In this article, a modified line heat source within a wood pellets container was used to determine the thermal conductivity and specific heat capacity of wood pellets with moisture content ranging from 1.4% to 9% w.b.

TL;DR: In this article, a simple and direct method of airborne dust particle dimensional measurement and size distribution analysis using machine vision is proposed, which involves development of a user-coded ImageJ plugin that measures particle length and width and analyzes size distribution of particles based on particle length from high resolution scan images.