Research Article

Improvement of Thermal Processes for Using Residues from Bioethanol and Sugar Production in Brazil: Experiments and Proposed Optimization Measures

Table 2

Overview of equations for the mean particle size.

Equation 5surface partial

Equation 6volume partial

Equation 7specific surface area

where = area of the particles [mm2]; = mean particle size [mm]; V = volume [mm3]; and = specific surface area [mm−1].