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Emission of Inorganic PM10 during the Combustion of Spent Biomass from Mallee Leaf Steam Distillation Xiangpeng Gao,† Syamsuddin Yani, and Hongwei Wu* Department of Chemical Engineering, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia S Supporting Information *
ABSTRACT: A mallee leaf (∼1 cm long × ∼1 cm wide), termed as “raw leaf”, was distilled in steam for 60 min to extract essential oil (mainly 1,8-cineole) and prepare a spent leaf. The raw and spent leaf samples were size-reduced and sieved to 75−150 μm to prepare samples for combustion in a laboratory-scale drop-tube furnace at 1400 °C in air to investigate the effect of steam distillation on the emission behavior of inorganic particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of
