
Comminution Properties of Biomass in Hammer Mill and its
Cadoche and López (1989) tested knife and hammer mills on hardwood chips, agricultural straw and corn stover. Energy consumption to reduce hardwood chips to a particle size of 1.6 mm was 130 kWh/Mg for both hammer and knife mills. The hammer mill required more energy (115 kWh/Mg) than a knife mill (50 kWh/Mg) for 3.2 mm particle size.
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