Modeling and Experimental Verification of Physical and Chemical Processes during Pyrolysis of a Refuse-Derived Fuel

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 90-98

  Cozzani, Valerio ^a   Nicolella, Cristiano ^b   Rovatti, Mauro ^b   Tognotti, Leonardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIXED BED REACTORS; GAS GENERATION RATE; PRODUCT YIELDS; REFUSE DERIVED FUEL; VOID FRACTION;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SYNTHETIC FUELS; TAR; TEMPERATURE;

PYROLYSIS;

EID: 0029733728     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie9500984     Document Type: Article

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