Biomass gasification with air in an atmospheric bubbling fluidized bed. Effect of six operational variables on the quality of the produced raw gas

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2110-2120

  Narváez, Ian ^a   Orío, Alberto ^a   Aznar, Maria P ^b   Corella, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GAS FUEL ANALYSIS; GASIFICATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC BUBBLING FLUIDIZED BED; EQUIVALENCE RATIO;

BIOMASS;

ENERGY; FLUIDIZED BEDS-GAS/SOLID;

EID: 0030199384     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie9507540     Document Type: Article

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