Biomass to Hydrogen via Fast Pyrolysis and Catalytic Steam Reforming of the Pyrolysis Oil or Its Fractions

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1507-1518

  Wang, D ^a   Czernik, S ^a   Montane D ^a,b   Mann, M ^a   Chornet, E ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; CATALYSTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGEN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OILS AND FATS; SCREENING; TEMPERATURE;

CATALYTIC STEAM REFORMING; OXYGENATES; PYROLIGNEOUS OIL; STEAM TO CARBON RATIO; THERMODYNAMIC MODELS;

PYROLYSIS;

EID: 0031143890     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie960396g     Document Type: Article

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