Biomass Gasification with Steam in Fluidized Bed: Effectiveness of CaO, MgO, and CaO-MgO for Hot Raw Gas Cleaning

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1535-1543

  Delgado, Jesús ^a   Aznar, María P ^a   Corella, José ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BIOMASS; CALCITE; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GASES; MAGNESITE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REACTION KINETICS; STEAM; TEMPERATURE;

DOLOMITE; GASIFIER; MICROKINETIC MODEL; RAW HOT GAS;

GASIFICATION;

FLUIDIZED BEDS; GASIFICATION;

EID: 0031148438     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie960273w     Document Type: Article

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