Biomass gasification with air in fluidized bed. Hot gas cleanup with selected commercial and full-size nickel-based catalysts

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1143-1154

  Caballero, Miguel A ^a   Corella, José ^b   Aznar, María Pilar ^a   Gil, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CATALYST DEACTIVATION; CATALYSTS; FLUE GASES; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GASIFICATION; HYDROGEN; NICKEL; REACTION KINETICS; TAR;

HOT GAS CLEANUP;

CATALYSIS;

NICKEL; TAR;

BIOMASS; FLUIDIZED BED; GASIFICATION;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; GAS ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; REACTOR;

EID: 0034069415     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie990738t     Document Type: Article

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