Agglomeration problems during fluidized bed gasification of olive-oil residue: Evaluation of fractionation and leaching as pre-treatments

Fuel

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1261-1270

  Arvelakis, Stelios ^a   Gehrmann, Hans ^b   Beckmann, Michael ^c   Koukios, Emmanuel G ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Clausthaler Umwelttechnik Institut GmbH   (Germany)

^c BAUHAUS UNIVERSITY WEIMAR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ash behavior; Fractionation; Leaching

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; FRACTIONATION; LEACHING;

THERMOCHEMICAL TREATMENT;

GASIFICATION;

EID: 0037512483     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-2361(03)00013-9     Document Type: Article

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