Numerical modeling of tar species/VOC dissociation for clean and intelligent energy production

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-93

  Taralas, Georgios ^a   Kontominas, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CHEMICAL REACTORS; GASIFICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PYROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; TAR; TOLUENE; UNSATURATED COMPOUNDS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CHEMICAL KINETIC MODEL; DYNAMIC STEADY STATE ASSUMPTIONS; GAS PHASE ASSUMPTIONS; GAS PHASE MOLAR RATIOS; PLUG-FLOW REACTOR; TAR DERIVED SPECIES;

DISSOCIATION;

EID: 13444256518     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef040048o     Document Type: Article

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