Steam-gasification of coal in a fluidized-bed/packed-bed reactor exposed to concentrated thermal radiation - Modeling and experimental validation

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3852-3861

  Von Zedtwitz, Peter ^a   Steinfeld, Aldo ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPOSITION; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; HEAT RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PACKED BEDS; REACTION KINETICS; STEAM; THERMAL EXPANSION;

ENERGY EQUATIONS; GAS COMPOSITION; GAS FORMATION; HIGH FLUX IRRADIATION;

COAL GASIFICATION;

GASIFICATION;

EID: 20344377944     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie050138w     Document Type: Article

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