Renewable production of methane from woody biomass by catalytic hydrothermal gasification

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 4543-4551

  Waldner, Maurice H ^a   Vogel, Frédéric ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GASIFICATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; NATURAL GAS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

BATCH REACTOR; CATALYTIC HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; FEED CARBON; WOODY BIOMASS;

METHANE;

GASIFICATION;

EID: 22544453899     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie050161h     Document Type: Article

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