Retention of organic elements during solid fuel pyrolysis with emphasis on the peculiar behavior of nitrogen

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1631-1643

  Lang, Todd ^a   Jensen, Anker Degn ^a   Jensen, Peter Arendt ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHARCOAL; COMBUSTION; HEATING FURNACES; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; PETROLEUM DISTILLATES; PYROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; SULFUR; THERMAL EFFECTS;

LAB-SCALE FURNACES; ORGANIC ELEMENTS; PURGE GAS; RELATIVE RETENTION; SOLID FUEL CHARS; SOLID FUEL PYROLYSIS;

FOSSIL FUELS;

EID: 23344436944     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef049739a     Document Type: Article

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