Fate of heavy metals during fixed bed downdraft gasification of willow wood harvested from contaminated sites

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 58-65

  Vervaeke, P ^a   Tack, F M G ^a   Navez, F ^b   Martin, J ^b   Verloo, M G ^a   Lust, N ^a,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c Environmental Research Center   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ash composition; Ash utilisation; Energy crop; Phytoremediation; Salix viminalis

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONTAMINATION; GASIFICATION; HARVESTING;

ASH COMPOSITION; ASH UTILIZATION; ENERGY CROP; PHYTOREMEDIATION;

HEAVY METALS;

CONTAMINATED LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HEAVY METAL;

GASIFICATION; HARVESTERS; HEAVY METALS; POLLUTION;

SALIX; SALIX VIMINALIS;

EID: 29044446924     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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