Performance analysis of a fixed-bed biomass gasifier using high-temperature air

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 235-245

  Yang, Weihong ^a   Ponzio, Anna ^a   Lucas, Carlos ^a   Blasiak, Wlodzimierz ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biomass fuel; Fixed bed; Gasification; High temperature air; Mathematical modeling

Indexed keywords

AIR; FUELS; GASIFICATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; IGNITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXYGEN;

BIOMASS FUEL; FIXED BED; HIGH-TEMPERATURE AIR;

BIOMASS;

EID: 30344434068     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2005.08.004     Document Type: Article

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