Calculation of the conditions to get less than 2 g tar/mn3 in a fluidized bed biomass gasifier

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 841-846

  Corella, José ^a   Toledo, José M ^a   Molina, Gregorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomass; Circulating fluidized bed (CFB); Gas cleaning; Gasification; Renewable energies; Tar

Indexed keywords

FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION; GASIFICATION; KINETIC THEORY OF GASES; MOISTURE; REACTION KINETICS; TAR;

BIOMASS FLOW RATES; CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED (CFB); GAS CLEANING; RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

BIOMASS;

EID: 33746302283     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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