Fuel saving, carbon dioxide emission avoidance, and syngas production by tri-reforming of flue gases from coal- and gas-fired power stations, and by the carbothermic reduction of iron oxide

Energy

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 3171-3185

  Halmann, M ^a   Steinfeld, A ^b,c  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Carbon; Carbon dioxide; Coal; Coal fired power stations; Coke; Flue gases; Fuel saving; Gas fired power stations; Greenhouse gas; Hydrogen; Iron; Iron oxide; Methane; Methanol; Natural gas reforming; Partial oxidation; Power stations; Reforming; Syngas; Thermoneutral; Tri reforming

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON; COAL; FLUE GASES; HYDROGEN; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS;

GREENHOUSE GAS; SYNGAS; WATER GAS SHIFT (WGS);

POLLUTION CONTROL;

AMMONIA; CARBON; COAL; FLUE GASES; HYDROGEN; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; POLLUTION CONTROL;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; IRON; NATURAL GAS; POWER PLANT;

EID: 33748297558     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2006.03.009     Document Type: Article

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