Thermogravimetric characterisations of biomass and waste for gasification processes

VTT Publications

Volumn , Issue 607, 2006, Pages 3-103

  Moilanen, Antero ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ash sintering; Biomass; Fluidized bed gasifiers; Fuel properties; Gasification; Reactivity; Solid recovered fuel; Thermobalance; Thermogravimetric characterisation; Wastes

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750351913     PISSN: 12350621     EISSN: 14550849     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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