Synthetic natural gas by hydrothermal gasification of biomass. Selection procedure towards a stable catalyst and its sodium sulfate tolerance

Journal of Supercritical Fluids

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-105

  Waldner, Maurice H ^a   Krumeich, Frank ^b   Vogel, Frédéric ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b LABORATORY OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Biomass; Catalysis; Hydrothermal; SNG; Sulfate

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; GASIFICATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; LIQUEFIED GASES; SODIUM SULFATE;

HYDROTHERMAL GASIFICATION; INORGANIC SALT; SKELETAL NICKEL CATALYSTS; SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS;

NATURAL GAS;

EID: 34548544216     PISSN: 08968446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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