Fluidized bed steam gasification of solid biomass - Performance characteristics of an 8 MWth combined heat and power plant

International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Pröll, Tobias ^a   Aichernig, Christian ^a   Rauch, Reinhard ^b   Hofbauer, Hermann ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b Repotec Renewable Power Technology   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fluidized bed gasification; Gasification modeling; Gasifier performance map; Plant optimization; Process simulation; Steam gasification

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; GASIFICATION; HEAT GENERATION;

FLUIDIZED BED GASIFICATION; PLANT OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS SIMULATION; STEAM GASIFICATION;

BIOMASS;

EID: 34948841998     PISSN: 21945748     EISSN: 15426580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1542-6580.1398     Document Type: Article

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