Thermally impregnated Ni-olivine catalysts for tar removal by steam reforming in biomass gasifiers

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 717-723

  Zhao, Zhongkui ^a   Kuhn, John N ^a   Felix, Larry G ^b   Slimane, Rachid B ^c   Choi, Chun W ^c   Ozkan, Umit S ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

^b GAS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c GAS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS GASIFIERS; TIME-ON-STREAM (TOS); WATER GAS SHIFT (WGS);

BIOMASS; METHANATION; OLIVINE; OXIDATION; TAR; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

NICKEL;

BIOMASS; METHANATION; NICKEL; OLIVINE; OXIDATION; TAR; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 39449084406     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie071089l     Document Type: Article

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