Investigation of the oxidation zone in a biomass two-stage down-draft gasifier

ECOS 2005 - Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation, and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1525-1532

  Gerun, Luc ^a   Bellettre, Jérôme ^a   Tazerout, Mohand ^a   Gøbel, Benny ^b   Henriksen, Ulrik ^b  

^a ECOLE DES MINES DE NANTES   (France)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Modelling; Partial oxidation; Tar; Two stage downdraft gasifier

Indexed keywords

COAL TAR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); CRACKS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; TAR; TURBULENCE MODELS;

DOWNDRAFT GASIFIER; HOMOGENEOUS REACTION; PARTIAL COMBUSTION; PARTIAL OXIDATIONS; PROCESS OPTIMISATION; RNG TURBULENCE MODEL; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TWO-STAGE GASIFIER;

OXIDATION;

EID: 40249102828     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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