Assessment of a small sawdust gasification unit

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 467-476

  Wander, Paulo R ^a,b   Altafini, Carlos R ^b   Barreto, Ronaldo M ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Downdraft gasifier; Gas recirculation; Gasification process; Pinus elliottii; Wood residues

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BALANCE; SAWDUST GASIFICATION;

COAL; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GASIFICATION; SAWDUST;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS POWER;

PINUS ELLIOTTII;

EID: 4344705514     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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