On the microscopic mechanism of carbon gasification: A theoretical study

Carbon

Volumn 42, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 2921-2928

  Frankcombe, Terry J ^a,b   Smith, Sean C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

A. Graphitic carbon; B. Gasification; C. Computational chemistry, Modeling; D. Reaction kinetics

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COAL COMBUSTION; DESORPTION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GRAPHITE; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; POTENTIAL ENERGY; REACTION KINETICS; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

CARBON GASIFICATION; COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY; ENERGY GENERATION INDUSTRY; POTENTIAL ENERGY SURFACE (PES);

GASIFICATION;

EID: 4444335519     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2004.07.002     Document Type: Article

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