Biomass conversions in subcritical and supercritical water: Driving force, phase equilibria, and thermodynamic analysis

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1459-1467

  Feng, Wei ^a   Van Der Kooi, Hedzer J ^a   De Swaan Arons, Jakob ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomass conversion; Driving force; Hydrothermal upgrading; Supercritical water gasification; The SAFT equation of state; Thermodynamic analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; EXERGY; GASIFICATION; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; THERMODYNAMICS;

BIOMASS CONVERSION; HYDROTHERMAL UPGRADING (HTU); SUPERCRITICAL WATER GASIFICATION (SCWG);

SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS;

SUPERCRITICAL FLUID;

EID: 4644220810     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2004.01.004     Document Type: Article

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