Biomass pyrolysis: A state-of-the-art review

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 393-414

  Babu, B V ^a  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Biomass; Gasification; Heat transfer; Kinetics; Mass transfer; Modeling; Plasma pyrolysis; Pyrolysis; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATE SOURCE; BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK; BIOMASS PYROLYSIS; CHEMICAL KINETICS MODEL; COMBUSTION PRO-CESS; CONVENTIONAL ENERGY SOURCES; CURRENT STATUS; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; GASEOUS PRODUCTS; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER MODEL; HIGH ENERGY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT; KINETIC MODELS; MASS TRANSFER MODELS; MODELING; MODELING STUDIES; ORGANICS; PLASMA PYROLYSIS; REACTION SCHEMES; RENEWABLE ENERGY; STATE-OF-THE-ART REVIEWS;

BIOMASS; CHARCOAL; GAS GENERATORS; GASIFICATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; MASS TRANSFER; PLASMAS; REACTION KINETICS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

CRACKING (CHEMICAL);

EID: 55949111784     PISSN: 1932104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bbb.92     Document Type: Review

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