Tar removal during the fluidized bed gasification of plastic waste

Waste Management

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 783-791

  Arena, Umberto ^a,b   Zaccariello, Lucio ^a,b   Mastellone, Maria Laura ^a,b  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b Ctro Regionale di Competenza Analisi e Monitoraggio del Rischio Ambientale of the Campania district   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; FULL MOLD PROCESS; GAS GENERATORS; GASIFICATION; HYDROGEN; OLIVINE; OXIDE MINERALS; PILOT PLANTS; POLYETHYLENES; QUARTZ; TAR;

BED MATERIALS; BED TEMPERATURES; BUBBLING FLUIDIZED BEDS; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; FLUIDIZED BED GASIFICATIONS; FLUIDIZING VELOCITIES; GASIFIER; IN-SITU; INTERNAL DIAMETERS; NATURAL OLIVINES; OPERATING CONDITIONS; PLASTIC WASTES; PRODUCT GASSES; QUARTZ SANDS; RECYCLED POLYETHYLENES; REDUCTION AGENTS; SYN GASSES; TAR REMOVALS; VOLUMETRIC FRACTIONS;

SILICATE MINERALS;

SILICON DIOXIDE; TAR;

CLEANUP; COAL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUIDIZATION; OLIVINE; PLASTIC; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; QUARTZ; REDUCTION; TAR; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GASIFICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; GASES; INCINERATION; POLYETHYLENE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; TARS;

EID: 56349097629     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2008.05.010     Document Type: Article

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