Trace element behaviour in the Sasol-Lurgi MK IV FBDB gasifier. Part 2 - The semi-volatile elements: Cu, Mo, Ni and Zn

Fuel

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 961-969

  Bunt, J R ^a   Waanders, F B ^b  

^a SASOL TECHNOLOGY PTY LTD   (South Africa)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cu, Mo, Ni and Zn; Modelling; Sasol Lurgi fixed bed dry bottom gasification; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; AIR CLEANERS; ASH HANDLING; CARBONIZATION; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; COAL; COAL GAS; COAL GASIFICATION; COAL INDUSTRY; COMBUSTION; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORECASTING; GAS GENERATORS; GASIFICATION; LEACHING; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MATERIALS HANDLING; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SIZE DETERMINATION; SMOKE; THERMOCHEMISTRY; THERMODYNAMICS; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VAPORIZATION; ZINC;

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; ASH FRACTIONS; BOTTOM ASHES; COAL CONVERSIONS; COAL PARTICLES; COAL UTILIZATIONS; COUNTER CURRENTS; CU, MO, NI AND ZN; DIRECT EMISSIONS; ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT FACTORS; FEED COALS; GAS CLEANING PROCESS; GAS-PHASE; GASEOUS SPECIES; GASIFICATION PROCESS; GASIFIER; HEAT TRANSFER LIMITATIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURES; LEACHING TESTS; MASS-BALANCE CALCULATIONS; MATRIXES; MEASURED RESULTS; MODEL PREDICTIONS; MODELLING; PARTICLE SIZE REDUCTIONS; PARTS PER MILLIONS; PHASE PARTITIONING; PYROLYSIS ZONES; REDUCTION ZONES; SAMPLING CAMPAIGNS; SASOL-LURGI FIXED-BED DRY-BOTTOM GASIFICATION; SEMI-VOLATILE ELEMENTS; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM; TRACE ELEMENT CONTENTS; VAPORISATION; VOLATILE TRACE ELEMENTS;

COAL COMBUSTION;

EID: 60449113734     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2008.10.041     Document Type: Review

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