Comprehensive simulation of an intensified process for H2 production from steam gasification of biomass

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3909-3920

  Ji, Peijun ^a   Feng, Wei ^b   Chen, Biaohua ^a  

^a State Key Laboratory for Turbulence and Complex Systems   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS GASIFICATIONS; BUBBLING FLUIDIZED BEDS; COPRODUCT; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; FLUIDIZED BED GASIFIER; GASIFYING AGENTS; H2 PRODUCTIONS; HIGH PURITIES; SIMULATION RESULTS; STEAM GASIFICATION]; STEAM REFORMERS; THERMODYNAMIC EFFICIENCIES; WATER-GAS SHIFTS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CARBON MONOXIDE; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED PROCESS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; FULL MOLD PROCESS; GAS GENERATORS; GASIFICATION; HYDROGEN; STEAM; THERMODYNAMICS;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 65249112197     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie801191g     Document Type: Article

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