Effect of biomass leaching on H2 production, ash and tar behavior during high temperature steam gasification (HTSG) process

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 5666-5673

  Skoulou, V ^a   Kantarelis, E ^a   Arvelakis, S ^c   Yang, W ^b   Zabaniotou, A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c Department of Chemical Engineering   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ash; Biomass; High temperature steam gasification (HTSG); Hydrogen; Tar; Water leaching

Indexed keywords

AIR GASIFICATION; ASH; BIOMASS RATIO; BIOMASS TAR; CATALYTIC EFFECTS; GAS PRODUCT; GASEOUS PHASE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE STEAM GASIFICATION (HTSG); OLIVE KERNEL; STEAM GASIFICATION; STEAM REFORMING; TAR CONCENTRATION; THERMAL BEHAVIORS; TWO-TEMPERATURE; WATER LEACHING;

BIOMASS; GAS GENERATORS; GASIFICATION; HYDROGEN; STEAM; STEAM ENGINEERING; TAR; WATER TREATMENT;

LEACHING;

EID: 67650744244     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.05.117     Document Type: Article

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