Recent progress in gasification/ pyrolysis technologies for biomass conversion to energy

Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-51

  Digman, Brett ^a   Joo, Hyun Soo ^b   Kim, Dong Shik ^a  

^a The University of Toledo   (United States)

^b Korea Environment Institute (KEI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Biomass gasification; Biomass pyrolysis; Co firing; Sytigas

Indexed keywords

BIO OIL; BIOMASS CONVERSION; BIOMASS GASIFICATION; BIOMASS PYROLYSIS; CELLULOSIC BIOMASS; CO-FIRING; CO-GASIFICATION; COPYROLYSIS; LIQUIFACTION; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; PYROLYSIS AND GASIFICATION; PYROLYSIS PRODUCTS; PYROLYSIS TECHNIQUE; RECENT PROGRESS; SOURCE OF ENERGY; SYN-GAS; SYTIGAS;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; ETHANOL; ETHANOL FUELS; GAS GENERATORS; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; PYROLYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

GASIFICATION;

EID: 67651092051     PISSN: 19447442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ep.10336     Document Type: Review

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