In situ catalytic ceramic candle filtration for tar reforming and particulate abatement in a fluidized-bed biomass gasifier

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 3804-3809

  Rapagnà, Sergio ^a   Gallucci, Katia ^b   Marcello, Manuela Di ^a   Foscolo, Pier Ugo ^b   Nacken, Manfred ^c   Heidenreich, Steffen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c Pall Filtersystems GmbH Werk Schumacher   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS GASIFIER; CANDLE FILTERS; CERAMIC CANDLE FILTERS; DRY BIOMASS; FLUIDIZED BED REACTORS; GAS YIELDS; IN-SITU; NI CATALYSTS; NON-CATALYTIC; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRODUCT GAS; STEAM GASIFICATION; TEMPERATURE RANGE;

BIOMASS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GAS GENERATORS; GASIFICATION; METHANE; MULLITE; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON CARBIDE; TAR;

AIR FILTERS;

EID: 67749088586     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef900166t     Document Type: Article

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