Adiabatic fixed-bed gasification of coal, dairy biomass, and feedlot biomass using an air-steam mixture as an oxidizing agent

Renewable Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2789-2797

  Gordillo, Gerardo ^a   Annamalai, Kalyan ^a   Carlin, Nicholas ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal; Dairy Manure; Feedlot Biomass; Fixed bed; Gasification; Hydrogen

Indexed keywords

BED TEMPERATURE; CATTLE FEEDLOTS; CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUMS; CO AND CH; CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS; DAIRY MANURE; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; ENERGY RECOVERY; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FEEDLOT BIOMASS; FIXED BED; GAS COMPOSITIONS; HIGHER HEATING VALUE; LIGNITE COAL; MAIN PARAMETERS; MODELING STUDIES; OXIDIZING AGENTS; RENEWABLE FEEDSTOCKS; SUBBITUMINOUS COAL; SYN-GAS; TOTAL OXYGEN; WYOMING;

BIOMASS; BITUMINOUS COAL; COAL GASIFICATION; COAL INDUSTRY; DAIRIES; ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; GAS GENERATORS; HYDROGEN; MANURES; MIXTURES; OXYGEN; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; STEAM;

METAL RECOVERY;

BIOMASS; CATTLE; COAL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DAIRY FARMING; DATA ACQUISITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAS PRODUCTION; MANURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 68049120182     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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