Pilot-scale gasification of corn stover, switchgrass, wheat straw, and wood: 1. Parametric study and comparison with literature

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1859-1871

  Carpenter, Daniel L ^a   Bain, Richard L ^a   Davis, Ryan E ^a   Dutta, Abhijit ^a   Feik, Calvin J ^a   Gaston, Katherine R ^a   Jablonski, Whitney ^a   Phillips, Steven D ^a   Nimlos, Mark R ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPEN PLUS; BIOMASS GASIFICATION; BIOMASS RATIO; CORN STOVER; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; GASIFIERS; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PILOT SCALE; PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS; PROCESS MODEL; SULFUR ANALYSIS; SWITCHGRASS; SYNGAS PRODUCTION; THERMAL CRACKER; WHEAT STRAWS;

CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; FEEDSTOCKS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS GENERATORS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PELLETIZING; STEAM CRACKING; SULFUR; TAR;

GASIFICATION;

EID: 77649084598     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie900595m     Document Type: Article

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