Pyrolysis and combustion of oil palm stone and palm kernel cake in fixed-bed reactors

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4622-4629

  Razuan, R ^a   Chen, Q ^a   Zhang, X ^a   Sharifi, V ^a   Swithenbank, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Char; Fixed bed combustion; Oil palm stone; Palm kernel cake; Slow pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW-RATE; BED HEIGHT; BURNING RATE; COMBUSTION EXPERIMENTS; COMBUSTION PRO-CESS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIXED-BED COMBUSTION; FIXED-BED REACTORS; MAIN CHARACTERISTICS; OIL PALM; PALM KERNEL CAKE; PRIMARY AIR; PYROLYSIS PRODUCTS; SLOW PYROLYSIS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; THERMOCHEMICAL CONVERSION;

AIR; CHEMICAL REACTORS; FLUE GASES; HEATING; PYROLYSIS; SMOKE; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

COMBUSTION;

AIRFLOW; COMBUSTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PYROLYSIS; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; GAS; HEATING; LOW TEMPERATURE; OIL PALM STONE; PALM KERNEL CAKE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; SOLID WASTE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITROGEN OXIDES; PLANT OILS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; TEMPERATURE; WASTE PRODUCTS;

ELAEIS;

EID: 77649293649     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.01.079     Document Type: Article

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