Biomass gasification modelling: An equilibrium model, modified to reproduce the operation of actual reactors

Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 493-502

  Damiani, Lorenzo ^a   Trucco, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS GASIFICATION; EQUILIBRIUM MODELS; EQUILIBRIUM SIMULATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GAS COMPOSITIONS; GAS FLOWRATE; GASIFICATION PROCESS; MATLAB-SIMULINK; MODEL OUTPUTS; NON EQUILIBRIUM; NON-EQUILIBRIUM EFFECTS; OPERATING PARAMETERS; PERFORMANCE PREDICTION; REACTION TEMPERATURE; SEMI-EMPIRICAL CORRELATION; SOLID PRODUCTS;

CHARCOAL; GAS GENERATORS; GASIFICATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 77953208068     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/GT2009-60323     Document Type: Conference Paper

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