Hydrogen production from pyrolysis oil using the steam-iron process: A process design study

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-135

  Bleeker, Mariken ^a   Gorter, Sander ^a   Kersten, Sascha ^a   Van Der Ham, Louis ^a   Van Den Berg, Henk ^a   Veringa, Hubert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomass; Hydrogen; Pyrolysis oil; Steam iron process

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; IRON OXIDES; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PYROLYSIS; REDOX REACTIONS; STEAM; STEAM ENGINEERING;

CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUMS; EQUILIBRIUM CONVERSION; HIGH ENERGY EFFICIENCY; OVERALL ENERGY EFFICIENCY; PROCESS SIMULATIONS; PROCESS TEMPERATURE; PYROLYSIS OIL; STEAM IRON PROCESS;

PROCESS DESIGN;

EID: 77953360491     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-009-0237-0     Document Type: Article

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