High energy syngas production by waste tyres steam gasification in a rotary kiln pilot plant. Experimental and numerical investigations

Fuel

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2721-2728

  Donatelli, A ^a   Iovane, P ^a   Molino, A ^a  

^a Trisaia Research Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

Rotary kiln; Steam gasification; Syngas; Waste tyres

Indexed keywords

CHEMCAD; COMMERCIAL CODES; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; GAS ENERGY; GAS FEATURES; HIGH ENERGY; INPUT ENERGY; LOWER HEATING VALUE; MASS RATIO; MAXIMUM VALUES; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PROCESS PERFORMANCE; PROCESS TEMPERATURE; STEAM GASIFICATION; SYN-GAS; SYNGAS PRODUCTION;

CALORIFIC VALUE; FURNACES; GAS GENERATORS; GASES; GASIFICATION; HEATING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PILOT PLANTS; ROTARY KILNS; STEAM;

ENERGY CONVERSION;

EID: 77954798047     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2010.03.040     Document Type: Article

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