A comprehensive mathematical model for biomass gasification in a bubbling fluidized bed reactor

Fuel

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3650-3661

  Kaushal, Priyanka ^a   Abedi, Jalal ^a   Mahinpey, Nader ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chemical process; Fluidization; Gasification; Kinetics; Mathematical model

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS GASIFICATION; BIOMASS PYROLYSIS; BUBBLING FLUIDIZED BED; BUBBLING FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR; CHEMICAL PROCESS; CRITICAL PARAMETER; DENSE BEDS; DEVOLATILIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLUIDIZING AGENTS; GAS CONCENTRATION; GASIFIERS; MAJOR AXIS; MASS AND ENERGY BALANCE; MATERIAL CLASSIFICATION; OVERALL-MODEL; STEADY-STATE MODELS; SUBMODELS;

BIOMASS; BUBBLE FORMATION; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL REACTORS; EMULSIFICATION; FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GAS GENERATORS; GASIFICATION; OXYGEN; PYROLYSIS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 77956618478     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2010.07.036     Document Type: Article

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