Review and analysis of biomass gasification models

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2841-2851

  Puig Arnavat, Maria ^a   Bruno, Joan Carles ^a   Coronas, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomass; Gasification; Kinetic model; Thermodynamic model

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOMASS GASIFICATION; COMPLEX PROCESSES; GASIFICATION MODEL; GASIFIERS; KINETIC MODELS; OPTIMISATIONS; PROCESS ANALYSIS; PROCESS PARAMETERS; SOURCE OF ENERGY; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL;

BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS GENERATORS; KINETIC THEORY; NEURAL NETWORKS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

GASIFICATION;

EID: 77957052803     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2010.07.030     Document Type: Review

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