Steam reforming of naphthalene as model biomass tar over iron-aluminum and iron-zirconium oxide catalyst catalysts

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1609-1616

  Noichi, Hiroyuki ^a   Uddin, Azhar ^a   Sasaoka, Eiji ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomass; Iron oxide catalysts; Naphthalene; Tar decomposition

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; BIOMASS; CATALYSTS; CATALYTIC REFORMING; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COPPER; COPPER OXIDES; IRON; IRON COMPOUNDS; IRON OXIDES; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METALS; NAPHTHALENE; STEAM REFORMING; TAR; ZIRCONIA; ZIRCONIUM;

ACTIVITY ENHANCEMENT; CATALYTIC DEACTIVATION; CATALYTIC PROPERTIES; IRON OXIDE CATALYST; MIXED METAL OXIDE CATALYST; NAPHTHALENE CONVERSION; REDUCTION OF IRON OXIDE; STEADY-STATE CONDITION;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 77957918671     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2010.06.009     Document Type: Article

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