Gasification of palm empty fruit bunch in a bubbling fluidized bed: A performance and agglomeration study

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 2068-2076

  Lahijani, Pooya ^a   Zainal, Zainal Alimuddin ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Fluidized bed; Gasification; Palm empty fruit bunch; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

BED AGGLOMERATION; BED TEMPERATURE; BUBBLING FLUIDIZED BED; CARBON CONVERSIONS; COLD GAS EFFICIENCY; DRY GAS YIELD; EMPTY FRUIT BUNCHES; HEATING VALUE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PILOT SCALE; RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

AGGLOMERATION; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; FRUITS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

GASIFICATION;

CARBON; FUEL; HYDROGEN; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SULFUR;

AGGLOMERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EVERGREEN TREE; FLUIDIZATION; FRUIT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; ASH; COLD; FLUIDIZED BED; FRUIT; GAS; GASIFICATION; HEATING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MOISTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAWDUST; STOICHIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

ARECACEAE; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; FRUIT; GASES; PILOT PROJECTS; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 78650715517     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.09.101     Document Type: Article

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