Reaction kinetics and producer gas compositions of steam gasification of coal and biomass blend chars, part 2: Mathematical modelling and model validation

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2232-2240

  Xu, Qixiang ^a   Pang, Shusheng ^a   Levi, Tana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b CRL Energy Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Blended biomass and coal; Co gasification; Gasification reactions; Producer gas; Reactions kinetics; Solid char

Indexed keywords

BLENDED BIOMASS AND COAL; CO-GASIFICATION; GASIFICATION REACTIONS; PRODUCER GAS; REACTIONS KINETICS; SOLID CHAR;

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; BIOMASS; COAL; COAL GASIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); GASES; MASS TRANSPORTATION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PORE SIZE; PRESSES (MACHINE TOOLS); PYROLYSIS; REACTION RATES; STEAM;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 79953064078     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.02.054     Document Type: Article

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