Hydrogen synthesis from biomass pyrolysis with in situ carbon dioxide capture using calcium oxide

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 4800-4813

  Widyawati, Meilina ^a   Church, Tamara L ^a   Florin, Nicholas H ^a,b   Harris, Andrew T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CaO; Carbon dioxide capture; Hydrogen; Pine; Pyrolysis; Thermogravimetric mass spectrometric analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS COMPONENTS; BIOMASS PYROLYSIS; CALCIUM OXIDE; CAO; CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE; CHAR GASIFICATION; DECOMPOSITION REACTION; GAS EVOLUTION; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; IN-SITU; ONSET TEMPERATURE; PINE; PINUS RADIATA; TAR CRACKING; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THERMODYNAMIC MODELING; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC-MASS SPECTROMETRIC ANALYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER-GAS SHIFT REACTIONS; WEIGHT LOSS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYST ACTIVITY; FEEDSTOCKS; FORESTRY; HYDROGEN; LIME; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REFORMING REACTIONS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TAR; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

PYROLYSIS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYSTS; GRAVIMETRY; HYDROGEN; MASS SPECTROMETERS; PINUS; PYROLYSIS; SYNTHESIS; TAR; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79953651208     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.11.103     Document Type: Article

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