Characterization of fast pyrolysis of dry distiller's grains (ddgs) and palm kernel cake using a heated foil reactor: Nitrogen chemistry and basic reactor modeling

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 4286-4300

  Giuntoli, Jacopo ^a   Gout, Jeroen ^a   Verkooijen, Adrian H M ^a   De Jong, Wiebren ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMIDES; DISTILLER'S GRAINS; FAST PYROLYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROMETER; HCN AND NH; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; INFRARED PYROMETERS; LIQUID BIOFUELS; LOW VELOCITIES; MECHANISM OF DECOMPOSITION; N-COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN CHEMISTRY; NUMERICAL MODELS; PALM KERNEL CAKE; PRODUCT COMPOSITION; REACTOR MODELING; SECONDARY REACTIONS; SLOW HEATING RATES; TAR CRACKING; UNLOADED SYSTEM; VELOCITY PROFILES; VOLATILE SPECIES; WATER LEACHING; WEIGHT LOSS;

AMIDES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HEATING; HEATING RATE; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; LEACHING; PYROLYSIS; THERMOCOUPLES;

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EID: 79954470604     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie101618c     Document Type: Article

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