Gasification of empty fruit bunch for hydrogen rich fuel gas production

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2416-2420

  Mohammed, M A A ^a   Salmiaton, A ^a   Azlina, Wan A K G ^a   Amran, Mohamad S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biomass; Empty fruit bunch; Energy source; Hydrogen; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957498565     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2011.2416.2420     Document Type: Article

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