Application of a detailed mathematical model to the gasifier unit of the dual fluidized bed gasification plant

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2491-2498

  Kaushal, Priyanka ^a   Proell, Tobias ^a   Hofbauer, Hermann ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biomass; Fluidization; Gasification; Mathematical model; Parameter variation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS CHAR; BUBBLING FLUIDIZED BED; DENSE ZONES; DEVOLATILIZATION; DUAL FLUIDIZED BED GASIFICATION; GAS COMPOSITIONS; GASIFICATION PROCESS; GASIFIERS; MASS AND ENERGY BALANCE; PARAMETER VARIATION; PLUG FLOW; STEADY-STATE MODELS; WOOD CHIP;

BIOMASS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

GASIFICATION;

BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; ENERGY BALANCE; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

BIOMASS; CHAR; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GASIFICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETERS; PLUG FLOW; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 79958100742     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.01.025     Document Type: Article

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