Biogas as a source of renewable syngas production: Advances and challenges

Biofuels

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 325-343

  Mota, N ^a   Alvarez Galvan, C ^a   Navarro, R M ^a   Fierro, J L G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CATÁLISIS Y PETROLEOQUÍMICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DEPOSITION; CARBON FORMATION; CATALYST COMPOSITION; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER PRODUCTION; DRY REFORMING; EFFECT OF CATALYST; INDUSTRIAL SYNTHESIS; KEY SOLUTION; MAIN COMPONENT; NI CATALYSTS; NI-BASED CATALYST; NICKEL CATALYST; PRE-TREATMENT; PREPARATION METHOD; REFORMING OF METHANE; REFORMING PROCESS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; RESEARCH EFFORTS; RESEARCH STRATEGY; SULFUR POISONING; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY; SYN-GAS; SYNGAS PRODUCTION; TECHNOLOGICAL PROCESS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOGAS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CATALYST POISONING; METHANE; PRECIOUS METALS; REFORMING REACTIONS; SINTERING; SULFUR; SYNTHESIS GAS;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 79958753494     PISSN: 17597269     EISSN: 17597277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/bfs.11.15     Document Type: Review

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