Supercritical water gasification of biomass: Thermodynamic constraints

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 7574-7582

  Castello, Daniele ^a   Fiori, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomass; Energy analysis; Supercritical water gasification; Thermodynamic modeling

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS CONCENTRATIONS; CHAR FORMATION; ENERGY ANALYSIS; GIBBS FREE ENERGY MINIMIZATION; HEATING VALUE; OXIDIZING AGENTS; PROCESS HEAT; SOLID CARBON; SUPERCRITICAL WATER GASIFICATION; SYN-GAS; THERMODYNAMIC CONSTRAINTS; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL; THERMODYNAMIC MODELING;

ENERGY MANAGEMENT; GASIFICATION; SYNTHESIS GAS; THERMODYNAMICS;

BIOMASS;

OXIDIZING AGENT;

BIOMASS POWER; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON; EQUILIBRIUM; GAS PRODUCTION; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; HEATING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; OXIDATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ENERGY; GASIFICATION; HEAT; HEATING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID; THERMODYNAMICS;

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CARBON; GLYCEROL; HYDROGEN; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OXYGEN; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 79959574160     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.05.017     Document Type: Article

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