Thermodynamic analysis of black liquor steam gasification

BioResources

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 3210-3230

  Huang, Hua Jiang ^a   Ramaswamy, Shri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black liquor; Gasification; Steam gasification; Syngas composition; Thermodynamic equilibrium

Indexed keywords

BIOREFINERIES; BLACK LIQUOR; BLACK LIQUOR GASIFICATION; BLACK LIQUOR SOLIDS; COMBUSTION PRO-CESS; COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGY; FACTSAGE; GIBBS FREE ENERGY MINIMIZATION; IN-PROCESS; MODELING RESULTS; MULTIPLE PHASE REACTIONS; OPERATING CONDITION; PULP AND PAPER MILL; PULPING PROCESS; RECOVERY BOILERS; STEAM GASIFICATION; SYNGAS COMPOSITION; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM MODEL; TOMLINSON;

BIOPULPING; COMBUSTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; PAPERMAKING MACHINERY; PULP; RECOVERY; REFINING; STEAM; SYNTHESIS GAS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

GASIFICATION;

BLACK LIQUORS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; EQUILIBRIUM; GASIFICATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; PAPER MILLS; RECOVERY; STEAM; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER GAS;

EID: 80051573968     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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