Continuous catalytic tar reforming of biomass derived raw gas with simultaneous catalyst regeneration

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 11553-11562

  Lind, Fredrik ^a   Seemann, Martin ^a   Thunman, Henrik ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC RINGS; BED MATERIALS; BIOMASS GASIFIER; BRANCHED HYDROCARBONS; CARBON DEPOSITES; CLEANING SYSTEM; GAS RESIDENCE; GASIFIERS; HIGH ACTIVITY; NOVEL CONCEPT; PRODUCER GAS; WATER-GAS SHIFT REACTIONS;

BENZENE; BIOMASS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYTIC REFORMING; EXPERIMENTS; GASES; GASIFICATION; HYDROCARBONS; ILMENITE; NAPHTHALENE; PHENOLS; SILICA; SILICA SAND; TAR;

CATALYST REGENERATION;

EID: 80054012112     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie200645s     Document Type: Article

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