Catalytic gasification of woody biomass in an air-blown fluidized-bed reactor using Canadian limonite iron ore as the bed material

Fuel

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 170-176

  Hurley, Scott ^a   Xu, Chunbao ^a,b   Preto, Fernando ^c   Shao, Yuanyuan ^b   Li, Hanning ^a   Wang, Jinsheng ^c   Tourigny, Guy ^c  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air blown gasification; Biomass; Catalyst; Fluidized bed; Tar reduction

Indexed keywords

AIR-BLOWN GASIFICATION; BED MATERIALS; CATALYTIC GASIFICATION; COLD GAS EFFICIENCY; COMBUSTIBLE GAS; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; FLUIDIZED BED GASIFICATION; FLUIDIZED BED GASIFIERS; FLUIDIZED BED REACTORS; GASIFICATION EFFICIENCY; HIGHER YIELD; HYDRO-CARBON GAS; LIMONITE IRON ORE; PILOT SCALE; PINE SAWDUST; WOODY BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHEMICAL REACTORS; EFFICIENCY; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GASES; GASIFICATION; HYDROGEN; IRON; IRON ORES; IRON OXIDES; METHANE; OLIVINE; TAR;

IRON ORE REDUCTION;

EID: 80055009012     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2011.07.016     Document Type: Article

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