Coal alternative fuel production from municipal solid wastes employing hydrothermal treatment

Applied Energy

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 298-304

  Prawisudha, Pandji ^a   Namioka, Tomoaki ^a   Yoshikawa, Kunio ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlorine removal; Coal alternative solid fuel; Hydrothermal process; Waste treatment

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; BITUMINOUS COAL; CHLORINE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; WASTE TREATMENT;

CHLORINE CONTENT; CHLORINE REMOVAL; DIOXIN FORMATION; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HEATING VALUE; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; HYDROTHERMAL TREATMENTS; ORGANIC CHLORINE; SATURATED STEAM; SOLID FUELS; STIRRED REACTORS; SUBBITUMINOUS COAL; TREATMENT SYSTEMS; VINYL CHLORIDES;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

ALTERNATIVE FUEL; CHLORINE; CORROSION; DIOXIN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEATING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INORGANIC MATTER; MOISTURE CONTENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PLASTIC; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRESSURE GRADIENT; REACTION KINETICS; TRANSFORMATION; WASTE TREATMENT;

EID: 80055062478     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.03.021     Document Type: Article

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