Comparison of the performance behaviour of silica sand and olivine in a dual fluidised bed reactor system for steam gasification of biomass at pilot plant scale

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 468-483

  Koppatz, Stefan ^a   Pfeifer, Christoph ^a   Hofbauer, Hermann ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biomass gasification; Dual fluidised bed system; In bed catalyst; Olivine; Silica sand; Tar reforming

Indexed keywords

BED MATERIALS; BIOMASS GASIFICATION; CATALYTIC PROPERTIES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLUIDISED BED; HIGHER HYDROCARBONS; IN-BED CATALYST; LARGE-SCALE APPLICATIONS; PERCENTAGE POINTS; PILOT PLANT SCALE; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE PROFILES; PRODUCT GAS; REACTOR SYSTEMS; STEAM GASIFICATION;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL REACTORS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GASIFICATION; HYDROCARBONS; NAPHTHALENE; OLIVINE; PILOT PLANTS; SILICA; TAR;

SILICA SAND;

EID: 80755139412     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.09.071     Document Type: Article

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