Characterisation of fuel bound nitrogen in the gasification process and the staged combustion of producer gas from the updraft gasification of softwood pellets

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4595-4604

  Mandl, C ^a   Obernberger, I ^a,b   Scharler, I R ^a,b  

^a BIOS BIOENERGIESYSTEME GMBH   (Austria)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fixed bed gasification; Nitrogen release; Pellets; Producer gas; Staged combustion

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW-RATE; FIXED-BED; FUEL BOUND NITROGENS; GAS SPECIES; GASIFICATION PROCESS; GASIFIERS; LABORATORY SCALE; N-FIXATION; NITROGEN RELEASE; PRODUCER GAS; STAGED COMBUSTION; TAR CRACKING; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TEST RUNS;

AIR; COMBUSTION; COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; FLOW RATE; FUELS; GASES; GASIFICATION; ORE PELLETS; PACKED BEDS; PELLETIZING; SOFTWOODS; TAR; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

NITROGEN;

AIRFLOW; BIOREACTOR; COMBUSTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUEL CONSUMPTION; LABORATORY METHOD; NITROGEN;

EID: 81555205812     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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