Cogasification of sewage sludge in an updraft gasifier

Fuel

Volumn 93, Issue , 2012, Pages 486-491

  Seggiani, M ^a   Vitolo, S ^a   Puccini, M ^a   Bellini, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Energy recovery; Gasification; Sewage sludge; Updraft gasifier

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE PROCESS; ASH CONTENTS; ASH FUSION TEMPERATURE; ASH LAYER; CARBON YIELD; CO-GASIFICATION; COLD GAS EFFICIENCY; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; DRY GAS YIELD; ENERGY PURPOSE; ENERGY RECOVERY; EQUIVALENT RATIOS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FIXED-BED; GAS COMPOSITIONS; GASIFICATION PROCESS; GASIFIERS; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; LOWER HEATING VALUE; OPERATING CONDITION; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; OXIDATION ZONES; PILOT SCALE; PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABILITY; PRODUCT YIELDS; TREATMENT PLANTS; WOOD PELLET; WOODY BIOMASS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CALORIFIC VALUE; ENERGY CONVERSION; GASES; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; MOISTURE; PELLETIZING; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; TERNARY SYSTEMS; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

GASIFICATION;

EID: 84855969185     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2011.08.054     Document Type: Article

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