Entrained-flow gasification of oil sand coke with coal: Assessment of operating variables and blending ratio via response surface methodology

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 219-232

  Vejahati, Farshid ^a   Katalambula, Hassan ^a   Gupta, Rajender ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLENDING RATIO; CARBON CONVERSIONS; CARRIER GAS; CO-GASIFICATION; COMBINED EFFECT; ENTRAINED FLOW GASIFICATION; ENTRAINED FLOW GASIFIERS; EXPERIMENTAL FACTORS; GASIFICATION EFFICIENCY; OPERATING VARIABLES; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; QUADRATIC MODELS; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL DESIGN; STEAM CONCENTRATIONS; SUBBITUMINOUS COAL; TEMPERATURE RANGE; WEIGHT RATIOS;

BITUMINOUS COAL; BLENDING; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; EXPERIMENTS; OIL SANDS; OXYGEN; STEAM; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

GASIFICATION;

EID: 84855981134     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef201277y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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