Generalized analysis of gasifier performance using equilibrium modeling

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1601-1611

  Ravikiran, Anapagaddi ^a   Renganathan, Thiruvengadam ^a   Pushpavanam, Subramaniam ^a   Voolapalli, Ravi Kumar ^b   Cho, Young Sang ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited   (India)

^c Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPEN PLUS; BOUNDARY POINTS; CO-GASIFICATION; COLD GAS EFFICIENCY; CONTOUR PLOT; EQUILIBRIUM MODELING; GASIFICATION PROCESS; GASIFICATION REACTION; GASIFICATION TEMPERATURES; GASIFIERS; GIBBS FREE ENERGY MINIMIZATION; SYN-GAS; THERMODYNAMIC MODELING;

FEEDSTOCKS; SYNTHESIS GAS;

GASIFICATION;

EID: 84856513096     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie2006406     Document Type: Article

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