Gasification of biomass in a fixed bed downdraft gasifier - A realistic model including tar

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 107, Issue , 2012, Pages 505-511

  Barman, Niladri Sekhar ^a   Ghosh, Sudip ^b   De, Sudipta ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Biomass gasification; Modified equilibrium model; Performance analysis; Tar

Indexed keywords

AIR FUEL RATIOS; BIOMASS GASIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; EQUILIBRIUM MODELS; FIXED BED; GASIFICATION PRODUCTS; GASIFICATION REACTION; GASIFICATION TEMPERATURES; GASIFIERS; HEAT BALANCE; INPUT PARAMETER; MODIFIED EQUILIBRIUM MODEL; MOLE FRACTION; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; REALISTIC MODEL; REFERENCE MODELS;

BIOMASS; TAR;

GASIFICATION;

TAR;

BIOMASS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MOISTURE CONTENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TAR;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GASIFICATION; HEAT; MODEL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

BIOMASS; GASES; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84856588307     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.12.124     Document Type: Article

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