Biomass waste gasification - Can be the two stage process suitable for tar reduction and power generation?

Waste Management

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 692-700

  Šulc, Jindřich ^a   Štojdl, Jiří ^a   Richter, Miroslav ^a   Popelka, Jan ^a   Svoboda, Karel ^a,b   Smetana, Jiří ^c   Vacek, Jiří ^c   Skoblja, Siarhei ^d   Buryan, Petr ^d  

^a J E PURKINJE UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS   (Czech Republic)

^c Újezdeček ^*  (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Biomass; Fuel gas calorific value; Gas cleaning; Gasification; Gasification unit; Tar

Indexed keywords

BENZENE RING; BIOMASS PARTICLE; BIOMASS WASTES; COUNTER CURRENT; CYLINDRICAL REACTORS; FUEL GAS; FUEL GAS CALORIFIC VALUE; FUEL GAS COMPOSITION; GAS CLEANING; GAS COMPOSITIONS; GAS IMPURITIES; GAS VOLUME; GASIFICATION REACTION; GASIFIERS; HEATING VALUE; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; INCREASED TEMPERATURE; NITROGEN CONTENT; ONE-STAGE METHOD; PILOT SCALE; PRODUCER GAS; ROTATIONAL SPEED; SCREW ELEVATORS; SECONDARY AIR; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION; THERMAL POWER; TWO STAGE; TWO-STAGE PROCESS; UPPER-END; UPWARD-MOVING; WOOD PELLET;

BENZENE; BIOMASS; CALORIFIC VALUE; ELECTRIC REACTORS; FUELS; GASES; NITROGEN; PELLETIZING; SCREWS; TAR; WASTE INCINERATION;

GASIFICATION;

AMMONIA; BENZENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FUEL; NITROGEN; TAR; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ASH; BIOMASS; CHARCOAL; COMBUSTION; POWER GENERATION; REDUCTION; TAR; WASTE TREATMENT;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BIOMASS CONVERSION; BIOMASS ENERGY; CARBON BALANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GAS WASTE; HEATING; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS MODEL; RECYCLING; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE GAS MANAGEMENT;

BIOMASS; ELECTRICITY; GASES; HOT TEMPERATURE; PILOT PROJECTS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; TARS;

EID: 84857030814     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2011.08.015     Document Type: Article

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