Modelling of a downdraft gasifier fed by agricultural residues

Waste Management

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 710-718

  Antonopoulos, I S ^a   Karagiannidis, A ^a   Gkouletsos, A ^a   Perkoulidis, G ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biomass gasification; Gibbs free energy; Thermodynamic equilibrium approach

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS GASIFICATION; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; GASIFICATION PROCESS; GASIFIERS; MASS AND ENERGY BALANCE; MISCANTHUS; MODEL RESULTS; OLIVE WOOD; SYN-GAS; SYNGAS COMPOSITION; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM APPROACH;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; SYNTHESIS GAS;

GASIFICATION;

CARBON; FUEL; HYDROGEN; OXYGEN;

BIOMASS; ENERGY BALANCE; EQUILIBRIUM; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; MASS BALANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; STOICHIOMETRY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS CONVERSION; BIOMASS ENERGY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY YIELD; GASIFICATION; HEATING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOISTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS MODEL; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGRICULTURE; CYNARA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GASES; HOT TEMPERATURE; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OLEA; POACEAE; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTE PRODUCTS; WOOD;

CYNARA CARDUNCULUS; MISCANTHUS;

EID: 84857033076     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2011.12.015     Document Type: Article

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