The positive effects of bed material coating on tar reduction in a dual fluidized bed gasifier

Fuel

Volumn 95, Issue , 2012, Pages 553-562

  Kirnbauer, Friedrich ^a   Wilk, Veronika ^a   Kitzler, Hannes ^b   Kern, Stefan ^b   Hofbauer, Hermann ^b  

^a BIOENERGY 2020 GMBH   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bed material; Biomass gasification; Calcium oxide; Catalytic tar reforming; Olivine

Indexed keywords

BED MATERIALS; BIOMASS ASHES; BIOMASS GASIFICATION; FLUIDIZED BED GASIFIERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INDUSTRIAL SCALE; LOWER ENERGIES; PLANT TRIALS; POSITIVE EFFECTS; PRODUCT GAS; SCALE-UP; STEAM GASIFICATION; UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY; WATER-GAS SHIFT REACTIONS;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CATALYTIC REFORMING; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; FLUIDIZED BEDS; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYDROGEN; INDUSTRY; LIME; MATERIALS HANDLING; OLIVINE; PILOT PLANTS; TAR;

GASIFICATION;

EID: 84857036080     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2011.10.066     Document Type: Article

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