Experimental investigation of a multi-stage air-steam gasification process for hydrogen enriched gas production

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 335-345

  Jarungthammachote, Sompop ^a   Dutta, Animesh ^b  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air steam gasification; Equilibrium modeling; Hydrogen rich producer gas; Low tar producer gas; Multi stage gasification

Indexed keywords

AIR SUPPLY; AVERAGE VALUES; DOWNDRAFT GASIFICATION; ENRICHED GAS; EQUILIBRIUM MODELING; EQUILIBRIUM MODELS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; GASIFICATION PROCESS; HYDROGEN FLOW RATE; HYDROGEN YIELDS; MULTI-STAGE; PRODUCER GAS;

HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; STEAM; TAR;

GASIFICATION;

EID: 84857166694     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: 1099114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/er.1795     Document Type: Article

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