Updraft fixed bed gasification of mesquite and juniper wood samples

Energy

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 454-461

  Chen, Wei ^a   Annamalai, Kalyan ^a   Ansley, R James ^b   Mirik, Mustafa ^b  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Biofuels; Equivalence ratio; Higher heating value; Thermochemical conversion; Wood fuels

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; CALORIFIC VALUE; GASIFICATION; POLYMER BLENDS; WOOD FUELS;

BIO-ENERGY; BIO-ENERGY UTILIZATION; BIOMASS GASIFICATION; END-PRODUCTS; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; FIXED BED; GAS COMPOSITIONS; GASEOUS FUEL; GASIFICATION MEDIUM; GASIFIERS; HIGHER HEATING VALUE; MOLE PERCENTAGES; SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; THERMOCHEMICAL CONVERSION; WOOD SAMPLES; WOODY SPECIES;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS POWER; BIOREACTOR; CONIFEROUS TREE; HEATING; MOISTURE CONTENT; SAMPLING; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMOCHEMISTRY; WOOD;

GREAT PLAINS;

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS PINCHOTII; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA;

EID: 84859960806     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.02.052     Document Type: Article

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