Gasification of biomass and waste in a staged fluidized bed gasifier: Modeling and comparison with one-stage units

Fuel

Volumn 97, Issue , 2012, Pages 730-740

  Nilsson, Susanna ^a   Gómez Barea, Alberto ^a   Fuentes Cano, Diego ^a   Ollero, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Char; Fluidized bed; Gasification; Modeling; Tar

Indexed keywords

CHAR; DEVOLATILIZATION; DRIED SEWAGE SLUDGE; FLUIDIZED BED GASIFIERS; GASIFIERS; IN-SITU; LABORATORY SCALE; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; OPERATING CONDITION; POWER PRODUCTION; PROCESS EFFICIENCY; SINGLE STAGE; SOLIDS FLOW;

FLUIDIZED BEDS; MODELS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; TAR;

GASIFICATION;

EID: 84861188787     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2012.02.044     Document Type: Article

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