Gasification of pelletized biomass in a pilot scale downdraft gasifier

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 116, Issue , 2012, Pages 403-412

  Simone, Marco ^a,b   Barontini, Federica ^a,b   Nicolella, Cristiano ^a,b   Tognotti, Leonardo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Centro di Ricerca Interuniversitario Biomasse da Energia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomass pellets; Gasification; Pilot plant; Pressure drop; Syngas

Indexed keywords

ASH REMOVAL; BIOMASS PELLETS; CO-GASIFICATION; COLD GAS EFFICIENCY; GAS PRODUCTIONS; GASIFIERS; GASIFYING AGENTS; PILOT SCALE; SUNFLOWER SEEDS; SYN-GAS; SYNGAS COMPOSITION; WOOD SAWDUST;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; PELLETIZING; PILOT PLANTS; PRESSURE DROP; SYNTHESIS GAS;

GASIFICATION;

ACETYLENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; ETHANE; ETHYLENE; HYDROGEN; METHANE; NITROGEN;

ATMOSPHERIC GAS; BIOMASS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GAS PRODUCTION; PRESSURE EFFECT; STABILIZATION;

ARTICLE; ASH; BIOMASS; BIOMASS PELLET GASIFICATION; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICES; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLOW RATE; GASIFICATION; GASIFIER; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PILOT STUDY; PLANT SEED; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MONITORING; RELIABILITY; SAWDUST; SUNFLOWER; TEMPERATURE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WOOD;

AIR MOVEMENTS; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ELEMENTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GASES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PILOT PROJECTS; PRESSURE; RHEOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

HELIANTHUS;

EID: 84861660674     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.03.119     Document Type: Article

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