Fixed bed gasification of dairy biomass with enriched air mixture

Applied Energy

Volumn 97, Issue , 2012, Pages 525-531

  Thanapal, Siva Sankar ^a   Annamalai, Kalyan ^a   Sweeten, John M ^b   Gordillo, Gerardo ^c  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Dairy biomass; Enriched air; Gasification; Higher heating value

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CALORIFIC VALUE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS MIXTURES; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROGEN; MANURES; MIXTURES; OXYGEN; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; WATER POLLUTION;

AIR GASIFICATION; AIR MIXTURES; ANIMAL WASTES; AVAILABLE ENERGY; CO-FIRING; CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS; DAIRY MANURES; ENERGY SOURCE; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; FIXED BED; FUEL RATIO; GASIFICATION MEDIUM; GASIFIERS; HEAT VALUE; HEATING VALUE; HIGHER HEATING VALUE; NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY SOURCES; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; OXYGEN MIXTURES; PEAK TEMPERATURES; PRODUCTION INCREASE; PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN;

GASIFICATION;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DAIRY FARMING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FOSSIL FUEL; GAS; GLOBAL WARMING; HEATING; HYDROGEN; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; OXYGEN; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84862329410     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.11.072     Document Type: Article

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