Integrated process configuration for high-temperature sulfur mitigation during biomass conversion via indirect gasification

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 8326-8333

  Dutta, Abhijit ^a   Cheah, Singfoong ^a   Bain, Richard ^a   Feik, Calvin ^a   Magrini Bair, Kim ^a   Phillips, Steven ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS CONVERSION; BIOMASS GASIFICATION; COUPLED PROCESS; DOWNSTREAM OPERATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INTEGRATED PROCESS; PROCESS MODELING; REFORMING CATALYST; REMOVAL OF SULFUR; SYN-GAS;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOMASS; CATALYSTS; GASIFICATION; MANGANESE; SORPTION; SYNTHESIS GAS;

SULFUR;

EID: 84862562494     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie202797s     Document Type: Article

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