Gasification of char from wood pellets and from wood chips: Textural properties and thermochemical conversion along a continuous fixed bed

Fuel

Volumn 102, Issue , 2012, Pages 514-524

  Teixeira, G ^a   Van De Steene, L ^b   Martin, E ^b   Gelix, F ^a   Salvador, S ^c  

^a VERI VEOLIA   (France)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c ECOLE DES MINES D ALBI CARMAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Char; Compaction; Fixed bed; Gasification; Pellets

Indexed keywords

BED COMPACTION; BED DENSITY; BIOMASS CHAR; CHAR; CHAR PARTICLES; FIXED BED; FIXED BED REACTOR; FIXED-BED GASIFIERS; GAS SAMPLING; GAS SPECIES; LOW DENSITY; OPERATING CONDITION; PILOT SCALE; POROUS MEDIUM; REACTIVE ZONES; SOLID PARTICLES; SYN-GAS; TEXTURAL PROPERTIES; THERMOCHEMICAL BEHAVIOR; THERMOCHEMICAL CONVERSION; WOOD CHIP; WOOD PELLET;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPACTION; GASIFICATION; ORE PELLETS; POROUS MATERIALS; SYNTHESIS GAS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

PELLETIZING;

CHAR; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPACTION; FIXED BEDS; GASIFICATION; PELLETS; POROUS MATERIALS; WATER GAS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 84866617101     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2012.05.039     Document Type: Article

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