Air gasification of railroad wood ties treated with creosote: Effects of additives and their combination on the removal of tar in a two-stage gasifier

Fuel

Volumn 102, Issue , 2012, Pages 326-332

  Mun, Tae Young ^a   Kim, Jin Won ^a   Kim, Joo Sik ^a  

^a University of Seoul   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Coal based activated carbon; Gasification; Railroad wood tie; Tar; Two stage gasifier

Indexed keywords

AIR GASIFICATION; BED MATERIALS; COAL-BASED ACTIVATED CARBON; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; GASIFIERS; PRODUCER GAS; PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN; TAR CRACKING; TAR REMOVAL;

ACTIVATED CARBON; COAL; EXPERIMENTS; GASIFICATION; HYDROGEN; RAILROADS;

TAR;

EID: 84866630362     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2012.05.048     Document Type: Article

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