Gasifier selection, design and gasification of oil palm fronds with preheated and unheated gasifying air

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 126, Issue , 2012, Pages 224-232

  Guangul, Fiseha M ^a   Sulaiman, Shaharin A ^a   Ramli, Anita ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Gasification process; Gasifier; Gasifying air; Oil palm fronds; Syngas

Indexed keywords

PALM OIL; VEGETABLE OIL;

AIR; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; FLOW KINETICS; GAS; HEAT; METHODOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PLANT LEAF;

AIR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GASES; HOT TEMPERATURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT OILS; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 84867310227     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.09.018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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