Tar and CO2 removal from simulated producer gas with activated carbon and charcoal

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 106, Issue , 2013, Pages 201-208

  Acharya, Chethan K ^a   Jiang, Fengchun ^b   Liao, Chang Hsien ^c   Fitzgerald, Patrick ^c   Vecchio, Kenneth S ^b   Cattolica, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Empirical models; Producer gas; Reforming; Reverse Boudouard reaction; Tars

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL MODEL; PRODUCER GAS; REMOVAL MECHANISM; RESIDENCE TIME; REVERSE BOUDOUARD REACTION; STEAM GASIFICATION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CARBON; CHARCOAL; ETHYLENE; GASES; HYDROCARBONS; REACTION KINETICS; REFORMING REACTIONS; TAR; TOLUENE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84870515038     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2012.07.026     Document Type: Article

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