Use of nickel oxide as a catalyst for tar elimination in a chemical-looping reforming reactor operated with biomass producer gas

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 51, 2012, Pages 16610-16616

  Berguerand, Nicolas ^a   Lind, Fredrik ^a   Israelsson, Mikael ^a   Seemann, Martin ^a   Biollaz, Serge ^b   Thunman, Henrik ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DEPOSITES; CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL LOOPING; GAS COMPOSITIONS; GASIFIERS; MAXIMUM RATIO; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; PROCESS TEMPERATURE; PRODUCER GAS; REFORMING REACTORS; REFORMING TEMPERATURES; TAR ELIMINATION;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; BENZENE; CATALYST DEACTIVATION; CATALYST REGENERATION; CLEANING; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; NICKEL OXIDE; TAR;

STEAM REFORMING;

EID: 84871639423     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie3028262     Document Type: Article

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