Syngas Production from Gasification of Oil Palm Fronds with an updraft gasifier

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 2555-2561

  Konda, R E ^a   Sulaiman, S A ^a   Ariwahjoedi, Bambang ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Gasification; Oil palm fronds; Syngas; Updraft gasifier

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE COMPOSITION; CO AND CH; COMBUSTIBLE GAS; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; GAS CALORIFIC VALUES; GAS COMPOSITIONS; GASIFIERS; HIGHER HEATING VALUE; LOW HEATING VALUES; MOLAR RATIO; OIL PALM FROND; OXIDIZING AGENTS; PILOT SCALE; SYN-GAS; SYNGAS PRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; GASIFICATION; SYNTHESIS GAS;

CALORIFIC VALUE;

EID: 84872354765     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2012.2555.2561     Document Type: Article

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