Feasibility study of gasification oil palm fronds in an updraft gasifier

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1440, Issue , 2012, Pages 972-980

  Elneel, Ramzy ^a   Anwar, Shaharin ^a   Ariwahjoedi, Bambang ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biomass; Gasification; Oil palm fronds; Updraft gasifier

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874418128     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4704311     Document Type: Conference Paper

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