Sewage sludge torrefaction in a fluidized bed reactor

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 222, Issue , 2013, Pages 534-545

  Atienza Martinez M ^a   Fonts, I ^a,b   abrego J ^a   Ceamanos, J ^a   Gea, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO UNIVERSITARIO DE LA DEFENSA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Experimental design; Sewage sludge; Torrefaction

Indexed keywords

FLUIDIZED BED REACTORS; OPERATION CONDITIONS; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; PRODUCT DISTRIBUTIONS; SOLID RESIDENCE TIME; THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSING; THERMOCHEMICAL TREATMENTS; TORREFACTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL REACTORS; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING; FLUIDIZED BED FURNACES; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTE TREATMENT;

RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION;

FUSCONAIA SUBROTUNDA;

EID: 84876330096     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.02.075     Document Type: Article

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