Hydrothermal carbonization of sewage sludge for energy production with coal

Fuel

Volumn 111, Issue , 2013, Pages 201-210

  Parshetti, Ganesh K ^a   Liu, Zhengang ^a   Jain, Akshay ^a   Srinivasan, M P ^a   Balasubramanian, Rajasekhar ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Co combustion; Fuel; Hydrothermal carbonization; Sludge char; TGA FTIR

Indexed keywords

COCOMBUSTION; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROTHERMAL CARBONIZATION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA-OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; SLUDGE CHARS; TGA-FTIR; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYZERS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONVERSION; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FOG; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; SEWAGE SLUDGE; THERMOCHEMISTRY; WASTE INCINERATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

COAL COMBUSTION;

EID: 84878236350     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2013.04.052     Document Type: Article

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