Performance improvement of dual fluidized bed gasifiers by temperature reduction: The behavior of tar species in the product gas

Fuel

Volumn 108, Issue , 2013, Pages 534-542

  Kirnbauer, Friedrich ^a   Wilk, Veronika ^a   Hofbauer, Hermann ^b  

^a BIOENERGY 2020 GMBH   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bed material; Biomass gasification; Calcium oxide; Gasification temperature; Olivine

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIOMASS; CALCIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; FUELS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS PLANTS; GASES; GASIFICATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; LIME; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NAPHTHALENE; OLIVINE; PILOT PLANTS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SILICATE MINERALS; TAR;

BED MATERIALS; BIOMASS GASIFICATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GASIFICATION PLANTS; GASIFICATION TEMPERATURES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); TEMPERATURE REDUCTION; VOLUMETRIC CONCENTRATIONS;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

EID: 84879324961     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2012.11.065     Document Type: Article

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