Thermodynamic modelling and evaluation of a two-stage thermal process for waste gasification

Fuel

Volumn 108, Issue , 2013, Pages 356-369

  Materazzi, Massimiliano ^a,b   Lettieri, Paola ^a   Mazzei, Luca ^a   Taylor, Richard ^b   Chapman, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Advanced Plasma Power Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equilibrium model; Fluidized bed; Gasification; Plasma; Waste

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GASIFICATION; PLASMAS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTES;

CONSERVATION PRINCIPLES; ELECTRIC POWER DEMANDS; EQUILIBRIUM CALCULATION; EQUILIBRIUM MODELING; FLUID BED GASIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE PREDICTION; THERMODYNAMIC MODELLING; WASTE DECOMPOSITIONS;

WASTE TREATMENT;

EID: 84883600388     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2013.02.037     Document Type: Article

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