Optimization of hydrogen production from supercritical water gasification of crude glycerol-byproduct of biodiesel production

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 37, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 1600-1609

  Yang, Fangxia ^a,b   Hanna, Milford A ^b   Marx, David B ^b   Sun, Runcang ^c  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Crude glycerol; Hydrogen

Indexed keywords

CRUDE GLYCEROL; DESIGNED EXPERIMENTS; GLYCEROL CONCENTRATION; OPTIMIZED REACTION CONDITIONS; OPTIMUM REACTION CONDITIONS; REACTION TEMPERATURE; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; SUPERCRITICAL WATER GASIFICATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; GASIFICATION; GLYCEROL; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

BIODIESEL;

EID: 84885430944     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: 1099114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/er.2969     Document Type: Article

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