Steam/oxygen gasification system for the production of clean syngas from switchgrass

Fuel

Volumn 140, Issue , 2015, Pages 282-292

  Broer, Karl M ^a   Woolcock, Patrick J ^a,b   Johnston, Patrick A ^a   Brown, Robert C ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Southern Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia measurement; Fluidized bed; Hydrogen cyanide measurement; Steam oxygen gasification; Syngas cleanup

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON DISULFIDE; CLEANING; CYANIDES; EFFICIENCY; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GAS ADSORPTION; GASIFICATION; NUCLEAR REACTORS; OXYGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY); STORMS; SULFUR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFUR DETERMINATION; SYNTHESIS GAS;

ADIABATIC OPERATIONS; AMMONIA MEASUREMENTS; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; GASIFICATION TEMPERATURES; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SCRUBBING SYSTEMS; SYN-GAS;

DESULFURIZATION;

EID: 84908296032     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2014.09.078     Document Type: Article

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