Thermodynamic modelling of supercritical water gasification: Investigating the effect of biomass composition to aid in the selection of appropriate feedstock material

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 174, Issue , 2014, Pages 11-23

  Louw, Jeanne ^a   Schwarz, Cara E ^a   Knoetze, Johannes H ^a   Burger, Andries J ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aspen Plus ; Biomass composition; Process model; Supercritical water gasification; Thermodynamic limit

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CHEMICAL EQUIPMENT; FEEDSTOCKS; GASIFICATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

ASPEN PLUS; BIOMASS COMPOSITIONS; PROCESS MODELING; SUPERCRITICAL WATER GASIFICATION; THERMODYNAMIC LIMITS;

BIOMASS;

BAGASSE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROGEN; OXYGEN; WATER; ALCOHOL; GAS;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; ASH; BIOMASS; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; GAS; GASIFICATION; HEAT; SUGARCANE; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; BEET; CHEMISTRY; MAIZE; PRESSURE;

BETA VULGARIS; BIOMASS; ETHANOL; GASES; PRESSURE; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84911885898     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.09.129     Document Type: Article

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