Destruction of the tar present in syngas by combustion in porous media

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1130-1136

  Carvalho, T ^a   Costa, M ^a   Casaca, C ^a,b   Catapan, R C ^c   Oliveira, A A M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC CRACKING; COMBUSTION; GASIFICATION; POROUS MATERIALS; SYNTHESIS GAS; TOLUENE;

BIOMASS GASIFICATION; COMBUSTION IN POROUS MEDIA; DOWNSTREAM EQUIPMENT; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; OPERATING CONDITION; THERMOCHEMICAL METHOD; TOLUENE CONVERSION;

TAR;

EID: 84923272358     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef501807p     Document Type: Article

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