Effects of hydrothermal treatment of sewage sludge on pyrolysis and steam gasification

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 103, Issue , 2015, Pages 401-407

  Moon, Jihong ^a,b   Mun, Tae Young ^a   Yang, Won ^a,c   Lee, Uendo ^a,c   Hwang, Jungho ^b   Jang, Ensuk ^d   Choi, Changsik ^d  

^a Korea Institute of Industrial Technology   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

^d Institute for Advanced Engineering (IAE)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal treatment; Lignin content; Methane yield; Pyrolysis; Sewage sludge; Steam gasification

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; GASIFICATION; LIGNIN; METHANE; PYROLYSIS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; STEAM; WOOD PRODUCTS;

HIGH TEMPERATURE CONDITION; HYDROTHERMAL TREATMENTS; HYDROTHERMALLY TREATED; LIGNIN CONTENTS; LOW ENERGY CONSUMPTION; METHANE YIELD; ORGANIC WASTES; STEAM GASIFICATION;

WASTE TREATMENT;

ENERGY CONSUMPTION; GASIFICATION; PYROLYSIS; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; STEAM;

EID: 84936763083     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2015.06.058     Document Type: Article

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