Sewage sludge valorization by flash pyrolysis in a conical spouted bed reactor

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 273, Issue , 2015, Pages 173-183

  Alvarez, Jon ^a   Amutio, Maider ^a   Lopez, Gartzen ^a   Barbarias, Itsaso ^a   Bilbao, Javier ^a   Olazar, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bio fuel; Pyrolysis; Sewage sludge; Spouted bed reactor

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METALS; KETONES; LIQUIDS; PYROLYSIS;

CHAR REMOVAL SYSTEM; CONICAL SPOUTED BED REACTOR; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; FLASH PYROLYSIS; LIQUID YIELD; OXYGEN-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS; PRODUCT YIELDS; SPOUTED BED REACTORS;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

EID: 84942076976     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2015.03.047     Document Type: Article

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