Fast Pyrolysis in a Microfluidized Bed Reactor: Effect of Biomass Properties and Operating Conditions on Volatiles Composition as Analyzed by Online Single Photoionization Mass Spectrometry

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 7364-7374

  Jia, Liangyuan ^a   Le Brech, Yann ^a   Shrestha, Binod ^a   Frowein, Matthias Bente Von ^b   Ehlert, Sven ^b,c,d   Mauviel, Guillain ^a   Zimmermann, Ralf ^c,d   Dufour, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b Photonion GmbH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^d Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Health   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); DRUG PRODUCTS; FLOW OF GASES; FLUIDIZED BEDS; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS TRANSFER; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOIONIZATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETRY; TAR;

BIOMASS COMPOSITIONS; FAST PYROLYSIS PROCESS; FLUIDIZING GAS FLOW RATE; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; OPERATING CONDITION; PARTICLE SHAPE AND SIZE; PRINCIPLE COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SINGLE PHOTO IONIZATION;

BIOMASS;

EID: 84947730554     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b01803     Document Type: Article

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