Steam/oxygen biomass gasification at pilot scale in an internally circulating bubbling fluidized bed reactor

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 141, Issue , 2016, Pages 74-81

  Barisano, D ^a   Canneto, G ^a   Nanna, F ^a   Alvino, E ^a   Pinto, G ^a   Villone, A ^a   Carnevale, M ^a   Valerio, V ^a   Battafarano, A ^a   Braccio, G ^a  

^a Trisaia Research Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomass gasification; Enriched air; Internally circulating bubbling fluidized bed reactor; Steam oxygen

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOMASS; BUBBLE FORMATION; CHEMICAL REACTORS; FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED FURNACES; FLUIDIZED BED PROCESS; GASIFICATION; PILOT PLANTS; QUALITY CONTROL; STEAM; SUPERSATURATION;

BIOMASS GASIFICATION; BUBBLING FLUIDIZED BED; BUBBLING FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR; COLD GAS EFFICIENCY; ENRICHED AIRS; EXPERIMENTAL CAMPAIGN; GASIFICATION MEDIUM; INTERNAL RECIRCULATIONS;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

EID: 84948387909     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2015.06.008     Document Type: Article

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