Investigation into co-gasifying Indian coal and biomass in a down draft gasifier - Experiments and analysis

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 138, Issue , 2015, Pages 435-444

  Sharma, Monikankana ^a   Attanoor, Suresh ^a   Dasappa, S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Biomass; Coal; Gasification; Single particle analysis; Syngas

Indexed keywords

ASH HANDLING; BIOMASS; CARBON; COAL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUELS; GASIFICATION;

BIOMASS GASIFICATION; COLD GAS EFFICIENCY; DOWNDRAFT GASIFICATION; HEAT AND ELECTRICITY; OPTIMUM OPERATING CONDITIONS; SINGLE-PARTICLE ANALYSIS; SYN-GAS; THERMO-PHYSICAL PROPERTY;

COAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84954196683     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2015.06.015     Document Type: Article

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