Combustion characteristics and air pollutant formation during oxy-fuel co-combustion of microalgae and lignite

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 207, Issue , 2016, Pages 276-284

  Gao, Yuan ^a,c   Tahmasebi, Arash ^a   Dou, Jinxiao ^a   Yu, Jianglong ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LIAONING   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c Sinosteel Anshan Research Institute of Thermo Energy Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollutants; Kinetics analysis; Lignite; Microalgae; Oxy fuel combustion

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; AIR POLLUTION; ALGAE; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIGNITE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROORGANISMS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; KINETICS ANALYSIS; MICRO-ALGAE; OXYFUEL COMBUSTION; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYZERS;

COAL COMBUSTION;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; COAL; FUEL; LIGNITE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SULFUR; VOLATILE AGENT; AIR POLLUTANT;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMBUSTION; GREEN ALGA; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIGNITE; MICROALGA; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; REACTION KINETICS;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; COAL POWER; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; GAS; HEATING; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; OXY FUEL COMBUSTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRICITY; METABOLISM;

CHLORELLA VULGARIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; COAL; ELECTRICITY; KINETICS; MICROALGAE; OXYGEN; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

EID: 84961151121     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.02.031     Document Type: Article

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