Rice husk gasification in a two-stage fixed-bed gasifier: Production of hydrogen rich syngas and kinetics

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 41, Issue 21, 2016, Pages 8793-8802

  Khonde, Ruta ^a   Chaurasia, Ashish ^a  

^a VISVESVARAYA NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Cracking; Gasification; Hydrogen; Kinetics; Pyrolysis; Residence time

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; COAL TAR; CRACK INITIATION; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); CRACKS; ENZYME KINETICS; GASIFICATION; HYDROGEN; KINETICS; PYROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS GAS; TAR;

DISTRIBUTED ACTIVATION ENERGY MODEL; DOWNDRAFT FIXED BEDS; PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN; RESIDENCE TIME; SECONDARY PRODUCT; SECONDARY REACTIONS; SINGLE REACTION MODELS; TAR CRACKING;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84964344837     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.03.138     Document Type: Article

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