Characterisation of the producer gas from an open top gasifier: Assessment of different tar analysis approaches

Fuel

Volumn 181, Issue , 2016, Pages 566-572

  Prando, D ^a   Shivananda Ail, S ^b   Chiaramonti, D ^c   Baratieri, M ^a   Dasappa, S ^b  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gasification; GC MS; Gravimetric approach; Open top gasifier; Tar analysis

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; GASES; GASIFICATION; TAR; TOLUENE; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; GASIFICATION TECHNOLOGIES; GASIFIERS; GC-MS; GRAVIMETRIC APPROACH; INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON (PAH); SCREENING PROCEDURES;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BENZENE; GASIFICATION; HYDROCARBONS; SCREENING;

EID: 84966320602     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2016.04.104     Document Type: Article

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