H2-rich syngas production through mixed residual biomass and HDPE waste via integrated catalytic gasification and tar cracking plus bio-char upgrading

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 308, Issue , 2017, Pages 578-587

  Alipour Moghadam Esfahani, Reza ^a   Osmieri, Luigi ^a   Specchia, Stefania ^a   Yusup, Suzana ^b   Tavasoli, Ahmad ^c   Zamaniyan, Akbar ^d  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY RIPI   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biomass; Gasification; Hydrogen; Renewable energy; Syngas; Upgrading bio char

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYTIC CRACKING; COAL TAR; CRACKS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; FLUIDIZATION; FOSSIL FUELS; FUEL CELLS; GASIFICATION; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; NANOTUBES; STEAM CRACKING; SYNTHESIS GAS; TAR; TEMPERATURE;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE; ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES; BIO CHARS; CATALYTIC GASIFICATION; CATALYTIC STEAM GASIFICATIONS; LOW TEMPERATURE FUEL CELLS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SYN-GAS;

FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING;

EID: 84988733591     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2016.09.049     Document Type: Article

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