Co-gasification of lignite and waste wood in a pilot-scale (10 kWe) downdraft gasifier

Energy

Volumn 119, Issue , 2017, Pages 834-844

  Patel, Vimal R ^a   Patel, Darshil ^b   Varia, Nandan S ^a   Patel, Rajesh N ^a  

^a NIRMA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b the State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinker formation; Co gasification; Exergy; Lignite and waste wood; Mass and energy balances; Pilot scale downdraft gasifier

Indexed keywords

CALORIFIC VALUE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXERGY; FUELS; GASES; LIGNITE; MIXTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; WOOD;

CLINKER FORMATION; CO-GASIFICATION; DOWNDRAFT GASIFIER; MASS AND ENERGY BALANCE; WASTE WOOD;

GASIFICATION;

BURNING; ENERGY BALANCE; EQUIPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUEL CONSUMPTION; LIGNITE; PARTICLE SIZE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WOOD;

EID: 85007013408     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2016.11.057     Document Type: Article

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