The carbon dioxide gasification characteristics of biomass char samples and their effect on coal gasification reactivity during co-gasification

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 258, Issue , 2018, Pages 70-78

  Mafu, Lihle D ^a   Neomagus, Hein W J P ^a   Everson, Raymond C ^a   Okolo, Gregory N ^a   Strydom, Christien A ^a   Bunt, John R ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biomass reactivity; Co gasification; Reactivity modelling

Indexed keywords

BITUMINOUS COAL; CARBON DIOXIDE;

BIOMASS CHAR; CHAR REACTIVITY; CO-GASIFICATION; COAL CHARS; GASIFICATION CHARACTERISTICS; GASIFICATION REACTIVITY; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THERMO-GRAVIMETRIC;

BIOMASS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; CHARCOAL;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHARCOAL; CHEMICAL REACTION; COAL; EQUIPMENT; MODELING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; GASIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; GAS; HEAT; KINETICS;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHARCOAL; COAL; GASES; HOT TEMPERATURE; KINETICS;

EID: 85042852781     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.12.053     Document Type: Article

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