Biomass gasification and pyrolysis : practical design and theory

Modernized biomass gasification for power generation has attracted increasing interests as an attempt to reduce our reliance on fossil fuel. In fact, over the past couple of years, a lot of RD & D has gone into overcoming the technical hurdles of biomass gasification mainly producing clean gas w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Basu, Prabir, 1946-
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Burlington, MA : Academic Press, ©2010.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780080961620
0080961622
9786612666094
6612666099
9780123749888 (electronic bk.)
0123749883
1282666096
9781282666092
Physical Description1 online resource

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Enviornmental and Economic issues of biomass gasification
  • 3. Biomass characteristics base
  • 4. Pyrolysis of biomass
  • 5. Tar issues in gasification
  • 6. Kinetics & Modeling of biomass gasification
  • 7. Design of Biomass gasifiers
  • 8. Gasification in supercritical fluid
  • 9. Agglomeration problem of biomass
  • 10. Feeding and handling of biomass
  • 11. Appendix & Design data.