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Computational fluid dynamics applied to chemical reaction engineering
In this paper a brief review will be presented on the application of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to the field of Chemical Reaction Engineering (CRE) with emphasis on multiphase flow due to its practical...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Survey of Desulfurization Processes for Coal Gas
An overview is given of recent developments in the field of regenerative, high temperature, coal gas desulfurization. The results of a wide variety of sorbents and reactor types either tested on lab-, bench- a...
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Development of a Small Integrated Pilot Plant for Flash Pyrolysis of Biomass
A continuous test-unit for the flash pyrolysis of biomass to bio-oil, with a throughput of 10 kg pulverised biomass per hour, has recently been developed at the University of Twente. The apparatus is now under...
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The Rotating Cone Flash Pyrolysis Reactor
The velocity of nearly spherical mono-sized PVC powder in a cold-flow rotating cone reactor (top angle π/3 rad, height 0.43 m) was measured under variation of the particle diameter (140 –780 μm) and the cone r...
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Chapter
Slurry Reactors, Fundamentals and Applications
Slurry reactors are applied nowadays in a wide range of chemical processes, both on a laboratory scale and in industrial practice. Applications range from catalytic hydrogenation of edible oils, coal hydrogena...
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Wood Pyrolysis and Carbon Dioxide Char Gasification Kinetics in a Fluidized Bed
Since pyrolysis is the first step in the gasification process of a solid material, rates and temperatures at which pyrolysis occur together with pyrolysis product yields are critical parameters in the design o...
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Simultaneous Mass Transfer of Two Gases with Complex Reversible Reactions: An Example Being the Simultaneous Absorption of H2S and CO2 into Aqueous Amine Solutions
Though scrubbing of gases containing H2S and CO2 by alkanolamines in aqueous or mixed solutions is a well established process,the calculation of mass transfer fluxes, taking into account interactive chemical reac...
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Methanol from Wood, a State of the Art Review
The Commission of the European Communities started its pilot plant project “Synthetic Fuel from Wood” early this year. Within this project, four demonstration plants producing 10–60 tons/day of synthesis gas f...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Methanol from Wood; a review related to the proposals submitted to the Commission of the European Communities
Long term potential of methanol from wood in the EEC is briefly discussed. The gasification technology involved in the various proposals for participation in the C.E.C. project E, “Energy from Biomass”, pilot ...
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Axial Mixing and Mass Transfer in a Zig-Zag Contactor
A zig-zag contactor is a geometrically simple device which enables the continuous transfer of heat and/or mass between more or less fluidized solids and gases. In the present investigation the effect of axial ...