Solar thermochemical green fuels production: A review of biomass pyro-gasification, solar reactor concepts and modelling methods

S Abanades, S Rodat, H Boujjat - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper addresses the solar thermochemical conversion of biomass or waste feedstocks
based on pyro-gasification for the clean production of high-value and energy-intensive fuels …

Pyrolysis of plastic wastes in a fountain confined conical spouted bed reactor: Determination of stable operating conditions

S Orozco, J Alvarez, G Lopez, M Artetxe… - Energy conversion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The performance of both fluidized and spouted bed reactors in the pyrolysis of waste plastics
is conditioned by particle agglomeration phenomena, which worsens the quality of the gas …

Fast characterization of biomass fuels by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)

JF Saldarriaga, R Aguado, A Pablos, M Amutio… - Fuel, 2015 - Elsevier
A methodology is proposed based on thermogravimetric analysis, deconvolution of the DTG
signal and empirical correlations for characterizing biomass fuels for boilers and …

Kinetic study of lignocellulosic biomass oxidative pyrolysis

M Amutio, G Lopez, R Aguado, M Artetxe, J Bilbao… - Fuel, 2012 - Elsevier
Biomass oxidative pyrolysis is of great interest from the point of view of large-scale bio-oil
production in autothermal regime. A study has been carried out in thermobalance with …

Influence of operating conditions on the steam gasification of biomass in a conical spouted bed reactor

A Erkiaga, G Lopez, M Amutio, J Bilbao… - Chemical engineering …, 2014 - Elsevier
Pinewood sawdust has been gasified by using steam as gasifying agent in a conical
spouted bed reactor operating in continuous regime. A study has been made of the effect of …

Design and operation of a conical spouted bed reactor pilot plant (25 kg/h) for biomass fast pyrolysis

AR Fernandez-Akarregi, J Makibar, G Lopez… - Fuel processing …, 2013 - Elsevier
An original pyrolysis pilot plant provided with a conical spouted bed reactor has been
designed and built for treating 25kg/h of biomass. The scale-up of the process has been …

Syngas from steam gasification of polyethylene in a conical spouted bed reactor

A Erkiaga, G Lopez, M Amutio, J Bilbao, M Olazar - Fuel, 2013 - Elsevier
The steam gasification of high density polyethylene in continuous mode has been carried
out in a conical spouted bed reactor. The effect of temperature (in the 800–900° C range) …

Biomass oxidative flash pyrolysis: autothermal operation, yields and product properties

M Amutio, G Lopez, R Aguado, J Bilbao… - Energy & fuels, 2012 - ACS Publications
Biomass autothermal flash pyrolysis has been carried out by adding oxygen to the reaction
environment in a bench-scale plant provided with a conical spouted bed reactor, at 500° C …

Collision dynamics in fluidised bed granulators: A DEM-CFD study

L Fries, S Antonyuk, S Heinrich, D Dopfer… - Chemical engineering …, 2013 - Elsevier
The fluid, particle and collision dynamics inside a fluidised bed granulator are described in
detail using coupled DEM-CFD simulations. Three different granulator configurations are …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of oxidative conditions on the deactivation of an equilibrium FCC catalyst in the fast pyrolysis of HDPE in a conical spouted bed reactor

S Orozco, L Santamaria, M Artetxe, J Alvarez… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study approaches the continuous catalytic fast pyrolysis of plastics in a flexible and
original technology, ie, a conical spouted bed reactor equipped with fountain confiner and …