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Decomposition of aromatic hydrocarbons in a coupled coking-steam reforming process in respect of adsorptive and catalytic properties of the char

2015/19/N/ST8/02454

Keywords:

tar biomass char

Descriptors:

  • ST8_1: Chemical engineering, technical chemistry, environmental engineering, sanitary engineering, engineering of chemical processes

Panel:

ST8 - Production and processes engineering: modelling, product design, process design and control, construction methods and engineering, power units and systems

Host institution :

Politechnika Śląska, Wydział Inżynierii Środowiska i Energetyki

woj. śląskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr Agnieszka Korus 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 2

Call: PRELUDIUM 10 - announced on 2015-09-15

Amount awarded: 148 900 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2016-09-21

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2019-09-20

Project duration:: 36 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Przystawka do spektroskopii osłabionego całkowitego odbicia w podczernieni (ATR) współpracująca ze spektrometrem FTIR (44 500 PLN)

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (3)
  • Articles in post-conference publications (1)
  1. Catalytic conversion of toluene over a biochar bed under an inert atmosphere – The comparison of chars from different types of wood and the role of selected metals
    Authors:
    Agnieszka Korus, Abby Samson, Andrzej Szlęk
    Academic press:
    Fuel (rok: 2020, tom: 279, strony: 118468), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.fuel.2020.118468 - link to the publication
  2. Catalytic conversion of methylated aromatics over wood-derived chars – The role of reforming agents and the effect of methyl groups
    Authors:
    Agnieszka Korus, Andrzej Szlęk, Irena Korus, Abby Samson
    Academic press:
    Fuel (rok: 2020, tom: 280, strony: 118521), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.fuel.2020.118521 - link to the publication
  3. Physicochemical properties of biochars prepared from raw and acetone-extracted pine wood
    Authors:
    Agnieszka Korus, Andrzej Szlęk, Abby Samson
    Academic press:
    Fuel Processing Technology (rok: 2019, tom: 185, strony: 106-116), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.fuproc.2018.12.004 - link to the publication
  1. Wood-derived activated chars as catalysts in steam reforming of tar
    Authors:
    Agnieszka Korus, Andrzej Szlęk, Abby Samson
    Conference:
    Joint meeting of the Polish and Scandinavian-Nordic Sections of the Combustion Institute PSN 2018 (rok: 2018, ), Wydawca: AKNET-PRess
    Data:
    konferencja 6-7.09.2018
    Status:
    Published