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Tar Evolution in the Two Stage Fluid Bed-Plasma Gasification Process

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Clean Energy from Waste

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Waste gasification is considered a valuable solution to the production of clean energy and bio-fuels provided that the syngas produced in the gasifier is free of condensable tars and organic sulphur contaminants that cause equipment fouling and deactivation of catalytic stages downstream.

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Materazzi, M. (2017). Tar Evolution in the Two Stage Fluid Bed-Plasma Gasification Process. In: Clean Energy from Waste. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46870-9_6

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