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Plasma reforming of glycerol for synthesis gas production
Xinli Zhu1, Trung Hoang, Lance L Lobban
1Center for Biomass Refining, School of Chemical, Biological, and Materials Engineering, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|May 14, 2009
Abstract:
Glycerol can be effectively converted to synthesis gas (selectivity higher than 80%) with small amounts of water or no water using plasmas at low temperature and atmospheric pressure, without external heating.
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