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Record 1 2008-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biomass Energy
CONT

Thermochemical conversion denotes technologies that use elevated temperatures to convert the biomass materials by (a) direct combustion to produce heat; (b) pyrolysis to produce gas, pyrolytic liquids, chemicals and char; (c) gasification to produce low or intermediate joule value gas ... and (d) liquefaction to produce heavy fuel oil or, with upgrading, lighter boiling liquid products used as distillates, light fuel oil or gasoline ...

Key term(s)
  • thermo-chemical conversion

French

Domaine(s)
  • Énergie de la biomasse
DEF

Processus thermique et chimique par lesquels des substances riches en carbone sont transformées en produits chimiques intermédiaires pour produire de l'énergie, des carburants, des produits chimiques et des matériaux.

Spanish

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