Dilute-phase gasification

It would now appear, however, that no such simple generalization as Squires hypothesis relative to fluidized-bed gasification is available to organize methane-yield data from dilute-phase gasification systems such as those studied in three papers in this volume. Glenn et al. report... 

Because bio-fuels such as bio-ethanol are formed in dilute aqueous solution, their gasification requires extensive amounts of energy. An alternative is the reformation of these fuels in the liquid phase or their treatment with supercritical water. 

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