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Gasification of greek lignite in an indirect heat (allothermal) rotary kiln gasifier

George P. Androutsopoulos Department of Chemical Engineering, Section II, Chemical Process Engineering Laboratory, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Konstantinos S. Hatzilyberis Department of Chemical Engineering, Section II, Chemical Process Engineering Laboratory, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Nicolaos A. Theofilou Production and Exploitation Department, Public Power Corporation of Greece, Athens, Greece
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Dimitrios S. Agalianos Production and Exploitation Department, Public Power Corporation of Greece, Athens, Greece
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Constantinos G. Chronis Production and Exploitation Department, Public Power Corporation of Greece, Athens, Greece
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Vasilios N. Kapassakalis Production and Exploitation Department, Public Power Corporation of Greece, Athens, Greece
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Athanasios G. Karsakos Production and Exploitation Department, Public Power Corporation of Greece, Athens, Greece
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Andreas N. Katsaros Production and Exploitation Department, Public Power Corporation of Greece, Athens, Greece
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Constantinos P. Stamatakis Production and Exploitation Department, Public Power Corporation of Greece, Athens, Greece
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Constantinos L. Zissis Production and Exploitation Department, Public Power Corporation of Greece, Athens, Greece
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Pages 1200-1232 | Published online: 09 Sep 2010

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