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Removal and transformation mechanisms of nitrogen and sulfur in petcoke supercritical water gasification via ReaxFF simulation

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Pages 209-220 | Received 22 Jul 2021, Accepted 08 Nov 2021, Published online: 01 Dec 2021

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