Reference: "Thermochemical Ethanol via
Indirect Gasification and Mixed Alcohol Synthesis of Lignocellulosic
Biomass," S. Phillips, A. Aden, J. Jechura, and D. Dayton (National
Renewable Energy Laboratory), T. Eggeman (Neoterics International,
Inc.) NREL/TP-510-41168, April 2007.
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A key feature of the design is the large flow of unreacted gas
leaving the reactor that is recycled back to the reformer near the
front end of the process, rather than to the front end of the reactor.
The designers did this because of significant production of carbon
dioxide in the reactor and the sensitivity of the catalyst to carbon
dioxide. What process forms this carbon dioxide? -
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