Research Article
Preparation and Characterization of Malaysian Dolomites as a Tar Cracking Catalyst in Biomass Gasification Process
Table 1
Analysis results of the compositions of dolomite (%).
| Compounds | Malaysian dolomite (P1) This study | Malaysian dolomite (P2) This study | Malaysian dolomite (P3) This study | Chinese dolomite (Zhejiang) [6] | Swedish dolomite (Sala) [6] | Indian dolomite (D01) [7] | Spanish dolomite (Malaga) [8] | Finnish dolomite [9] |
| SiO2 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 15.37 | 1.35 | 2.21 | 0.18 | — | 2.5 | Al2O3 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 1.69 | 0.14 | 0.11 | 0.25 | 0.4 | 0.6 | Fe2O3 | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.51 | 0.03 | 0.54 | 0.63 | 0.01 | 2.1 | CaO | 30.0 | 32.0 | 23.0 | 30.72 | 30.5 | 30.24 | 30.6 | 26.6 | MgO | 21.0 | 21.0 | 17.2 | 20.12 | 20.2 | 21.33 | 21.2 | 18.3 | K2O | 0.014 | 0.026 | 0.195 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.03 | — | — | Na2O | 0.013 | 0.013 | 0.013 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.23 | — | — | P2O5 | 0.013 | 0.017 | 0.019 | 0.01 | 0.01 | — | — | — | MnO | 0.01 | 0.011 | 0.013 | 0.002 | — | 21.33 | — | — | SrO | 0.008 | 0.009 | 0.009 | — | — | — | — | — | TiO2 | 0.006 | 0.007 | 0.015 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.18 | — | 0.3 |
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