Esa Kurkela

Mr. Esa Kurkela

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Academic Career Length

38Years (1989-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 January 1996 in Catalysis Today
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Pekka SimellPekka Simell
Pekka Simell
EKEsa Kurkela
Esa Kurkela
PSPekka Ståhlberg
Pekka Ståhlberg
JHJouko Hepola
Jouko Hepola

1 January 2000 in Biomass and Bioenergy
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Pekka SimellPekka Simell
Pekka Simell
PSPekka Ståhlberg
Pekka Ståhlberg
EKEsa Kurkela
Esa Kurkela
JAJohannes Albrecht
Johannes Albrecht
SDSteven Deutsch
Steven Deutsch
KSKrister Sjöström
Krister Sjöström

1 November 1991 in Fuel Processing Technology
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JLJukka Leppälahti
Jukka Leppälahti
Pekka SimellPekka Simell
Pekka Simell
EKEsa Kurkela
Esa Kurkela

1 June 1995 in Fuel
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Pekka SimellPekka Simell
Pekka Simell
JLJukka K. Leppälahti
Jukka K. Leppälahti
EKEsa Kurkela
Esa Kurkela

1 June 1992 in Fuel Processing Technology
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EKEsa Kurkela
Esa Kurkela
PSP. Ståhlberg
P. Ståhlberg

1 January 2016 in Fuel Processing Technology
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EKEsa Kurkela
Esa Kurkela
MKMinna Kurkela
Minna Kurkela
IHIlkka Hiltunen
Ilkka Hiltunen
Steam–oxygen gasification in a Circulating Fluidized-bed (CFB) reactor was developed for producing transportation fuels from different wood residues. This article presents the results of a two week test campaign, in which crushed forest residues and industrial bark mixture were used as the feedstocks. The aim of the work was to carry out extended time testing of the developed gasification and hot gas cleaning process and to determine the fate of different gas contaminants and trace components of wood. In the test runs, wood fuels were gasified in the CFB reactor at a 0.2–0.25MPa pressure using a mixture of steam and oxygen as the gasification agent. A mixture of sand and dolomite was used as the bed material in order to maintain stable fluidization and to catalyse in-situ tar decomposition before hot filtration. Raw gas was filtered at ca. 550°C and the filtered gas was then led into a two-stage catalytic tar reformer. The gasifier performance and the concentrations of different gas contaminants were determined at four different operating variable set points during a total of 215h of operation. The results for carbon conversion efficiency, raw gas composition and the fate of fuel nitrogen, chlorine and trace metals are presented in this paper. The concentrations of gas contaminants were determined after the ceramic filter unit and after the catalytic reformer. The conversion efficiencies for hydrocarbon gases, tars and ammonia in the reformer are also presented. The test run was carried out as a continuous operation without any interruptions or operational problems