Fine particle emissions from heavy fuel oil combustion in a firetube package boiler

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 134, Issue 1-6, 1998, Pages 477-502

  Miller, C A ^a   Linak, W P ^a   King, C ^b   Wendt, J O L ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b ARCADIS   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Particle emissions; Particle formation; Residual oil combustion; Size distributions; Submicron aerosol; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001589471     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102209808924146     Document Type: Article

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