Burning characteristics and gaseous/solid emissions of blends of pulverized coal with waste tire-derived fuel

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 131, Issue 1-6, 1998, Pages 147-185

  Levendis, Yiannis A ^a   Atal, Ajay ^a   Courtemanche, Bonnie ^a   Carlson, Joel B ^b  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

^b DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Emissions bulk equivalence ratio; Flame characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001614172     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102209808935759     Document Type: Article

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