Moisture and char reactivity modeling in pulverized coal combustors

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 35-69

  Gera, D ^a   Mathur, M ^b   Freeman, M ^b   O'Dowd, William ^b  

^a ANSYS INC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIOMASS; BOILERS; CARBON MONOXIDE; COAL TAR; COMBUSTORS; COMMINUTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; OXIDES; REACTION KINETICS;

CHAR; CHAR BURNOUT KINETIC MODEL; DEVOLATILIZATION; LAGRARIAN PARTICLE TRACKING ALGORITHM; PULVERIZED COAL COMBUSTORS; STEAM GASIFICATION; T FIRED INDUSTRIAL BOILERS;

COAL COMBUSTION;

EID: 0012083478     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102200108935837     Document Type: Article

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