Kinetic and Heat Transfer Control in the Slow and Flash Pyrolysis of Solids

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-46

  Di Blasi, Colomba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CHARCOAL; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT TRANSFER; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); REACTION KINETICS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL VARIABLES CONTROL;

BIOT NUMBERS; FINAL PRODUCT DISTRIBUTIONS; FLASH PYROLYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE EFFECTS; REACTOR TEMPERATURE; SLOW PYROLYSIS;

PYROLYSIS;

HEAT TRANSFER; PARTICLES; PYROLYSIS;

EID: 0029657489     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie950243d     Document Type: Article

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