Using computational fluid dynamics to modify a waste-heat boiler design

JOM

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 36-40

  Yang, Yongxiang ^a   Jokilaakso, Ari ^b,c   Taskinen, Pekka ^c,d,e   Kytö, Markku ^f  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Outokumpu Engineering Contractors Oy   (Finland)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^d Outokumpu Research Oy   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^f Outokumpu Oyj   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOILERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT RADIATION; MASS TRANSFER; OPTIMIZATION; SPECIFIC HEAT; WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION;

FLASH SMELTING PROCESS; SMELTER GAS CONTROL;

SMELTING;

EID: 0032690855     PISSN: 10474838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11837-999-0040-8     Document Type: Article

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