Comparisons of two commercial computational fluid dynamics codes in modelling pulverised coal combustion for a 2.5 MW burner

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 437-446

  Eastwick, C N ^a   Pickering, S J ^a   Aroussi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coal combustion; Code comparisons; Mathematical modelling

Indexed keywords

COAL COMBUSTION; CODES (SYMBOLS); FUEL BURNERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

RECTANGULAR FURNACES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMBUSTION; FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; POLLUTANT;

EID: 0032798983     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0307-904X(98)10087-2     Document Type: Article

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