Effect of coal particle size distribution on agglomerate formation in a fluidized bed combustor (FBC)

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 447-458

  Reddy, G Venkat ^a   Mahapatra, S K ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b SANT LONGOWAL INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Caking propensity; Defluidisation; Distributor plate; Fluidised bed; Minimum fluidisation velocity; Size distribution

Indexed keywords

COAL; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTORS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

CAKING PROPENSITY; DEFLUIDIZATION; DISTRIBUTOR PLATE; MINIMUM FLUIDIZATION VELOCITY;

AGGLOMERATION;

EID: 0033101885     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-8904(98)00113-7     Document Type: Article

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