Modelling spontaneous combustion in wet lignite

Combustion Theory and Modelling

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 215-232

  Gong, Rose ^a,c   Burnell, John G ^a   Wake, Graeme C ^b  

^a CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL; COMBUSTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELING;

EID: 0033150743     PISSN: 13647830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1364-7830/3/2/001     Document Type: Article

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