Sulphur capture in circulating fluidized-bed boilers: Can the efficiency be predicted?

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 54, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 5573-5584

  Lyngfelt, Anders ^a   Leckner, Bo ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Circulating fluidized bed boiler; Fluidized bed combustion; Limestone; Sorbent; Sulphur

Indexed keywords

BOILERS; LIMESTONE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SULFUR;

CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED (CFB) BOILERS; CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION (CFBC);

FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION;

CIRCULATION; COMBUSTION; EFFICIENCY; FLUIDIZED BED; LIMESTONE; PREDICTION; SULFUR;

EID: 0033231859     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(99)00290-0     Document Type: Article

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