Effects of wind flow on self-heating characteristics of coal stockpiles

Process Safety and Environmental Protection

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 445-453

  Moghtaderi, B ^a   Dlugogorski, B Z ^a   Kennedy, E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coal stockpiles; Oxidation; Spontaneous combustion; Spontaneous ignition; Wind flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; IGNITION; MASS TRANSFER; NATURAL CONVECTION; OXIDATION; POROSITY; SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION; WIND EFFECTS;

COAL STOCKPILES; WIND-DRIVEN FLOW FIELDS;

COAL;

EID: 0034314595     PISSN: 09575820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/095758200530998     Document Type: Article

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