Investigation of channel formation due to random packing in a burning waste bed

Process Safety and Environmental Protection

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 267-277

  Yang, Y B ^a   Goodfellow, J ^a   Goh, Y R ^a   Nasserzadeh, V ^a   Swithenbank, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Channelling; Combustion; Packed beds; Random packing process; Waste

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PRESSURE DROP; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SOLID WASTES;

RANDOM PACKAGING; WASTE BEDS;

PACKED BEDS;

EID: 0035454117     PISSN: 09575820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/095758201753189703     Document Type: Article

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