Simulation of air flow in the typical boiler windbox segments

Advances in Engineering Software

Volumn 33, Issue 11-12, 2002, Pages 793-804

  Bhasker, C ^a  

^a BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LIMITED   (India)

Author keywords

Air flow; CFBC boiler; Combustor geometry; Distributed plate nozzles; Multi block grids; Recirculation flow; Simulation of flow; Unequal air flow; Windbox channel

Indexed keywords

BOILERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION; NOZZLES;

CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION (CFBC);

TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0037274964     PISSN: 09659978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-9978(02)00082-0     Document Type: Article

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