Parametric sensitivity study of a CFD-based coal devolatilization model

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 794-795

  Gera, D ^a   Mathur, M ^b   Freeman, M ^b  

^a ANSYS INC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSSLINKING; DEPOLYMERIZATION; MASS TRANSFER; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PYROLYSIS; RATE CONSTANTS; VAPORIZATION;

COAL DEVOLATIZATION MODEL; CROSS-LINKING PYROLYSIS MODEL; SINGLE FIRST-ORDER PROCESS;

COAL;

EID: 0037566290     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef020286o     Document Type: Article

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