Effects of fuel devolatilisation on the combustion of wood chips and incineration of simulated municipal solid wastes in a packed bed

Fuel

Volumn 82, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 2205-2221

  Yang, Y B ^a   Yamauchi, H ^a   Nasserzadeh, V ^a   Swithenbank, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Devolatilisation; Incineration; Mathematical modelling; Solid waste fuel

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PACKED BEDS; SOLID WASTES; WASTE INCINERATION;

DEVOLATILIZATION;

WOOD;

CHIPS; COMBUSTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIMULATION; SOLID WASTES;

EID: 0042362223     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-2361(03)00145-5     Document Type: Article

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