Comparison of different global reaction mechanisms for coal-fired utility boilers

Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 3, Issue 2-4, 2003, Pages 130-139

  Ruckert F U ^a   Sabel, T ^a   Schnell, U ^a   Hein, K R G ^a   Risio, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

CFD; Coal combustion; Coal fired utility boiler; Finite volume; Global reaction mechanisms; Turbulent flow

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

REACTION MODELS;

COAL FIRED BOILERS;

BOILER; COAL; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINITE VOLUME TECHNIQUE; FUEL; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0042632474     PISSN: 14684349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/pcfd.2003.003773     Document Type: Article

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