Characterization of municipal solid waste combustion in a grate furnace

Waste Management

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 689-701

  Frey, Hans Heinz ^a   Peters, Bernhard ^a   Hunsinger, Hans ^a   Vehlow, Jürgen ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUE GASES; FLUID DYNAMICS; HEATING FURNACES; STOICHIOMETRY; WASTE INCINERATION;

GRATE FURNACES;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; DATA ANALYSIS; DESICCATION; FLUE GAS; FURNACE; GAS FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMODYNAMICS; TURBULENT FLOW;

AIR MOVEMENTS; GASES; INCINERATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFERENCE VALUES; REFUSE DISPOSAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0141569081     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-053X(02)00070-3     Document Type: Article

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