Modeling and optimization of the NOx emission characteristics of a tangentially fired boiler with artificial neural networks

Energy

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 167-183

  Zhou, Hao ^a   Cen, Kefa ^a   Fan, Jianren ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COAL FIRED BOILERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; NITROGEN OXIDES; NOZZLES; OPTIMIZATION;

CARBON BURNOUT;

GAS EMISSIONS;

EMISSION; MODELING; NITROGEN OXIDE; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 0142156058     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2003.08.004     Document Type: Article

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