A study on the influence of liquid water and water vapour on the self-ignition of lignite coal-experiments and numerical simulations

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 167-177

  Lohrer, C ^a   Schmidt, M ^a   Krause, U ^a  

^a BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Combustion; Lignite coal; Moisture transfer; Numeric modelling; Self ignition

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COMBUSTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDENSATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; VAPORS;

BULK MATERIALS; SELF-IGNITION TEMPARATURES; SUBCRITICAL DEPOSITS; WATER VAPORS;

LIGNITE;

IGNITION;

EID: 21944454202     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2005.03.006     Document Type: Article

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