Fine particulate formation during switchgrass/coal cofiring

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 457-463

  Blevins, Linda G ^a   Cauley III, Thomas H ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BIOMASS; BOILERS; COAL; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FIRING (OF MATERIALS); HEAT CONVECTION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

COAL COFIRING; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; MASS CONCENTRATION; SWITCHGRASS;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

COMBUSTION;

EID: 22844438871     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1804540     Document Type: Article

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