Numerical prediction of unburned carbon levels in large pulverized coal utility boilers

Fuel

Volumn 84, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 2364-2371

  Pallarés, Javier ^a   Arauzo, Inmaculada ^a   Díez, Luis Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

CFD; Coal combustion; Unburned coal

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COAL FIRED BOILERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXIDATION; PULVERIZED FUEL FIRED BOILERS;

BURNER-TO-BURNER INTERACTIONS; CHAR OXIDATION; PULVERIZED COAL UTILITY BOILERS; UNBURNED COAL;

COAL COMBUSTION;

EID: 26844511424     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2005.05.011     Document Type: Article

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