Natural gas combustion in a fluidized bed heat-treating furnace

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 177, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2211-2241

  Friedman, Jacob ^a   Li, Hongyu ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Combustion; Fluidized bed; Heat treating; Natural gas

Indexed keywords

GAS VELOCITY; HEAT-TREATING SYSTEMS; POLLUTANT EMISSIONS; STEEL SURFACES;

AIR POLLUTION; CARBON STEEL; DECARBURIZATION; GAS EMISSIONS; NATURAL GAS; OXYGEN;

FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION;

EID: 29144433336     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: 1563521X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102200500240844     Document Type: Article

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