Investigation of biomass combustion systems using CFD techniques: A parametric study of packed-bed burning characteristics

Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 6, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 262-271

  Yang, Yao Bin ^a   Goodfellow, Jim ^a   Sharifi, Vida N ^a   Swithenbank, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomass; Mathematical modelling; Packed bed combustion

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; MOISTURE; PACKED BEDS;

COMBUSTION SYSTEMS; HETEROGENEOUS REACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS; PACKED-BED COMBUSTION;

COMBUSTION;

BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; MOISTURE; PACKED BEDS;

EID: 33745791761     PISSN: 14684349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/PCFD.2006.010035     Document Type: Article

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