Physical characterization of biomass fuels prepared for suspension firing in utility boilers for CFD modelling

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 318-325

  Rosendahl, Lasse A ^a   Yin, Chungen ^a   Kær, Søren K ^a   Friborg, Klaus ^b   Overgaard, Peter ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b DONG Energy AS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biomass fuel pre treatment; CFD; Physical characterization; Size and shape distribution

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FOSSIL FUELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

BIOMASS FUEL PRE-TREATMENT; RETROFIT TOOL; SHAPE DISTRIBUTION;

BIOFUELS;

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FOSSIL FUELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; FOSSIL FUEL; SHAPE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRAW;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34147102844     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2007.01.015     Document Type: Article

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