A fluidized bed combustion model with discretized population balance. 2. Experimental studies and model validation

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 3709-3717

  Khan, Atif A ^a   De Jong, Wiebren ^a   Spliethoff, Hartmut ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attrition; Biomass; Combustion; Fluidized bed combustor; Gaseous emissions; Particle size distribution

Indexed keywords

BOILERS; FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION; GAS EMISSIONS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT GENERATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RESIDUAL FUELS;

ATTRITION; FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION BOILER;

WOOD FUELS;

EID: 37249000943     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef060369v     Document Type: Article

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