Numerical investigation of the partial oxidation in a two-stage downdraft gasifier

Fuel

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1383-1393

  Gerun, Luc ^a   Paraschiv, Maria ^a   Vîjeu, Rãzvan ^a   Bellettre, Jérôme ^a   Tazerout, Mohand ^a   Gøbel, Benny ^b   Henriksen, Ulrik ^b  

^a ECOLE DES MINES DE NANTES   (France)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Oxidation; Tar; Two dimension model; Two stage gasification

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW PATTERNS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OXIDATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

INJECTION VELOCITY; TAR CONCENTRATION; TWO-DIMENSION MODELS; TWO-STAGE GASIFICATION;

GASIFICATION;

EID: 40249084931     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

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