Dynamic behaviour of sewage sludge incineration in a large-scale bubbling fluidised bed in relation to feeding-rate variations

Fuel

Volumn 87, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 1552-1563

  Yang, Yao Bin ^a,b   Sliwinski, Lynne ^c   Sharifi, Vida ^b   Swithenbank, Jim ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c Yorkshire Water   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic; Fluidised bed; Incineration; Mathematical modelling; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); EMULSIONS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; INCINERATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EMULSION PHASE; FEEDING-RATE VARIATIONS; PARTICLE PHASES; SLUDGE FEEDING-RATE;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

EID: 40749096887     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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