Modelling and experimental investigation of devolatilizing wood in a fluidized bed combustor

Fuel

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2698-2712

  Sreekanth, M ^a   Sudhakar, D Ruben ^a   Prasad, B V S S S ^a   Kolar, Ajit Kumar ^a   Leckner, B ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Devolatilization; Fluidized bed combustion; Model; Two dimensional; Wood

Indexed keywords

FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTORS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CHAR YIELD; DEVOLATILIZATION; PARTICLE SHRINKAGE;

WOOD;

HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WOOD;

EID: 43849088829     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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