Numerical prediction of the transport and pyrolysis in the interior and surrounding of dry and wet wood log

Applied Energy

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1208-1224

  Sand, U ^a   Sandberg, J ^a   Larfeldt, J ^b   Bel Fdhila, R ^a,c  

^a MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b TPS Termiska Processer AB   (Sweden)

^c ABB CORPORATE RESEARCH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Heat transfer; Mass transfer; Porous media; Wood pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GASES; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS TRANSFER; POROUS MATERIALS; PYROLYSIS; THERMAL LOGGING;

HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; PARTICLE DISPERSION; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; RADIAL TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER; TRANSIENT SIMULATION; WOOD PYROLYSIS;

WOOD;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW MODELING; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; MASS TRANSFER; NUMERICAL METHOD; PLUME; POROUS MEDIUM; PREDICTION; PYROLYSIS; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WOOD;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CURING; DRYING; GAS; GRAVIMETRY; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS TRANSFER; POROUS MATERIALS; PYROLYSIS; SIMULATION; THERMAL ANALYSIS; WOOD;

EID: 49849098313     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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