Combustion behavior in a dual-staging vortex rice husk combustor with snail entry

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1134-1140

  Eiamsa ard, S ^a   Kaewkohkiat, Y ^a   Thianpong, C ^b   Promvonge, P ^b  

^a MAHANAKORN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b KING MONGKUT'S INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LADKRABANG   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Combustion; Rice husk; Swirling flow; Vortex flow; Vortex combustor

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; COMBUSTORS; FLUE GASES; GAS EMISSIONS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); SMOKE; THERMOCHEMISTRY; VORTEX FLOW;

COMBUSTION BEHAVIOR; COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS; FLUE-GAS EMISSIONS; RICE HUSK; SNAIL ENTRY; SWIRLING FLOW; VORTEX-COMBUSTOR;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 50849129552     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2008.05.010     Document Type: Article

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