Combustion of spent mushroom compost and coal tailing pellets in a fluidised-bed

Renewable Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 860-868

  Finney, Karen N ^a   Sharifi, Vida N ^a   Swithenbank, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coal tailings; Fluidised bed combustion; Industrial implications; Operating conditions; Spent mushroom compost (SMC)

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; COAL; COAL INDUSTRY; COAL TAILINGS; COMBUSTION; COMBUSTORS; COMPOSTING; FLUIDIZATION; GAS EMISSIONS; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); ORE PELLETS; PELLETIZING; SMOKE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; SPENT FUELS; TAILINGS; TAILINGS DISPOSAL; THERMOCHEMISTRY; WASTE INCINERATION;

ACID GAS EMISSIONS; AIR RATIOS; ASH CONTENTS; BED DEPTHS; COMBUSTION EFFICIENCIES; COMBUSTION TESTS; FEEDRATE; FLUIDISED-BED COMBUSTION; HIGH COMBUSTION EFFICIENCIES; INDUSTRIAL IMPLICATIONS; OPERATING CONDITIONS; OPTIMUM OPERATING CONDITIONS; SAND BEDS; SECONDARY AIRS; SPENT MUSHROOM COMPOST (SMC); SPENT MUSHROOM COMPOSTS; TURBULENT MIXING;

COAL COMBUSTION;

COMBUSTION; COMPOST; FLUIDIZATION; MUSHROOM; REDUCTION; TAILINGS;

BASIDIOMYCOTA;

EID: 54149097122     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2008.06.012     Document Type: Article

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