Model of fragmentation of limestone particles during thermal shock and calcination in fluidised beds

Powder Technology

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 244-251

  Saastamoinen, Jaakko ^a   Pikkarainen, Toni ^a   Tourunen, Antti ^a   Räsänen, Marko ^a   Jäntti, Timo ^b  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b Foster Wheeler Energia Oy   (Finland)

Author keywords

Calcination; Fragmentation; Limestone particles; Modelling; Thermal shock

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LIMESTONE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL SHOCK;

AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZES; BEFORE AND AFTER; FLUIDISED BEDS; FRAGMENTATION; GAS COMPOSITIONS; LIMESTONE PARTICLES; MODEL CALCULATIONS; MODELLING; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; POPULATION BALANCE MODELS; POPULATION BALANCES; PRIMARY FRAGMENTATIONS; STEADY STATES; SULPHATION;

CALCINATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; LIMESTONE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; GAS; HEATING; PARTICLE SIZE; STEADY STATE; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 54549092055     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2008.02.016     Document Type: Article

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