CFD modelling of the fast pyrolysis of an in-flight cellulosic particle subjected to convective heat transfer

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-107

  Papadikis, K ^a   Gerhauser, H ^a   Bridgwater, A V ^a   Gu, S ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cellulose; CFD; Fast pyrolysis; Fluidised bed; Particle modeling

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING EQUIPMENT; INERT GASES; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; PYROLYSIS; RATE CONSTANTS; REACTION KINETICS; SPECIFIC HEAT;

CFD; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFERS; EXTERNAL HEAT TRANSFERS; FAST PYROLYSIS; FAST PYROLYSISES; FLUID BEDS; FLUIDISED BED; FREELY MOVING; HEAT TRANSFER RATES; LAGRANGIAN APPROACHES; PARTICLE MODELING; PARTICLE TRACKING; PHASE TRAJECTORIES; STANDARD EULERIAN METHODS; THERMAL DEGRADATIONS;

THERMOANALYSIS;

CELLULOSE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DEGRADATION; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; GAS FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; PYROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS;

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CONVECTION HEATING; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING EQUIPMENT; INERT GASES; PYROLYSIS; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 57149142280     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2008.04.021     Document Type: Article

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