Corrosion in waste-fired boilers: A thermodynamic study

Fuel

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 595-604

  Becidan, Michaël ^a   Sørum, Lars ^a   Frandsen, Flemming ^b   Pedersen, Anne Juul ^b  

^a SINTEF ENERGY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Additive; Alkali; Ammonium sulphate

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CORROSION; EXPERIMENTS; LEAD; SILICA; SODIUM; THERMODYNAMICS; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

ALKALI; AMMONIUM SULPHATE; CONTROLLING PARAMETERS; DATA ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS; FIRED BOILERS; INTERACTION EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUMS; TRACE METALS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 58249112262     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2008.10.032     Document Type: Article

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