Validation of a dynamic model for wood pellet boilers and stoves

Applied Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 645-656

  Persson, Tomas ^a   Fiedler, Frank ^a   Nordlander, Svante ^a   Bales, Chris ^a   Paavilainen, Janne ^a  

^a Solar Energy Research Center SERC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Boiler; Emissions; Modelling; Pellets; Stove; TRNSYS

Indexed keywords

BOILERS; CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; MODELS; ORE PELLETS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PELLETIZING;

CARBON MONOXIDE EMISSIONS; CO EMISSIONS; COMPUTER MODELS; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; SYSTEM SIMULATIONS; TRNSYS; TWO-NODE MODEL; WATER VOLUMES;

STOVES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOKING APPLIANCE; EMISSION; ENERGY BALANCE; LABORATORY METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; WOOD;

EID: 59349117106     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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