Modelling of pyrolysis of large wood particles

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3134-3139

  Sadhukhan, Anup Kumar ^a   Gupta, Parthapratim ^a   Saha, Ranajit Kumar ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Biomass; Finite Volume Method; Heat transfer model; Kinetic model; Pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS PARTICLES; BULK TEMPERATURES; ELECTRICALLY HEATED FURNACES; ENERGY CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXTERNAL SURFACES; FINITE-VOLUME METHODS; HEAT TRANSFER MODEL; INERT ATMOSPHERES; INTERNAL CONVECTIONS; KINETIC MODEL; MASS LOSS; MODEL PREDICTIONS; PYROLYSIS TIME; RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFERS; SECONDARY REACTIONS; SIMULATION STUDIES; TRI-DIAGONAL MATRIX ALGORITHMS; WOOD PARTICLES;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEAT EXCHANGERS; KINETIC THEORY; PYROLYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

HEAT TRANSFER; KINETICS; MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PYROLYSIS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; HEAT TRANSFER; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; WOOD;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GASES; HOT TEMPERATURE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; WOOD;

EID: 62649091663     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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