A global optimization study on the devolatilisation kinetics of coal, biomass and waste fuels

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 762-769

  Pantoleontos, G ^a,b   Basinas, P ^a,b   Skodras, G ^a,b   Grammelis, P ^a   Pinter J D ^c   Topis, S ^a,b   Sakellaropoulos, G P ^a,b  

^a INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c Pintér Consulting Services Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exponential integral; Global Optimization Toolbox for Maple; Kinetic modeling; Pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION RATES; DEVOLATILISATION; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; EXPONENTIAL INTEGRAL; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION TOOLBOX FOR MAPLE; KINETIC MODELING; NON ISOTHERMALS; PARALLEL REACTIONS; POWER-LAW MODELS; PYROLYSIS OF COALS; PYROLYSIS PRODUCTS; RATIONAL APPROXIMATIONS; SEARCH METHODS; SUM OF SQUARES; THERMO-GRAVIMETRIC ANALYZERS; WASTE FUELS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ENERGY CONVERSION; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; IGNEOUS ROCKS; OPTIMIZATION; PYROLYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

CONVEX OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 65649146544     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2009.03.011     Document Type: Article

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