Cofiring coal and dairy biomass in a 29 kWt furnace

Applied Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2359-2372

  Lawrence, Ben ^a   Annamalai, Kalyan ^a   Sweeten, John M ^b   Heflin, Kevin ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TAMU System   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal; Cofiring; Combustion; Dairy biomass; Emissions

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BOILERS; CALORIFIC VALUE; COAL; COAL COMBUSTION; COMBUSTION; CROPS; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; NITROGEN; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; UREA;

BIOMASS VOLATILES; CO-FIRING; CO-FIRING BIOMASS; DAIRY BIOMASS; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; FUEL BOUND NITROGENS; HIGHER HEATING VALUE; POWDER RIVER BASIN COALS;

LOADING;

BIOMASS; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COMBUSTION; EMISSION CONTROL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOIL SURFACE;

EID: 65949090103     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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