Wood fast pyrolysis: Comparison of Lagrangian and Eulerian modeling approaches with experimental measurements

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4796-4809

  Authier, Olivier ^a   Ferrer, Monique ^a   Mauviel, Guillain ^a   Khalfi, Az Eddine ^b   Lédé, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b EDF R AND D   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BED PARTICLES; CHAR YIELD; CHARACTERISTIC TIME; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; COLD CARRIERS; EULERIAN APPROACH; EULERIAN MODELING APPROACH; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FAST PYROLYSIS; GASIFIER; HEAT FLUX DENSITIES; LAGRANGIAN; LAGRANGIAN APPROACHES; MASS BALANCE; MASS LOSS; MASS TRANSFER LIMITATION; MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS; MODELING APPROACH; PRODUCT YIELDS; PYROLYSIS MODEL; PYROLYSIS PRODUCTS; QUARTZ REACTORS; VOLATILE MATTERS; WOOD SAMPLES;

BIOMASS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; FURNACES; HEAT FLUX; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; OXIDE MINERALS; PYROLYSIS; QUARTZ; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; VAPORS; WOOD;

DENSITY OF GASES;

BIOMASS; DENSITY; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; FURNACES; GAS; GRAVIMETRY; OXIDES; PYROLYSIS; QUARTZ; VAPORS; WOOD;

EID: 67249162590     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie801854c     Document Type: Article

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