Effects of physical properties on one-dimensional downward smoldering of char: Numerical analysis

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1019-1029

  He, Fang ^a,b   Zobel, Nico ^b   Zha, Wenjian ^a   Behrendt, Frank ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Char; Effects; Numerical analysis; One dimensional downward smoldering; Physical properties

Indexed keywords

BED MATERIALS; CARBON DENSITY; CARBON OXIDATION; CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS; CHAR; COMPLEX PROCESSES; EFFECTS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FRONT VELOCITY; HOMOGENEOUS MODELS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL DOWNWARD SMOLDERING; OXIDATIVE DEGRADATION; OXYGEN DIFFUSIVITY; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SMOLDERING COMBUSTION; VOID SIZE;

FORESTRY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OXYGEN; PACKED BEDS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

COMBUSTION; NUMERICAL METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; OXIDATION; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; PYROLYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 67349149125     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2009.02.008     Document Type: Article

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