Evaluation of global biomass devolatilization kinetics in a drop tube reactor with CFD aided experiments

Fuel

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1818-1827

  Simone, Marco ^a   Biagini, Enrico ^b   Galletti, Chiara ^a   Tognotti, Leonardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Divisione Energia e Ambiente Lungarno Mediceo 40 ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Entrained flow reactor; High heating rate pyrolysis; Solid fuels

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS FUELS; COCOMBUSTION; DEVOLATILIZATION; DROP TUBE REACTOR; ENTRAINED FLOW REACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; FAST PYROLYSIS; GLOBAL KINETICS; HIGH HEATING RATE PYROLYSIS; HIGH HEATING RATES; INTERNAL HEAT TRANSFER; PARTICLE KINETICS; PARTICLE RESIDENCE TIME; PARTICLE TEMPERATURE; PRACTICAL SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE TOOLS; RATE KINETICS; RESIDENCE TIME; SOLID FUELS; SUBMODELS; THERMAL HISTORY;

BIOMASS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DROPS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FUELS; GASIFICATION; HEATING RATE; KINETIC PARAMETERS; PYROLYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

HEATING;

EID: 67649771459     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2009.04.032     Document Type: Article

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