Numerical studies on the combustion properties of char particle clusters

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue 21-22, 2009, Pages 4785-4795

  Liu, Xiang Jun ^a   Li, Li ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

Char combustion; Char particle cluster; Numerical studies

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW FIELDS; CHAR COMBUSTION; CHAR PARTICLE CLUSTER; CHAR PARTICLES; COAL PARTICLES; COMBUSTION OF CHAR PARTICLE; COMBUSTION PRO-CESS; COMBUSTION PROPERTY; COMPREHENSIVE MODEL; DENSE PARTICLES; ENERGY CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES; KEY PROBLEMS; MASS COMPONENTS; MICRO-SCALES; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PARTICLE CLUSTERING; PARTICLE CLUSTERS; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TWO-PHASE FLOWS; VELOCITY VECTORS;

ENERGY CONSERVATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; SMOKE; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

COAL COMBUSTION;

EID: 68749097110     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.06.009     Document Type: Article

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