An evaluation on rice husks and pulverized coal blends using a drop tube furnace and a thermogravimetric analyzer for application to a blast furnace

Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1458-1466

  Chen, Wei Hsin ^a   Wu, Jheng Syun ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TAINAN   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biomass and rice husk; Blast furnace; Drop tube furnace (DTF); Pulverized coal injection (PCI); Synergistic effect; Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACITE; BIOMASS; BLAST FURNACES; BLENDING; CELLULOSE; COAL INDUSTRY; COMPUTER PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT; DROPS; FUELS; FURNACES; GAS BURNERS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); METAL REFINERIES; PYROLYSIS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

ANTHRACITE COAL; BEFORE AND AFTER; BLENDING RATIO; CHAR YIELD; DOUBLE PEAK; DROP TUBE FURNACE (DTF); DROP TUBE FURNACES; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; PULVERIZED COAL INJECTION (PCI); PULVERIZED COALS; RAPID-HEATING; RICE HUSK; SECOND-ORDER POLYNOMIAL; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; THERMAL BEHAVIORS; THERMAL DECOMPOSITIONS; THERMAL REACTIONS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS (TGA); THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYZERS; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; THREE STAGES; UNBURNED CHAR; VOLATILE MATTERS;

THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

BIOMASS BURNING; COAL; REACTION KINETICS; RICE; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE; YIELD;

BIOMASS; COAL; FURNACES; GAS HEATERS; GRAVIMETRY; GRINDING; MIXING; PYROLYSIS; RICE; TUBES;

EID: 69349104707     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2009.06.033     Document Type: Article

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