A new char combustion kinetic model 1. Formulation

Fuel

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2335-2339

  Barranco, Richelieu ^a   Rojas, Andrés ^b   Barraza, Juan ^c   Lester, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Char combustion model; Intrinsic reactivity; Kinetic coefficient

Indexed keywords

APPARENT DENSITY; CHAR COMBUSTION; CHAR COMBUSTION MODEL; COAL PARAMETERS; DEVOLATILISATION; DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBER; FUEL MASS; INTRINSIC REACTIVITY; KINETIC COEFFICIENT; MACERALS; MINERAL COMPOSITION; PULVERISED COALS; RATE EQUATIONS; RAYLEIGH METHOD; REACTION ORDERS; SURFACE AREA; TRANSPORT PHENOMENA;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CHEMICAL REACTIVITY; COAL; COAL INDUSTRY; KINETIC THEORY; MODELS; REACTION RATES; SMOKE;

COAL COMBUSTION;

EID: 69949090424     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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