Numerical investigation on the combustion behaviour of pre-dried Greek lignite

Fuel

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2385-2391

  Agraniotis, Michalis ^a   Stamatis, Dimitris ^a   Grammelis, Panagiotis ^a,b   Kakaras, Emmanuel ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Centre Research Technology Hellas/Institute Solid Fuels Technology and Applications (CERTH/ISFTA)   (Greece)

Author keywords

CFD modelling; Dry lignite; NOx emissions

Indexed keywords

CFD MODELLING; CFD SIMULATIONS; CO-FIRING; COAL FIRING; COMBUSTION SIMULATIONS; DRY LIGNITE; EFFICIENCY INCREASE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL FACILITIES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLUIDIZED BED DRYING; INDUSTRIAL SCALE; INDUSTRIAL TESTS; INTERNAL HEAT; LARGE SCALE BOILERS; NOX EMISSIONS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; POST PROCESSING; SLAGGING AND FOULING; STATE OF THE ART; TEMPERATURE FIELD; VALIDATION WITH EXPERIMENTAL DATA; WORK FOCUS;

BOILER FIRING; COAL COMBUSTION; COAL INDUSTRY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DEWATERING; DRYING; FLUE GASES; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION; FLUIDIZED BED PROCESS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GAS PLANTS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; LIGNITE; SMOKE;

CURING;

EID: 70149089683     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2009.03.036     Document Type: Article

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