Numerical study of fast pyrolysis of woody biomass in a gravity-driven reactor

Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 418-426

  Choi, Hang Seok ^a   Choi, Yeon Seok ^a   Kim, Seock Joon ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Machine and Materials   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bio crude oil; CFD; Multiphase flow; Particle mixing

Indexed keywords

BIO-CRUDE OIL; CFD; EULERIAN-EULERIAN APPROACH; FAST PYROLYSIS; INCLINATION ANGLES; INLET CONDITIONS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PARTICLE MIXING; PYROLYSIS REACTION; PYROLYSIS REACTION CHARACTERISTICS; REACTING FLOW FIELD; SEMI-GLOBAL; SOLID PHASIS; STREAMWISE LOCATIONS; TAR CRACKING; THREE GAS; TWO STAGE; WOODY BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); CRUDE PETROLEUM; FLUID DYNAMICS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; REACTION RATES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 70249096627     PISSN: 19447442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ep.10389     Document Type: Article

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