Co-current combustion of oil shale - Part 2: Structure of the combustion front

Fuel

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 133-143

  Martins, M F ^a   Salvador, S ^a   Thovert, J F ^b   Debenest, G ^c,d  

^a ECOLE DES MINES D ALBI CARMAUX   (France)

^b ENSMA   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^d IMFT   (France)

Author keywords

Combustion front; Front structure; Oil shale; Reactive porous medium; Smoldering

Indexed keywords

A-PLANE; AIR SUPPLY; CHAR OXIDATION; COMBUSTION FRONT; COMBUSTION FRONTS; CURVED SURFACES; DECARBONATION; FRONT STRUCTURE; HORIZONTAL SURFACES; LARGE DIAMETER; PEAK TEMPERATURES; POROUS MEDIUM; REACTIVE POROUS MEDIUM; SAMPLING SYSTEMS; SMOLDERING;

CELL MEMBRANES; COMBUSTION; POROUS MATERIALS; SHALE; SHALE OIL; SMOKE; THERMAL INSULATION;

OIL SHALE;

EID: 70349451965     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2009.06.040     Document Type: Article

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