Design and evaluation of a porous burner for the mitigation of anthropogenic methane emissions

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 9329-9334

  Wood, Susie ^a   Fletcher, David F ^a   Joseph, Stephen D ^a   Dawson, Adrian ^a   Harris, Andandrew T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELS; DESIGN PROCESS; FLAMMABILITY LIMITS; FLUCTUATING ENERGY; HEAT EXCHANGER TUBE; METHANE EMISSIONS; METHANE MITIGATION; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING RANGES; PILOT SCALE; POROUS BED; POROUS BURNERS; ULTRA-LEAN; UNBURNED HYDROCARBONS;

CARBON MONOXIDE; COMBUSTION; COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENERGY RESOURCES; EXPLOSIVES; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS INDUSTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; METHANE; SMOKE;

LEAKAGE (FLUID);

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; HYDROCARBON; METHANE; NATURAL GAS;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BURNING; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION CONTROL; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HEAT EXCHANGE; HEATING; PILOT STUDY; POROSITY; POROUS BURNER; TEMPERATURE; TUBE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; CERAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; INCINERATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHANE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; REFUSE DISPOSAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 72849109598     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es902367x     Document Type: Article

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