Co-firing straw with coal in a swirl-stabilized dual-feed burner: Modelling and experimental validation

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 4169-4178

  Yin, Chungen ^a   Kær, Søren K ^a   Rosendahl, Lasse ^a   Hvid, Søren L ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b DONG Energy AS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biomass; CFD; Co combustion; Low NOx burner; Swirl

Indexed keywords

ANNULAR TUBES; CFD; CFD MODELS; CO-FIRING; COAL CHARS; COAL PARTICLES; COCOMBUSTION; CORE ZONES; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; DUAL-FEED; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FLOW REACTORS; FUEL PARTICLES; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HOMOGENEOUS COMBUSTION; INJECTION TUBES; JET MOMENTUM; LARGE PARTICLES; MEAN DIAMETER; MODELLING METHODOLOGY; MODELLING STUDIES; PULVERIZED BIOMASS; REACTION MECHANISM; RESIDENCE TIME; SECONDARY AIR; STRAIGHT LINES; TURBULENT COMBUSTION; WHEAT STRAWS;

BIOMASS; COAL; COAL INDUSTRY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FRAGRANCES; JETS; MASS TRANSFER; MODULATION; OXYGEN; SMOKE;

COAL COMBUSTION;

COAL;

BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MODELING; STRAW;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS CONVERSION; BIOREACTOR; BOILER; COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAW; VALIDATION STUDY; WHEAT;

BIOMASS; COAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 76749157085     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.01.018     Document Type: Article

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