Effects of particle shape and size on devolatilization of biomass particle

Fuel

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1156-1168

  Lu, Hong ^a   Ip, Elvin ^a   Scott, Justin ^a   Foster, Paul ^a   Vickers, Mark ^a   Baxter, Larry L ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Pyrolysis; Reactivity; Shape; Size

Indexed keywords

ASPHERICAL PARTICLES; BASIC SHAPES; BIOMASS PARTICLE; BIOMASS PYROLYSIS; DEVOLATILIZATION; ENTRAINED FLOW; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLAT PLATE; GEOMETRIC INFORMATION; ISOTHERMAL CONDITIONS; MODEL PREDICTION; MODEL SIMULATION; NITROGEN ATMOSPHERES; PARTICLE MASS; PARTICLE MODEL; PARTICLE SHAPE AND SIZE; PRODUCT YIELD DISTRIBUTION; RAPID PYROLYSIS; REACTOR WALLS; SINGLE-PARTICLE; SMALL SAMPLES; SPHERICAL PARTICLE; SURFACE AREA; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; TIME-DEPENDENT; WOOD PARTICLES;

ASPECT RATIO; BIOMASS; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE DROP; PYROLYSIS; REACTION RATES; SPHERES;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES);

EID: 77649163491     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2008.10.023     Document Type: Article

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