A kinetic-empirical model for particle size distribution evolution during pulverised fuel combustion

Fuel

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2438-2447

  Shah, Kalpit V ^a   Cieplik, Mariusz K ^b   Betrand, Christine I ^b   Van De Kamp, Willem L ^b   Vuthaluru, Hari B ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ash formation; Mathematical modelling; Particle size; Particle population balance model; PF combustion

Indexed keywords

ASH FORMATION; BOILER EFFICIENCY; BREAK-UP; CHAR OXIDATION; CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; COMPLEX INTERACTION; DEVOLATILIZATION; DYNAMIC PROCESS; EMPIRICAL MODEL; EMPIRICAL PARAMETERS; EVOLUTION MODELS; FUEL COMBUSTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; PARTICLE-POPULATION BALANCE MODEL; POLLUTANT FORMATION; POPULATION BALANCE MODELS; POPULATION BALANCES; POPULATION MODEL; RADIATION ZONES; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SHRINKING CORE; SLAGGING AND FOULING; STANDARD DEVIATION; TRANSFORMATION MECHANISMS;

BIOLOGY; COMBUSTION; EXPERIMENTS; FUELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOLVENTS;

PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 77955269310     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2009.12.013     Document Type: Article

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