Pulverized straw combustion in a low-NOx multifuel burner: Modeling the transition from coal to straw

Fuel

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3051-3062

  Mando M ^a   Rosendahl, L ^a   Yin, C ^a   Sorensen H ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biomass; CFD; Gas particle flow; Low NOx burner; Pulverized straw combustion

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; CARRIER PHASE; CFD SIMULATIONS; COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS; COMBUSTION EFFICIENCIES; DEVOLATILIZATION; GAS-PARTICLE FLOW; GAS-PARTICLE FLOWS; INLET BOUNDARY; MODELING TECHNIQUE; NON-SPHERICAL; PARTICLE MOTIONS; PARTICLE SIZE AND SHAPE; PULVERIZED COALS; RECIRCULATION ZONES; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; STRAW COMBUSTION; TURBULENCE MODULATION;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COAL; COAL INDUSTRY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS DYNAMICS; TURBULENCE; WAKES;

COAL COMBUSTION;

EID: 77955275583     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2010.05.016     Document Type: Article

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