Numerical investigation of Solid Recovered Fuels' co-firing with brown coal in large scale boilers - Evaluation of different co-combustion modes

Fuel

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3693-3709

  Agraniotis, Michalis ^a   Nikolopoulos, Nikos ^b   Nikolopoulos, Aris ^a,b   Grammelis, Panagiotis ^b   Kakaras, Emmanuel ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH/ISFTA)   (Greece)

Author keywords

CFD; Co firing; Pulverised coal (PC) boiler; Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF)

Indexed keywords

BROWN COAL; CFD; CFD CODES; CO-FIRING; COCOMBUSTION; COMBUSTION MECHANISM; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HOT SPOT; LARGE SCALE BOILERS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; PULVERISED COALS; SOLID RECOVERED FUEL (SRF); SOLID RECOVERED FUELS;

BOILER FIRING; COAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUELS; LIGNITE; METAL RECOVERY; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTE TREATMENT;

COAL COMBUSTION;

EID: 77956617297     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2010.07.030     Document Type: Article

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