The effect of air staged, co-combustion of pulverised coal and biomass blends on NOx emissions and combustion efficiency

Fuel

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 126-135

  Munir, S ^a   Nimmo, W ^a   Gibbs, B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air staged; Biomass; Co firing; Over fire air; Un staged

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS RESIDUE; BLENDING RATIO; CARBON BURNOUT; CO-FIRING; COCOMBUSTION; COTTON STALK; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; EMISSIONS AND COMBUSTION; FUEL BLENDS; INJECTION PORTS; NO REDUCTION; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; OVERFIRE AIR; POSITIVE EFFECTS; PRIMARY ZONES; PULVERISED COALS; SUBSTITUTE FUELS; SUGAR-CANE BAGASSE; UN-STAGED; WOOD CHIP;

BAGASSE; BIOMASS; BLENDING; BOILER FIRING; COAL; COAL FIRED BOILERS; COAL INDUSTRY; COTTON; REDUCTION; STOICHIOMETRY; WOOD PRODUCTS;

COAL COMBUSTION;

BAGASSE; BIOMASS; COAL; COTTON; COTTON STALKS; MIXING; REDUCTION; STOICHIOMETRY; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 78449288657     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2010.07.052     Document Type: Article

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