Analysis and modelling of wood pyrolysis

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 650-660

  Grieco, Enrico ^a   Baldi, Giancarlo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fuel; Heat transfer; Kinetics; Mathematical modelling; Pyrolysis modelling; Wood pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

BEECH WOOD; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXTERNAL SURFACES; GRADIENT OF TEMPERATURE; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; KINETIC MODELS; KINETIC SCHEME; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL PARAMETERS; PINE WOODS; SMALL SAMPLES; SOLID MATRIXES; WEIGHT LOSS; WOOD PARTICLES; WOOD PELLET; WOOD PYROLYSIS;

HEATING; HEATING RATE; KINETIC THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PELLETIZING; WOOD;

PYROLYSIS;

FUELS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PELLETING; PYROLYSIS; WOOD; WOOD PARTICLES;

EID: 78650686266     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.11.018     Document Type: Article

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