Ultra-low-emission steam boiler constituted of reciprocal flow porous burner

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 570-580

  Barcellos, William M ^a   Souza, Luis Carlos E O ^a   Saveliev, Alexei V ^b   Kennedy, Lawrence A ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Filtration combustion; Reciprocal flow burner; Ultra low NOx and CO emissions

Indexed keywords

CO EMISSIONS; COMBUSTION WAVES; ENERGY EXTRACTION; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FILTRATION COMBUSTION; FLAMMABILITY LIMITS; FUEL/AIR MIXTURE; GAS-FLOW VELOCITY; HIGH EFFICIENCY; LOW DEGREE; LOW LEVEL; LOW NOX; POROUS BED; POROUS BURNERS; POROUS MATRIXS; REACTION ZONES; RECIPROCAL FLOW BURNERS; RECIRCULATIONS; SOLID PHASIS; STEAM BOILER; THERMAL NON-EQUILIBRIUM; ULTRA-LEAN;

COMBUSTION; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; POROUS MATERIALS;

BOILERS;

EID: 78751706682     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2010.11.005     Document Type: Review

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