Gas/particle flow and combustion characteristics and NOx emissions of a new swirl coal burner

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 709-723

  Chen, Zhichao ^a   Li, Zhengqi ^a   Zhu, Qunyi ^a   Jing, Jianping ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Burner; Coal combustion; Gas particle flow; NOx; Utility boiler

Indexed keywords

COAL; COAL FIRED BOILERS; COAL INDUSTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EXPERIMENTS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PULVERIZED FUEL; PULVERIZED FUEL FIRED BOILERS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

BURNER; CO CONCENTRATIONS; COAL BURNERS; COMBUSTION BURNERS; COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS; EXPERIMENTAL EQUIPMENTS; GAS TEMPERATURE; GAS/PARTICLE FLOW; GLASS BEAD; HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; JET FLOW; LARGE PARTICLES; LOCAL MEAN; LOW RANK COALS; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; NOX; NOX EMISSIONS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PARTICLE VOLUME; PRIMARY AIR; PULVERIZED COAL UTILITY BOILERS; RANK COAL; RECIRCULATION ZONES; RESEARCH RESULTS; SIDE WALLS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; UTILITY BOILER;

COAL COMBUSTION;

COAL; COMBUSTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAS FLOW; JET FLOW; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXYGEN; POWER GENERATION; VOLUME;

EID: 79551528332     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.12.037     Document Type: Review

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