Pressure-drop predictions in a fixed-bed coal gasifier

Fuel

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 917-921

  Luckos, Adam ^a   Bunt, John R ^a,b  

^a SASOL TECHNOLOGY PTY LTD   (South Africa)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ergun equation; Fixed bed gasification; Packed bed; Pressure drop

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; BITUMINOUS COAL; COAL COMBUSTION; DROPS; FLOW OF GASES; FORECASTING; PACKED BEDS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PRESSURE DROP; SYNTHESIS GAS;

AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; CHARACTERISTIC ZONES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; ERGUN EQUATION; FIXED BED; GAS FLOW DISTRIBUTION; OPERATING EXPERIENCE; SYNTHESIS GASSES (SYNGAS);

PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 79951950274     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2010.09.020     Document Type: Review

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