Forest biomass waste combustion in a pilot-scale bubbling fluidised bed combustor

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1511-1523

  Tarelho, L A C ^a   Neves, D S F ^a   Matos, M A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biomass; Combustion; Emission; Fluidised bed; Model

Indexed keywords

AIR STAGING; BED TEMPERATURE; BIOMASS COMBUSTION; CARBON CONVERSIONS; COMBUSTION AIR; COMBUSTION EXPERIMENTS; EMISSION; EMISSION LIMITS; EXCESS AIR; FLUIDISED BED; FOREST BIOMASS; GAS COMPOSITIONS; GASEOUS EMISSIONS; HIGH COMBUSTION EFFICIENCY; NITROGEN CONVERSION; NO CONCENTRATION; OPERATING CONDITION; PILOT SCALE; PRIMARY AIR; SECONDARY AIR; SPLASH ZONE;

BUBBLE FORMATION; COAL FIRED BOILERS; COMBUSTORS; FLUE GASES; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTE INCINERATION;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; CARBON EMISSION; COMBUSTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 79952534579     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.12.052     Document Type: Article

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