Residential pellet boilers in Belgium: Standard laboratory and real life performance with respect to European standard and quality labels

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2628-2634

  Verma, V K ^a   Bram, S ^a,b   Vandendael, I ^a   Laha, P ^a   Hubin, A ^a   De Ruyck, J ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b Erasmushogeschool Brussel   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Emissions; Quality label; Wood pellet boiler; Wood pellets

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; COMBUSTION; DUST; LABORATORIES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; ORE PELLETS; PELLETIZING; STANDARDS; WOOD;

BELGIUM; COMBUSTION EFFICIENCIES; DUST PARTICLE; EFFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS; ELEMENTAL CARBON; EMISSIONS; EUROPEAN STANDARDS; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; PELLET BOILER; QUALITY LABELS; REAL-LIFE PERFORMANCE; TEST SETUPS; WOOD PELLET; WOOD PELLET BOILER; WOOD PELLETS;

BOILERS;

CARBON MONOXIDE; COMBUSTION; DUST; EMISSION INVENTORY; FUELWOOD; LABORATORY METHOD; NITROGEN OXIDES; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STANDARD (REGULATION); WOOD QUALITY;

BELGIUM; BOILERS; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMBUSTION; DUST; LABORATORIES; NITROGEN OXIDES; PELLETING; PELLETS; STANDARDS; WOOD;

BELGIUM;

EID: 79953052994     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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