Effects of limestone calcination on the gasification processes in a BFB coal gasifier

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 848-860

  Armstrong, L M ^a   Gu, S ^a,b   Luo, K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b XI AN JIAOTONG LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CFD; Fluidised bed; Gasification; Limestone calcination; Multiphase

Indexed keywords

CFD; DEVOLATILISATION; EULERIAN-EULERIAN COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLUIDISED BED; GAS COMPOSITIONS; GASIFICATION PROCESS; GASIFIERS; HOMOGENEOUS REACTION; MULTIPHASE; REACTION DISTRIBUTION;

CALCINATION; COAL; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; LIMESTONE;

GASIFICATION;

EID: 79953318373     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.01.102     Document Type: Article

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