Comparison of coal/solid recovered fuel (SRF) with coal/refuse derived fuel (RDF) in a fluidised bed reactor

Waste Management

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1176-1183

  Wagland, S T ^a   Kilgallon, P ^a   Coveney, R ^a   Garg, A ^b   Smith, R ^a   Longhurst, P J ^a   Pollard, S J T ^a   Simms, N ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASH COMPONENTS; ASH SAMPLES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLUIDISED BED; FUEL MIXTURES; GAS STREAMS; HEAVY METAL EMISSIONS; MECHANICAL TREATMENTS; METAL EMISSIONS;

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COAL; COAL COMBUSTION; FLUE GASES; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GAS EMISSIONS; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; MIXTURES; REFUSE DERIVED FUELS;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COAL; COPPER; FUEL; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; REFUSED DERIVED FUEL; SOLID RECOVERED FUEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ASH; COMBUSTION; HEAVY METAL; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

AIR; ARTICLE; ASH; COMBUSTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUE GAS; FLUIDIZED BED; FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR; FLUIDIZED BED TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MOISTURE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; TEMPERATURE; TEXTILE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; WOOD;

AIR; CARBON; COAL; INCINERATION; METALS, HEAVY; PARTICULATE MATTER; REFUSE DISPOSAL; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 79954767130     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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