Experimental and computational studies on a gasifier based stove

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 135-141

  Varunkumar, S ^a   Rajan, N K S ^a   Mukunda, H S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Biomass combustion; Gasification efficiency; Gasifier stove

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; GAS COMPOSITIONS; GAS TEMPERATURE; GASIFICATION EFFICIENCY; GASIFICATION PROCESS; GASIFICATION REACTION; GASIFIERS; HIGHER HYDROCARBONS; REACTIVE FLOW; UTILIZATION EFFICIENCY; VESSEL SIZE;

COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROCARBONS;

GASIFICATION;

EID: 80053340702     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2011.08.022     Document Type: Article

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