Temperature patterns in large scale wood pellet silo storage

Applied Energy

Volumn 92, Issue , 2012, Pages 322-327

  Larsson, Sylvia H ^a,b   Lestander, Torbjörn A ^a   Crompton, Dave ^c   Melin, Staffan ^d   Sokhansanj, Shahab ^b,e  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c OPISystems   (Canada)

^d Delta Research Corporation   (Canada)

^e OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Bulk storage; Oxidation; Self heating; Temperature gradients

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; OXIDATION; SENSORS;

BULK STORAGE; DEW POINTS; HEAT FRONT; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; SELF-HEATING; SPECIFIC SENSORS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE PATTERNS; WOOD PELLET;

PELLETIZING;

ALGORITHM; CONDENSATION; HEATING; OXIDATION; SILO; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; VENTILATION;

EID: 82455162842     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.11.012     Document Type: Article

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