Combustion study of partially gasified willow and DDGS chars using TG analysis and COMSOL modeling

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 39, Issue , 2012, Pages 356-369

  Meng, Xiangmei ^a   de Jong, Wiebren ^a   Badri, Fatemeh Sadat ^a   Benito, Patricia ^b   Basile, Francesco ^b   Verkooijen, Adrian H M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Char combustion; Circulating fluidized bed; COMSOL modeling; Shrinking core model; Thermogravimetric analysis; Volume reaction model

Indexed keywords

CHAR COMBUSTION; CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED; COMBUSTION BEHAVIOR; COMBUSTION KINETIC PARAMETERS; COMBUSTION TEMPERATURES; CONVERSION RATES; DISTILLER'S GRAINS; FURNACE MODEL; FURNACE TEMPERATURES; GASIFIERS; HIGH REACTIVITY; MULTIPHYSICS SOFTWARE; NON-ISOTHERMAL CONDITION; REACTION MODEL; SHRINKING CORE MODEL; TEMPERATURE RANGE; VELOCITY PROFILES;

CHARCOAL; COMBUSTION; FURNACES; GASIFICATION; HEATING RATE; REACTION RATES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BIOMASS; CHARCOAL; COMBUSTION; DECIDUOUS TREE; HEATING; ISOTHERM; OXYGEN; REACTION KINETICS; REACTION RATE; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; VELOCITY PROFILE;

SALIX;

EID: 84857791557     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2012.01.032     Document Type: Article

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