Effects of biomass particle size during cofiring under air-fired and oxyfuel conditions

Applied Energy

Volumn 93, Issue , 2012, Pages 606-613

  Holtmeyer, Melissa L ^a   Kumfer, Benjamin M ^a   Axelbaum, Richard L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Coal combustion; Cofiring; Oxy combustion; Oxy fuel

Indexed keywords

CARBON CAPTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FUELS; MERCURY (METAL); NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; SULFUR;

ATMOSPHERIC CO; BIOMASS COFIRING; BIOMASS FUELS; BIOMASS PARTICLE; CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE; COFIRED; COFIRING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMIC (CFD); FLAME LENGTH; GASEOUS DIFFUSION; NITROGEN CONTENT; NITROGEN CONVERSION; NO CONVERSION; NO FORMATION; NON-PREMIXED; NUMERICAL STUDIES; OXY-COMBUSTION; OXY-FUELS; OXYFUEL COMBUSTION; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICLE BREAKTHROUGH; POLLUTANT EMISSION; PULVERIZED COALS; RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD; SULFUR OXIDE; VOLATILE FRACTIONS;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EMISSION; FRACTIONATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NUMERICAL MODEL; OXYGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

EID: 84857992857     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.11.042     Document Type: Article

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