Characterizing and modeling of an 88 MW grate-fired boiler burning wheat straw: Experience and lessons

Energy

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 473-482

  Yin, Chungen ^a   Rosendahl, Lasse ^a   Clausen, Sønnik ^b   Hvid, Søren L ^c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c DONG Energy AS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biomass; CFD; Grate firing; Higher efficiency; Lower emissions

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS;

BIOMASS COMBUSTION; CFD ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; GRATE BOILER; GRATE FIRING; HEAT AND POWER; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; MODELING RESULTS; RELIABILITY AND AVAILABILITY; WHEAT STRAWS;

BOILER FIRING;

BIOMASS POWER; COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT PRODUCTION; MODEL VALIDATION; STRAW; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84859955785     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.02.050     Document Type: Article

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