Investigation of the coal gasification process under various operating conditions inside a two-stage entrained flow gasifier

Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Silaen, Armin ^a   Wang, Ting ^a  

^a UNO College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAR COMBUSTION; CHEMICAL PERCOLATION; COAL MIXTURE; DEVOLATILIZATION; DIFFERENT COALS; ENTRAINED FLOW GASIFIERS; FEED OPERATIONS; FUEL DISTRIBUTION; GAS TEMPERATURE; GASIFICATION PROCESS; GASIFICATION REACTION; HEATING VALUE; HIGHER HEATING VALUE; HOMOGENEOUS REACTION; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATION PARAMETERS; OXYGEN-BLOWN; SPECIES TRANSPORT; SYN-GAS; THERMAL CRACKING;

CALORIFIC VALUE; COAL; COAL GASIFICATION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; OXYGEN; SYNTHESIS GAS;

COAL COMBUSTION;

EID: 84860157456     PISSN: 19485085     EISSN: 19485093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4005603     Document Type: Article

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