Laboratory investigation of drying process of Illinois coals

Powder Technology

Volumn 225, Issue , 2012, Pages 72-85

  Wang, Wei Cheng ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal fired power plant; Drying rate; Drying temperature; High moisture coal; Relative humidity; Specific humidity

Indexed keywords

COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; DRYING RATES; DRYING TEMPERATURE; HIGH MOISTURE COAL; SPECIFIC HUMIDITY;

AIR; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COAL; EXPERIMENTS; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; MOISTURE;

DRYING;

COAL;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; COAL DRYING; COAL MINING; COAL POWER; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FLOW RATE; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOISTURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PREDICTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 84861182237     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2012.03.034     Document Type: Article

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