Numerical analysis of a biomass pyrolysis particle model: Solution method optimized for the coupling to reactor models

Fuel

Volumn 97, Issue , 2012, Pages 80-88

  Anca Couce, Andrés ^a   Zobel, Nico ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomass; Model; Multi scale; Particle; Pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS PYROLYSIS; CHARACTERISTIC TIME; COMPUTATIONAL EFFORT; COMPUTATIONAL TIME; EULER-LAGRANGIAN; EXPLICIT METHOD; FIXED-BED; FLUIDIZED BED REACTORS; MULTI-STEP; MULTISCALES; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; PARTICLE MODEL; PROCESS PARAMETERS; REACTOR MODELS; SEMI-IMPLICIT; SOLUTION METHODS; TIME STEP; TIME STEP SIZE;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PYROLYSIS;

BIOMASS;

EID: 84861188446     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2012.02.033     Document Type: Article

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