Effect of chemical reaction mechanisms and NO x modeling on air-fired and oxy-fuel combustion of lignite in a 100-kW furnace

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3329-3348

  Al Abbas, Audai Hussein ^a   Naser, Jamal ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS CODES; EFFECT OF CHEMICALS; EMISSION CONCENTRATION; FLAME TEMPERATURES; FURNACE WALLS; GASPHASE; KINETICS PARAMETER; LABORATORY SCALE; MEASURED DATA; MULTI-STEP; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; OXY-FUELS; OXYFUEL COMBUSTION; RADIATIVE HEAT FLUXES; REACTION MECHANISM; REACTION SCHEMES; SOLID-PHASE; SPECIES CONCENTRATION; TANGENTIALLY FIRED FURNACES; UNSTRUCTURED GRID;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COAL COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FURNACES; LIGNITE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FUELS;

EID: 84862653972     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef300403a     Document Type: Conference Paper

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