Combustion behaviours of tobacco stem in a thermogravimetric analyser and a pilot-scale fluidized bed reactor

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 110, Issue , 2012, Pages 595-602

  Yang, Zixu ^a   Zhang, Shihong ^a   Liu, Lei ^a,b   Li, Xiangpeng ^a   Chen, Hanping ^a   Yang, Haiping ^a   Wang, Xianhua ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Institute of Chemical Industry   (China)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Fluidized bed combustion; Thermogravimetric analysis; Tobacco stem

Indexed keywords

ALUMINIUM CONTENT; BED MATERIALS; BED TEMPERATURE PROFILE; COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS; COMBUSTION EFFICIENCIES; COMBUSTION REACTIONS; ENERGY SOURCE; FEEDING RATE; FLUIDIZED BED REACTORS; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATION CONDITIONS; PILOT SCALE; PRIMARY AIR; SECONDARY AIR; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS (TGA); TOBACCO STEM; TOBACCO STEMS;

AGGLOMERATION; AIR; CHEMICAL REACTORS; FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING; IGNITION; REACTION KINETICS; SILICA SAND; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TOBACCO;

FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION;

FUEL;

AIRFLOW; COMBUSTION; ENERGY RESOURCE; FLUIDIZATION; REACTION KINETICS; SAND; SILICA; STEM; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TOBACCO;

AIRFLOW; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COMBUSTION; FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYZER; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

PILOT PROJECTS; PLANT STEMS; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84862776931     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.12.119     Document Type: Article

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