Simulation on gasification of forestry residues in fluidized beds by Eulerian-Lagrangian approach

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 121, Issue , 2012, Pages 36-46

  Xie, Jun ^a   Zhong, Wenqi ^a   Jin, Baosheng ^a   Shao, Yingjuan ^a,b   Liu, Hao ^b  

^a Southeast University   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomass; Eulerian Lagrangian approach; Fluidized bed gasification; Forestry residues; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS RATIO; CRITICAL PARAMETER; DISCRETE PARTICLE METHODS; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; EULERIAN GRIDS; EULERIAN METHOD; EULERIAN-LAGRANGIAN APPROACH; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW REGIMES; FLUID-PHASE; FLUIDIZED BED GASIFICATION; FLUIDIZED BED REACTORS; FORESTRY RESIDUES; GAS COMPOSITIONS; GASIFIERS; GRANULAR FLOWS; PARTICLE CONTACT FORCES; PRODUCT GAS; REACTION CHARACTERISTICS; SOLID-PHASE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELS;

BIOMASS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING; FLUIDIZED BEDS; FORESTRY; GASIFICATION; NUMERICAL MODELS; REACTION RATES; TIMBER;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON; CROP RESIDUE; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR; FORESTRY; GASIFICATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; RELIABILITY; SOLID; TEMPERATURE;

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORESTRY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; REFUSE DISPOSAL; TEMPERATURE; WOOD;

BIOMASS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GASIFICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANT RESIDUES; REACTION KINETICS; SIMULATION;

EID: 84864416717     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.06.080     Document Type: Article

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