Modelling piloted ignition of wood and plastics

Waste Management

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1659-1668

  van Blijderveen, Maarten ^a,b   Bramer, Eddy A ^b   Brem, Gerrit ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ignition; Packed bed; Plastics; Waste; Wood

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; DEVELOPED MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GAIN INSIGHT; IGNITION TIME; LOWER FLAMMABILITY LIMITS; MUNICIPAL WASTE INCINERATION; PILOTED IGNITION; PRIMARY AIR; RADIATIVE HEAT FLUXES; SAMPLE THICKNESS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

AIR; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ELASTOMERS; HEAT FLUX; IGNITION; PACKED BEDS; PLASTICS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTES; WOOD;

HARDWOODS;

HYDROCARBON; PLASTIC; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

AIRFLOW; HEAT FLUX; INCINERATION; MODELING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PLASTIC WASTE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WOOD;

AIR POLLUTION; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; ENERGY BALANCE; FLAMMABILITY; HEAT; INCINERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID; TEMPERATURE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WOOD;

FIRES; HOT TEMPERATURE; INCINERATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PINUS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; WOOD;

AIR; COMBUSTION; ELASTOMERS; HARDWOODS; HEAT; IGNITION; PLASTICS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; WASTES; WOOD;

EID: 84864505707     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.03.031     Document Type: Article

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