Fluidized bed combustion and fragmentation of wet sewage sludge

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 43, Issue , 2012, Pages 97-104

  Urciuolo, M ^a   Solimene, R ^a   Chirone, R ^a   Salatino, P ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fluidized bed combustion; Fragmentation; Wet sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

BED MATERIALS; BED SURFACE; BENCH-SCALE FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTORS; CHAR PARTICLES; CHEMICAL FEATURES; COMBUSTION PATTERNS; CRITICAL VALUE; DEVOLATILIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; FLAMELESS; FLUIDIZATION VELOCITY; FRAGMENTATION; FUEL PARTICLES; GAS SUPERFICIAL VELOCITY; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; NON-OXIDATIVE; OUTER LAYER; PARTICLE FRAGMENTATION; PARTICLE SEGREGATION; SELF-SEGREGATION; SEM/EDX; SINGLE CAVITY; STRATIFIED COMBUSTION; THERMOCHEMICAL CONVERSION; WET SEWAGE SLUDGE;

FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION; FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTORS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); MORPHOLOGY; QUARTZ; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SEWAGE SLUDGE; SLUDGE DISPOSAL;

WASTE INCINERATION;

EID: 84865546690     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2012.03.019     Document Type: Article

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