The fluidization behaviour of torrefied biomass in a cold model

Fuel

Volumn 102, Issue , 2012, Pages 256-263

  Rousset, Patrick ^a   Petithuguenin, Thomas ^b   Rodrigues, Thiago ^c   Azevedo, Ana Cristina ^d  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^d Brazilian Forest Service LPF SFB   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomass; Fluidization; Hydrodynamics; Sawdust; Torrefaction

Indexed keywords

AIR VELOCITIES; BED HEIGHT; BIOMASS PARTICLE; COLD FLOWS; COLD MODELS; FLUIDIZATION BED; FLUIDIZING MEDIUM; INTERNAL DIAMETERS; KINETIC THEORY OF GRANULAR FLOW; STATIC BED HEIGHT; TORREFACTION;

AIR; BIOMASS; EXPERIMENTS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PRESSURE DROP; SAWDUST;

FLUIDIZATION;

EID: 84866457594     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2012.07.007     Document Type: Article

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