Combustion and emission characteristics of a domestic boiler fired with pellets of pine, industrial wood wastes and peach stones

Renewable Energy

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 220-226

  Rabacal M ^a   Fernandes, U ^a   Costa, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Domestic boiler; Emissions; Industrial wood wastes; Peach stones; Pellets; Thermal efficiency

Indexed keywords

BOILER EMISSIONS; EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; HC EMISSIONS; INDUSTRIAL WOOD; OPERATING CONDITION; PEACH STONES; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; VALORISATION;

BOILER FIRING; COMBUSTION; INDUSTRY; ORE PELLETS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PELLETIZING; SOFTWOODS;

INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS;

ALTERNATIVE FUEL; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMBUSTION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EMISSION INVENTORY; EQUIPMENT; FRUIT; FUELWOOD; HEATING; HYDROCARBON; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RECYCLING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

BOILERS; COMBUSTION; EMISSION; PELLETS; SOFTWOODS; THERMAL ANALYSIS; WOOD WASTE;

PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 84867654142     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.09.020     Document Type: Article

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