Investigations of the transportation characteristics of biomass fuel particles in a horizontal pipeline through CFD modelling and experimental measurement

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 46, Issue , 2012, Pages 492-510

  Gubba, S R ^a   Ingham, D B ^a   Larsen, K J ^a   Ma, L ^a   Pourkashanian, M ^a   Qian, X ^b   Williams, A ^a   Yan, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomass coal co firing; CFD modelling; Gas solid flow; Non spherical particles; Particle velocity; Particle particle interactions

Indexed keywords

CFD MODELLING; CO-FIRING; GAS-SOLID FLOWS; NONSPHERICAL PARTICLE; PARTICLE VELOCITIES; PARTICLE-PARTICLE INTERACTIONS;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PIPELINES; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

COAL TRANSPORTATION;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EMISSION CONTROL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; PARTICLE MOTION; PIPELINE; POWER GENERATION;

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EID: 84868450675     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2012.07.010     Document Type: Article

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