Improving fossil fuel boiler combustion efficiency based on integrating real time simulation with online learning technology

International Journal of Ambient Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 130-141

  Liu, X ^a   Bansal, Ramesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fossil fuel boiler combustion efficiency; Online learning technology; Real time simulation

Indexed keywords

BOILER COMBUSTION; COMBUSTION PRO-CESS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION METHOD; ONLINE LEARNING; POWER GENERATION INDUSTRIES; REAL TIME SIMULATIONS;

BOILERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; E-LEARNING; EFFICIENCY; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; FOSSIL FUELS; TRANSIENTS;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 84869049932     PISSN: 01430750     EISSN: 21628246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01430750.2012.686193     Document Type: Article

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