Control of NOx emissions of a domestic/small-scale biomass pellet boiler by air staging

Fuel

Volumn 103, Issue , 2013, Pages 792-798

  Liu, Hao ^a   Chaney, Joel ^a   Li, Jinxing ^a   Sun, Chenggong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air staging; Biomass boiler; Biomass pellet; NOx emission

Indexed keywords

AIR STAGING; BIOMASS BOILER; BIOMASS FUELS; BIOMASS PELLET FUELS; BIOMASS PELLETS; CLASS A; CO EMISSIONS; DIFFERENT HEIGHTS; EXCESS AIR; NOX AND CO EMISSION; NOX EMISSIONS; NOX REDUCTION; SECONDARY AIR; SECONDARY AIR INLET; WASTE WOOD; WOOD PELLET;

AIR INTAKES; AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; BOILERS; EXHAUST GASES; NITROGEN OXIDES; PELLETIZING; WOOD FUELS;

BIOMASS;

EID: 84870479235     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2012.10.028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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