Multi-scale modeling of fixed-bed thermo-chemical processes of biomass with the representative particle model: Application to pyrolysis

Fuel

Volumn 103, Issue , 2013, Pages 773-782

  Anca Couce, Andrés ^a   Zobel, Nico ^a   Jakobsen, Hugo Atle ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biomass; Multi scale; Pyrolysis; Representative particle model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EFFORT; CONVERSION TIME; DISCRETE PARTICLE MODELS; FINITE VOLUME ELEMENT; FIXED-BED; FLUID-PHASE; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; MULTISCALE MODELS; MULTISCALE PROBLEM; MULTISCALES; NUMERICAL SOLUTION METHOD; PARTICLE DIAMETERS; PARTICLE MODEL; THERMO-CHEMICAL; THERMOCHEMICAL CONVERSION;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; PYROLYSIS;

BIOMASS;

EID: 84870502235     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2012.05.063     Document Type: Conference Paper

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