3-D full-loop simulation of an industrial-scale circulating fluidized-bed boiler

AIChE Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1108-1117

  Lu, Bona ^a   Zhang, Nan ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Li, Jinghai ^a   Chiu, John H ^b   Kang, Shin G ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b ALSTOM   (France)

Author keywords

Boiler; Drag model; Full loop simulation; Multiscale; Polydisperse particles

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED BOILER; CONVENTIONAL MODELS; DRAG MODEL; FULL-LOOP SIMULATION; MULTISCALES; OPERATING PARAMETERS; POLYDISPERSE PARTICLES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3-D) SIMULATION;

BOILERS; DRAG; FLUIDIZED BEDS; POLYDISPERSITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84872969438     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.13917     Document Type: Article

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