A comprehensive dual-scale wood torrefaction model: Application to the analysis of thermal run-away in industrial heat treatment processes

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 838-849

  Perre P ^a   Remond R ^b   Turner, I ^c  

^a ECOLE CENTRALE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomass; Board; Exothermic reaction; Industrial process; Mild pyrolysis; Simulation; Stack

Indexed keywords

BOARD; COUPLED HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; INDUSTRIAL HEAT TREATMENT; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; SIMULATION; STACK; STACK CONFIGURATIONS; THERMAL DEGRADATION MECHANISM;

AIR; BIOMASS; EXOTHERMIC REACTIONS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS;

HEAT TREATMENT;

EID: 84878678927     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2013.03.066     Document Type: Article

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