Numerical investigation of oxy-natural-gas combustion in a semi-industrial furnace: Validation of CFD sub-models

Fuel

Volumn 109, Issue , 2013, Pages 445-460

  Galletti, Chiara ^a   Coraggio, Giovanni ^b   Tognotti, Leonardo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b International Flame Research Foundation   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Eddy dissipation concept; Oxy fuel combustion; Semi industrial tests; Spectral models

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FLUID DYNAMICS; FUELS; INDUSTRIAL FURNACES; NATURAL GAS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATIONAL TIME; EDDY DISSIPATION CONCEPT; INDUSTRIAL TESTS; NATURAL GAS COMBUSTION; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; OXYFUEL COMBUSTION; SEMI-INDUSTRIAL FURNACE; SPECTRAL MODELS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84879083136     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2013.02.061     Document Type: Article

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