Numerical study of a 350 MWe tangentially fired pulverized coal furnace of the As Pontes Power Plant

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 116, Issue , 2013, Pages 189-200

  Constenla, I ^a   Ferrin J L ^a   Saavedra, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

CFD; Industrial furnace; Pulverized coal combustion; Zero dimensional balances

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT OPERATING CONDITIONS; FLOW CHARAC-TERISTICS; PULVERIZED COAL COMBUSTION; REACTIVE GAS MIXTURES; REAL OPERATING CONDITIONS; TANGENTIALLY FIRED FURNACES; THREE DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS; ZERO-DIMENSIONAL;

ALGORITHMS; BOILERS; COAL; COAL COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INDUSTRIAL FURNACES; PULVERIZED FUEL;

POWER PLANTS;

EID: 84879210504     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2013.05.016     Document Type: Article

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