Pressure drop prediction of a gasifier bed with cylindrical biomass pellets

Applied Energy

Volumn 113, Issue , 2014, Pages 258-266

  Gunarathne, Duleeka Sandamali ^a   Chmielewski, Jan Karol ^a   Yang, Weihong ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biomass; Fixed bed; Gasification; Pressure drop

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FORECASTING; GASIFICATION; PELLETIZING; SHRINKAGE;

BIOMASS PELLETS; CYLINDRICAL PELLETS; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; FIXED BED; FIXED-BED GASIFIERS; GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS; IMPORT PARAMETERS; MEASURED VALUES;

PRESSURE DROP;

CYLINDER; DESIGN; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRESSURE EFFECT;

EID: 84882587413     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.07.032     Document Type: Article

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