Energy Analysis of Low-Rank Coal Pre-Drying Power Generation Systems

Drying Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1194-1205

  Hu, Shangjian ^a   Man, Chengbo ^a   Gao, Xuezhong ^a,b   Zhang, Jianwen ^a,b   Xu, Xueyuan ^b   Che, Defu ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Boiler Works Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Coal drying; Fluidized bed drying; Heat recovery; Low rank coal; Power plant

Indexed keywords

COAL DRYING; FLUIDIZED BED DRYING; HIGH MOISTURE CONTENTS; LOW RANK COALS; MATERIAL AND ENERGY BALANCES; POWER GENERATION EFFICIENCY; POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS; TYPICAL OPERATING CONDITIONS;

COAL; EFFICIENCY; FLUIDIZED BED PROCESS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; POWER PLANTS; WASTE HEAT; WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION;

DRYING;

EID: 84883543382     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373937.2013.775146     Document Type: Article

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