Pulverised wood combustion in a vertical furnace: Experimental and computational analyses

Applied Energy

Volumn 112, Issue , 2013, Pages 454-464

  Elfasakhany, A ^a   Tao, L ^b   Espenas, B ^b   Larfeldt, J ^b   Bai, X S ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b TPS Termiska Processer AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CO and UHC emissions; Devolatilization; Modelling and experiments; Pulverised wood combustion; Rocket force

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; EXPERIMENTS; FUEL GAGES; HEAT TRANSFER; ROCKETS; WOOD;

COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DEVOLATILIZATION; FUNDAMENTAL STRUCTURES; MODELLING AND EXPERIMENTS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; TURBULENT DIFFUSION; UNBURNED HYDROCARBONS; WOOD COMBUSTION;

COMBUSTION;

COMBUSTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAMETER; DIFFUSION; EMISSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE; VOLATILIZATION; WOOD;

CARBON MONOXIDE; COMBUSTION; EMISSION; GRINDING; HEAT TRANSFER; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; WOOD;

EID: 84884203286     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.04.051     Document Type: Article

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