Evaluation of the combustion behaviour and ash characteristics of biomass waste derived fuels, pine and coal in a drop tube furnace

Fuel

Volumn 117, Issue PART A, 2014, Pages 809-824

  Wang, Gongliang ^a   Silva, R B ^b   Azevedo, J L T ^a   Martins Dias, S ^b   Costa, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b Instituto de Biotecnologia e Bioengenharia Lisboa   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Coffee husk; Drop tube furnace; Refuse derived fuels; Rice husk; Straw

Indexed keywords

COFFEE HUSKS; DROP TUBE FURNACES; INDUSTRIAL SOLID WASTES; LARGER PARTICLE SIZES; LOW MELTING TEMPERATURES; MASS MEDIAN DIAMETERS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL (1D) MODELS; RICE HUSK;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BIOMASS; BITUMINOUS COAL; FURNACES; NITROGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; REFUSE DERIVED FUELS; STRAW; WASTE INCINERATION; WOOD FUELS;

COAL COMBUSTION;

EID: 84887120135     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2013.09.080     Document Type: Article

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