Evaluation of the performance of a power plant boiler firing coal, biomass and a blend under oxy-fuel conditions as a CO2 capture technique

Energy Procedia

Volumn 37, Issue , 2013, Pages 1413-1422

  Szuhanszki J ^a   Black, S ^a   Pranzitelli, A ^a   Ma, L ^a   Stanger, P J ^a,b   Ingham, D B ^a   Pourkashanian, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b EON Engineering Ratcliffe on Soar   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomass; Carbon capture; CFD; Coal; Combustion; Oxy fuel

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891407967     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2013.06.017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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