Experimental investigation of wood combustion in a fixed bed with hot air

Waste Management

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-62

  Markovic, Miladin ^a   Bramer, Eddy A ^a   Brem, Gerrit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air preheating; Grate combustion; Municipal solid waste; Solid fuels

Indexed keywords

AIR PREHEATING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS; EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISON; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXTERNAL IGNITION SOURCES; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW); SOLID FUELS;

BATCH REACTORS; COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; FUELS; IGNITION; INCINERATION; MOISTURE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

WASTE INCINERATION;

FUEL;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INCINERATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WOOD;

AIR; ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIXED BED REACTOR; GAS; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOISTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

NETHERLANDS;

AIR PREHEATING; GRATE COMBUSTION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SOLID FUELS;

AIR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INCINERATION; NETHERLANDS; OXYGEN; SOLID WASTE; TEMPERATURE; WOOD;

EID: 84896717857     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2013.09.021     Document Type: Article

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