Factors affecting the microwave coking of coals and the implications on microwave cavity design

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 125, Issue , 2014, Pages 8-17

  Binner, Eleanor ^a   Mediero Munoyerro, Maria ^a   Huddle, Thomas ^a,b   Kingman, Sam ^a   Dodds, Chris ^a   Dimitrakis, Georgios ^a   Robinson, John ^a   Lester, Ed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coke; Dielectric properties; Intrinsic reactivity; Microwave; Penetration depth; Reflectance

Indexed keywords

COAL INDUSTRY; COKE; COKING PROPERTIES; DIELECTRIC LOSSES; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FEEDSTOCKS; MICROWAVES; PENETRATION DEPTH (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); REFLECTION;

CYLINDRICAL CAVITIES; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; INTRINSIC REACTIVITY; MICROWAVE TREATMENT; PROCESSING CONDITION; QUALITY REQUIREMENTS; REDUCING TREATMENT; STRUCTURAL ORDERING;

COKING;

EID: 84897992745     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2014.03.006     Document Type: Article

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