Large-eddy simulation of pulverized coal jet flame - Effect of oxygen concentration on NOx formation

Fuel

Volumn 142, Issue , 2015, Pages 152-163

  Muto, Masaya ^a   Watanabe, Hiroaki ^b   Kurose, Ryoichi ^a   Komori, Satoru ^a   Balusamy, Saravanan ^c   Hochgreb, Simone ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Large eddy simulation; NO formation; Oxy fuel combustion; Pulverized coal combustion; Swirl jet flame

Indexed keywords

BITUMINOUS COAL; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COAL; COMBUSTION; FLAME RESEARCH; FUELS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PULVERIZED FUEL;

JET FLAMES; NO FORMATION; OXIDATION REACTIONS; OXIDIZING ATMOSPHERE; OXYFUEL COMBUSTION; PULVERIZED COAL COMBUSTION; PULVERIZED COAL FLAME; REDUCING ATMOSPHERE;

COAL COMBUSTION;

EID: 84911475479     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2014.10.069     Document Type: Article

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