Torrefaction: Unit operation modelling and process simulation

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 74, Issue , 2015, Pages 83-88

  Joshi, Yash ^a   De Vries, Hans ^b   Woudstra, Theo ^a   De Jong, Wiebren ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b EON Benelux ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cycle Tempo ; System integration; Torrefaction

Indexed keywords

TEMPERATURE; THERMOANALYSIS;

CYCLE TEMPO; PROCESS EQUIPMENTS; PROCESS SIMULATIONS; STEADY-STATE MODELING; SYSTEM INTEGRATION; THERMAL CONVERSION; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; TORREFACTION;

AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84915754024     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2013.12.059     Document Type: Article

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