Evaluation of the potential of retrofitting a coal power plant to oxy-firing using CFD and process co-simulation

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 131, Issue , 2015, Pages 45-58

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b PROCESS SYSTEMS ENTERPRISE LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CFD; Combustion; Oxy coal; Process simulation; Reduced order model (ROM)

Indexed keywords

AIR; BOILER FIRING; COAL; COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; OXYGEN; RETROFITTING; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

COAL POWER PLANTS; FIRING CONDITIONS; OXY COMBUSTIONS; OXYGEN ENRICHMENT; PEAK TEMPERATURES; PROCESS SIMULATIONS; REDUCED ORDER MODELS; SAFE OPERATION;

COAL COMBUSTION;

EID: 84923345321     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2014.10.042     Document Type: Article

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