Combustion and Pollutant Emission Characteristics of Lignite Dried by Low Temperature Air

Drying Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 616-631

  Man, Chengbo ^a   Zhu, Xin ^a   Gao, Xuezhong ^b   Che, Defu ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Boiler Works Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Combustion characteristic; Drying; Lignite; Pollutant emission

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DRYING; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; LIGNITE; OXYGEN; POLLUTION; PYROLYSIS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS; ENTRAINED FLOW; HIGH MOISTURE CONTENTS; IGNITION TEMPERATURES; LOW TEMPERATURES; OXYGEN FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; POLLUTANT EMISSION; RAPID PYROLYSIS;

COAL COMBUSTION;

EID: 84924168945     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373937.2014.967402     Document Type: Article

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