Using an Eulerian-granular 2-D multiphase CFD model to simulate oxygen air enriched gasification of agroindustrial residues

Renewable Energy

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 174-181

  Couto, Nuno ^a   Silva, Valter ^a   Monteiro, Eliseu ^b   Brito, Paulo ^b   Rouboa, Abel ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF PORTALEGRE   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; Fluidized bed gasifier; Oxygen air enriched; Pilot scale gasification plant

Indexed keywords

AIR; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GASES; GASIFICATION; IONIZATION OF GASES; NUMERICAL MODELS;

AGRO-INDUSTRIAL RESIDUE; BIOMASS GASIFICATION; CONSTITUTIVE PROPERTIES; EULERIAN-EULERIAN APPROACH; FLUIDIZED BED GASIFIERS; GASIFICATION PLANTS; GASIFICATION TEMPERATURES; KINETIC THEORY OF GRANULAR FLOW;

OXYGEN;

AGROINDUSTRY; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; FRACTIONATION; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXYGEN; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84928480412     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: 18790682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.11.089     Document Type: Article

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