Investigation into the applicability of Bond Work Index (BWI) and Hardgrove Grindability Index (HGI) tests for several biomasses compared to Colombian la Loma coal

Fuel

Volumn 158, Issue , 2015, Pages 379-387

  Williams, Orla ^a   Eastwick, Carol ^a   Kingman, Sam ^a   Giddings, Donald ^a   Lormor, Stephen ^b   Lester, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b EDF ENERGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomass; Bond Work Index (BWI); Coal; Energy consumption; Hardgrove Grindability Index (HGI); Thermogravimetric analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COAL; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FORECASTING; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; PELLETIZING; TESTING; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TUBE MILLS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

BIOMASS PELLETS; BIOMASS SAMPLES; BOND WORK INDEX; COAL FIRED POWER STATION; GRINDABILITIES; GRINDABILITY TESTS; HARDGROVE GRINDABILITY INDICES; SPINDLE MILLS;

BALL MILLS;

EID: 84930655634     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2015.05.027     Document Type: Article

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