State space sensitivity to a prescribed probability density function shape in coal combustion systems: Joint β-PDF versus clipped Gaussian PDF

Proceedings of the Combustion Institute

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 2329-2336

  Domino, Stefan P ^a   Smith, Philip J ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL; FUNCTION EVALUATION; GASES; IONIZATION OF GASES; MIXING; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PULVERIZED FUEL;

COMBUSTION SYSTEMS; GAS PHASE TEMPERATURE; INTEGRATION ACCURACY; PRESCRIBED PROBABILITY; PULVERIZED COAL COMBUSTION; SIMULATION STUDIES; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TURBULENT TRANSPORTS;

COAL COMBUSTION;

EID: 84939508435     PISSN: 15407489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0082-0784(00)80644-X     Document Type: Article

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