Characterization of coal blends for effective utilization in thermal power plants

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 102, Issue , 2016, Pages 9-16

  Santhosh Raaj, S ^a   Arumugam, S ^a   Muthukrishnan, M ^a   Krishnamoorthy, S ^a   Anantharaman, N ^b  

^a BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LIMITED   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Blending; Burnout; Coal blends; Coal characterization; Drop tube furnace

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; CHARACTERIZATION; COAL; DROPS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY SPECTROMETERS;

BURNOUT; CHARACTERIZATION OF COAL; CHARACTERIZATION STUDIES; COAL BLENDS; COMBUSTION EXPERIMENTS; DROP TUBE FURNACES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYZERS; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETER;

COAL COMBUSTION;

EID: 84962897530     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.03.035     Document Type: Article

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