Combustion kinetics of wet-torrefied forest residues using the distributed activation energy model (DAEM)

Applied Energy

Volumn 185, Issue , 2017, Pages 1059-1066

  Bach, Quang Vu ^a,b   Tran, Khanh Quang ^b   Skreiberg, Øyvind ^c  

^a TON DUC THANG UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c SINTEF ENERGY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Combustion kinetics; DAEM; Forest residues; Kinetic modeling; Wet torrefaction

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; COMBUSTION; FORESTRY; KINETIC PARAMETERS; KINETICS;

COMBUSTION KINETICS; DAEM; FOREST RESIDUE; KINETIC MODELING; WET TORREFACTION;

ACTIVATION ENERGY;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BIOCHAR; CELLULOSE; COMBUSTION; LIGNIN; PLANT RESIDUE; REACTION KINETICS; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 85003955419     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.02.056     Document Type: Article

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