Air- and oxygen-blown characterization of coal and biomass by thermogravimetric analysis

Fuel

Volumn 212, Issue , 2018, Pages 626-637

  Mureddu, Mauro ^a   Dessì, Federica ^a   Orsini, Alessandro ^a   Ferrara, Francesca ^a   Pettinau, Alberto ^a  

^a SOTACARBO S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomass; Coal; Combustion; Oxy combustion; Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; ACTIVATION ENERGY; BIOMASS; COAL; COMBUSTION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HAFNIUM; IGNITION; KINETICS; POLYMER BLENDS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; WASTE INCINERATION; WOOD PRODUCTS;

CHARACTERIZATION OF COAL; COMBUSTION ACTIVITY; COMBUSTION PARAMETERS; COMBUSTION PROPERTY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETERS; ISO-CONVERSIONAL METHOD; OXY COMBUSTIONS; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS;

COAL COMBUSTION;

EID: 85031416000     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2017.10.005     Document Type: Article

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