Solid fuels combustion and gasification : modeling, simulation, and equipment operation /

Bridging the gap between theory and application, this reference demonstrates the operational mechanisms, modelling and simulation of equipment for the combustion and gasification of solid fuels - clearly illustrating procedures to improve and optimize the design of future units and the operation of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Souza-Santos, Marcio L. de
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Marcel Dekker, [2004]
Series:Mechanical engineering (Marcel Dekker, Inc.) ; 180.
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Table of Contents:
  • Nomenclature
  • Basic remarks on modeling and simulation
  • Solid fuels
  • Equipment and processes
  • Basic calculations
  • Zero-dimentional models
  • Introduction to one-dimensional, steady-state models
  • Moving-bed combustion and gasification model
  • Chemical reactions
  • Heterogeneous reactions
  • Drying and devlatilization
  • Auxiliary equations and basic calculations
  • Moving-bed simulation program and results
  • Fluidized-bed combustion and gasification model
  • Fluidization dynamics
  • Auxiliary parameters related to fluidized-bed processes
  • Fluidized-bed simulation program and results
  • Appendix A: the fundamental equations of transport phenomenon
  • Appendix B : notes on thermodynamics
  • Appendix C : possible improvements on modeling heterogeneous reactions
  • Appendix D : improvements on various aspects
  • Appendix E : basics of turbulent flow
  • Appendix F : Classifications of modeling for bubbling fluidized-bed equipment
  • Appendix G : basics techniques of kinetics determination
  • References
  • Index.