Title

Numerical investigation of biomass fast pyrolysis in a free fall reactor

Journal title

Archives of Thermodynamics

Yearbook

2021

Volume

vol. 42

Issue

No 3

Affiliation

Bieniek, Artur : AGH University of Science and Technology, Mickiewicza 30, 30-059, Krakow, Poland ; Jerzak, Wojciech : AGH University of Science and Technology, Mickiewicza 30, 30-059, Krakow, Poland ; Magdziarz, Aneta : AGH University of Science and Technology, Mickiewicza 30, 30-059, Krakow, Poland

Authors

Bieniek, Artur ; Jerzak, Wojciech ; Magdziarz, Aneta

Keywords

Fast pyrolysis ; biomass ; Euler–Lagrange ; Drop tube reactor ; Heating time

Divisions of PAS

Nauki Techniczne

Coverage

173-196

Publisher

The Committee of Thermodynamics and Combustion of the Polish Academy of Sciences and The Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery Polish Academy of Sciences

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Date

2021.11.09

Type

Article

Identifier

DOI: 10.24425/ather.2021.138115

Editorial Board

International Advisory Board

J. Bataille, Ecole Central de Lyon, Ecully, France

A. Bejan, Duke University, Durham, USA

W. Blasiak, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

G. P. Celata, ENEA, Rome, Italy

L.M. Cheng, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

M. Colaco, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

J. M. Delhaye, CEA, Grenoble, France

M. Giot, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium

K. Hooman, University of Queensland, Australia

D. Jackson, University of Manchester, UK

D.F. Li, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China

K. Kuwagi, Okayama University of Science, Japan

J. P. Meyer, University of Pretoria, South Africa

S. Michaelides, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth Texas, USA

M. Moran, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA

W. Muschik, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

I. Müller, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

H. Nakayama, Japanese Atomic Energy Agency, Japan

A. Nenarokomov, Moscow Aviation Institute, Russia

S. Nizetic, University of Split, Croatia

H. Orlande, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

M. Podowski, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, USA

A. Rusanov, Institute for Mechanical Engineering Problems NAS, Kharkiv, Ukraine

M. R. von Spakovsky, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA

A. Vallati, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

H.R. Yang, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China