- Author
- Pantalone, J. C. | Ergut, Z. | Levendis, Y. A. | Richter, H. | Carlson, J. B. | Jordan, J.
- Title
- Experimental and Numerical Study of Emissions From Fuel-Rich Combustion of Pulverized Polystyrene.
- Coporate
- Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge Army SBCCOM, Natick Soldier Center, Natick, MA
- Journal
- Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 178, No. 7, 1297-1324, July 2006
- Keywords
- polystyrene | emissions | combustion | polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons | soot | kinetics | plastics | temperature | gas temperature | styrene | velocity profiles | droplets | evaporation | reaction kinetics | experiments | furnaces | reaction zone
- Identifiers
- investigation on the formation of products of incomplete combustion (PIC) of waste poly(styrene) (PS); externally-heated drop-tube laboratory furnace; evolution of fixed product gases; unburned light volatile organic compounds (VOC); semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOC); 3-dimensional model using the CFD code FLENT; polystyrene was in the form of pellets; error analysis; numerical simulation of gas temperature and velocity profiles in the furnace; numerical simulation of styrene droplet evaporation