Abstract: The drag on various tumbling, nonburning wooden plates, cubes, rods, and wood chips was determined by measuring the free-fall velocity. The drag coefficient was reduced by a factor of 0.46 to ...

Abstract: Municipal refuse-derived fuel and coal were cofired in a retrofitted 125,000 lb steam/hr (55,000 kg/hr) spreader-stoker boiler. Results from 19 tests, which include fuel characteristics, boiler ...

Abstract: A small four-stage gas turbine was directly fired with woodchips using a novel downdraft, gravel-bed combustor for a total 250 hours of tests. The average turbine blockage due to deposits was ...