Spontaneous Combustion of Coal (IV) (Computer Simulation)

Masahiro Morita; Tetsuya Nishimoto; Jun Kodama; Takehiko Ohsawa; Kenji Hayashi

doi:10.3210/fst.6.7

Science and Technology

Spontaneous Combustion of Coal (IV)

(Computer Simulation)

Masahiro Morita, Tetsuya Nishimoto, Jun Kodama, Takehiko Ohsawa, Kenji Hayashi

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1986 Volume 6 Issue 1+2 Pages 7-20

DOI https://doi.org/10.3210/fst.6.7

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Abstract

A Computer simulation of the spontaneous combustion of coal in a silo has been developed taking into consideration the mass transfer of oxygen via air diffusion in the pores of the coal zone. The numerical calculation has been carried out by a Finite Element Method (FEM). The adequacy of this model has been investigated by the comparison of the compared results with data obtained from a full-scale experiment with a coal silo.

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