Bulletin of the Chinese Ceramic Society, Volume. 44, Issue 4, 1227(2025)

Comprehensive Review of Current Research on Circulating Fluidized Bed Ash

GUO Aili1, ZHANG Shoukun2, LIU Xue2, LYU Maorong3, and LU Shuang3,4、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Beijing Building Material Testing Academy Co., Ltd., Beijing 100041, China
  • 2NO. Three Engineering Co., Ltd. of CCCC First Highway Engineering Co., Ltd., Beijing 101102, China
  • 3School of Civil Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150006, China
  • 4School of Physics and Materials Science, Changji University, Changji 831100, China
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    GUO Aili, ZHANG Shoukun, LIU Xue, LYU Maorong, LU Shuang. Comprehensive Review of Current Research on Circulating Fluidized Bed Ash[J]. Bulletin of the Chinese Ceramic Society, 2025, 44(4): 1227

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    Received: Dec. 16, 2024

    Accepted: May. 26, 2025

    Published Online: May. 26, 2025

    The Author Email: LU Shuang (lus@hit.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.16552/j.cnki.issn1001-1625.2024.1547

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