Modelling and experimental investigation of devolatilizing wood in a fluidized bed combustor |
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| Authors: | M Sreekanth D Ruben Sudhakar BVSSS Prasad Ajit Kumar Kolar B Leckner |
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| Affiliation: | a Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036, India
b Department of Energy and Environment, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | A two-dimensional model is developed for the determination of devolatilization time and char yield of cylindrical wood particles in a bubbling fluidized bed combustor. By using the concept of shape factor, the model is extended to particles of cuboid shape. The model prediction of the devolatilization time agrees with the measured data (present and those reported in the literature) for cylindrical and cuboidal shaped particles within ±20% while the char yield is predicted within ±17%. Influence of some important parameters namely, thermal diffusivity, external heat transfer coefficient and shrinkage, on the devolatilization time and char yield are studied. Thermal diffusivity shows noticeable influence on devolatilization time. The external heat transfer coefficient shows little influence beyond a value of 300 W/(m2 K). However particle shrinkage shows negligible effect on the devolatilization time but has a significant influence on the char yield. |
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| Keywords: | Fluidized bed combustion Devolatilization Wood Model Two-dimensional |
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