Effect of pressure on thermal aspects in the riser column of a pressurized circulating fluidized bed

In the present paper the effect of pressure on bed‐to‐wall heat transfer in the riser column of a pressurized circulating fluidized bed (PCFB) unit is estimated through a modified mechanistic model. Gas–solid flow structure and average cross‐sectional solids concentration play a dominant role in better understanding of bed‐to‐wall heat transfer mechanism in the riser column of a PCFB. The effect of pressure on average solids concentration fraction ‘c’ in the riser column is analysed from the experimental investigations. The basic cluster renewal model of an atmospheric circulating fluidized bed has been modified to consider the effect of pressure on different model parameters such as cluster properties, gas layer thickness, cluster, particle, gas phase, radiation and bed‐to‐wall heat transfer coefficients, respectively. The cluster thermal conductivity increases with system pressure as well as with bed temperature due to higher cluster thermal properties. The increased operating pressure enhances the particle and dispersed phase heat transfer components. The bed‐to‐wall heat transfer coefficient increases with operating pressure, because of increased particle concentration. The predicted results from the model are compared with the experimentally measured values as well as with the published literature, and a good agreement has been observed. The bed‐to‐wall heat transfer coefficient variation along the riser height is also reported for different operating pressures. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Fundamental heat transfer mechanism between bed‐to‐membrane water‐walls in circulating fluidized bed combustors

In the present work, the fundamental mechanism between bed‐to‐membrane water‐walls in the riser column of a circulating fluidized bed (CFB) combustor is presented. The bed‐to‐membrane water‐wall heat transfer depends on the contributions of particle heat transfer, dispersed phase heat transfer and radiation heat transfer. The fundamental mechanism of particle heat transfer and the effect of fraction of wall exposed to clusters and gas gap thickness between cluster and wall on particle heat transfer coefficient and bed‐to‐wall heat transfer coefficient are investigated. The influence of operating parameters like cross‐sectional average volumetric solids concentration and bed temperature on particle and bed‐to‐wall heat transfer are also reported. The present work contributes some fundamental information on particle heat transfer mechanism, which is responsible for increasing the bed‐to‐wall heat transfer coefficient (apart from dispersed phase convection and radiation heat transfer). The details on particle heat transfer mechanism will enable to understand the basic heat transfer phenomena between bed‐to‐membrane water‐walls in circulating fluidized bed combustors in a detailed way, which in turn will aid for better design of CFB combustor units. The particle heat transfer mechanism is significantly influenced by the fraction of wall exposed to clusters and gas gap thickness between clusters and wall. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Analysis of particle motion and heat transfer in circulating fluidized beds

In this study, the forces affecting the motion of particle clusters near the wall of a CFB were theoretically analysed. The motion trajectory and the contact time of clusters were determined from the proposed model for two cases, steel ball having density of 6980 kg m^?3 and sand having density of 2500 kg m^?3. Computational results showed that the construction and operational parameters such as the bed equivalent diameter, the gas velocity and the bed temperature have great influence on the contact time of clusters. Based on analysis of the contact time of clusters, a theoretical model was developed for predicting the particle–gas convection heat transfer coefficient. The results were compared with experiments and were a quite agreement with the measured data in the open literature which suggests that the theoretical analysis conducted in this work can very well describe the convection heat transfer in a CFB. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Effect of dilute and dense phase operating conditions on bed-to-wall heat transfer mechanism in a circulating fluidized bed combustor

In the present paper investigations are conducted on bed-to-wall heat transfer to water-wall surfaces in the upper region of the riser column of a circulating fluidized bed (CFB) combustor under dilute and dense phase conditions. The bed-to-wall heat transfer depends on the contributions of particle convection, gas convection and radiation heat transfer components. The percentage contribution of each of these components depends on the operating conditions i.e., dilute and dense phase bed conditions and bed temperature. The variation in contribution with operating conditions is estimated using the cluster renewal mechanistic model. The present results contribute some fundamental information on the contributions of particle convection, gas convection and radiation contributions in bed-to-wall heat transfer under dilute and dense phase conditions with bed temperature. This leads to better understanding of heat transfer mechanism to water-wall surfaces in the upper region of the riser column under varying load conditions i.e., when the combustor is operated under dilute and dense phase situations. The results will further contribute to understanding of heat transfer mechanism and will aid in the efficient design of heat transfer surfaces in the CFB unit.     

An experimental and theoretical investigation into the heat transfer of a finned water wall tube in a circulating fluidized bed boiler

Heat transfer improvement in a water wall tube with fins was investigated in a circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boiler. Experiments were first conducted in a 6 MWth CFB boiler then a model was developed to analyse and interpolate the results. Temperatures at some discrete points within the wall cross‐section of the tube were measured by burying 0.8 mm thermocouples within a tube. Experimental data showed an increase in heat absorption up to 45 per cent. A good agreement between measured and predicted values was noted. The distribution of temperature in the metal wall and of heat flux around the outer wall of a tube with longitudinal and lateral fins was analysed by numerical solution of a two‐dimensional heat conduction equation. Effects of bed‐to‐wall heat transfer coefficient, water‐to‐tube inside heat transfer coefficient, bed temperature, water temperature and thermal conductivity of the tube material on the heat flux around the water tube are discussed. The present work also examines the influence of the length of the longitudinal fin and the water tube thickness. Heat flux was highest at the tip of the longitudinal fin. It dropped, but increased again near the root of the lateral fin. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Numerical study of heat transfer characteristics of semi-coke and steam in waste heat recovery steam generator for hydrogen production

With the steam obtained from the waste heat of high temperature semi-coke, the hydrogen production through gasification method is considered more commercially. The heat transfer of semi-coke bed and steam was investigated using an unsteady convection heat transfer three-dimensional model of semi-coke. The effects of particle size, steam flow and particle bed thickness on heat transfer characteristics were considered. The particle temperature calculated by three-dimensional model was in good agreement with the corresponding particle temperature of experiment. The heat transfer characteristics of single particle, the particle temperature, the amount of heat recovery and the heat flux were investigated. The results show that, in the first 10 min of the heat transfer of semi-coke bed and steam, the bottom particle temperature decreases rapidly, but the top particle temperature is almost unchanged. The heat transfer rate evolution of the single particle in different positions is revealed. The heat transfer rate evolution of the bottom particle is different from that of the middle particle and top particle, and the heat transfer rate evolution of middle particle is similar to that of the top particle. The particle size, the steam flow and the particle bed thickness have great influence on the heat transfer mechanism of semi-coke and steam, and the 7.5 kg/h is considered to be the best steam flow for heat recovery. The intrinsic heat transfer mechanism between semi-coke bed and steam was revealed.     

Forced Convective Heat Transfer in a Porous Plate Channel

INTRODUCTIONHeattransferenllancen1enttechniquesplayaveryimportantroleintllermalcontroltechnologies1lsedwithnlicroelectronicchips,powerfullasermirrors,aerospacecraft,thermalnuclearfusion,etc.Itiswidelyrecognizedthattl1eheattransfercanbein-creasedbyil1creasingthesurfaceareaincontactwiththecoolant.TuckermanandPease[1,2]pointedoutthatforlaminarflowinconfinedchannels,theheattransfercoefficientisinverselyproportionaltothewidthofthechannelsincethelimitingNusseltnum-berisconsta11t.Theybuiltawate…     

Heat transfer and entropy analysis for a transparent gas flowing in a tube

Heat transfer by forced convection and radiation in tubes is very important for high‐temperature heat exchangers, which find wide applications in power plants. In addition, the entropy analysis gives insight into the qualitative measure of the heat transfer processes. Consequently, in the present study, forced convection and radiation heat transfer in flow through a tube is considered. The wall and fluid sides temperature rise are predicted for different tube lengths. The entropy analysis is carried out and the influence of tube length and heat transfer coefficient on the volumetric entropy generation are examined. It is found that the wall temperature and the volumetric entropy generation increases as the tube length increases. The point of maximum volumetric entropy generation moves close to the tube inlet as the tube length increases. In addition, the maximum volumetric entropy generation becomes independent of tube length for high heat transfer coefficients. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

微通道内气体-近壁颗粒流动传热数值模拟研究

数值模拟了微通道受限空间内气体-近璧颗粒流动与传热过程,所建模型考虑微尺度气体的可压缩与交物性特征,且在通道和颗粒壁面采用速度滑移和温度跳跃边界条件以考虑滑移区气体动量/能量非连续效应.在此基础上,计算分析了克努森数(Kn)和颗粒偏移比对颗粒表面拖曳力系数(CD)以及传热努塞尔数(Nu)的影响规律.研究结果表明:受气体...     

循环流化床传热系数的计算模型

本文在循环流化床流动模型的基础上建立了传热模型，流动模型根据实际运行情况考虑了颗粒的宽筛分，并把床层在轴向上分为密相床和稀相床两部分。在密相床内，传热按照鼓泡床传热微型进行计算；在稀相床内，传热模型建立在颗粒团更新的假设基础上，根据假设，床层由颗粒浓度很低的上升稀相和相对颗粒浓度较大的颗粒团两部分组成，两部分交替地与床壁面接触，床层和受热面间局部换热系数和颗粒浓度及两部分接触壁面的份额有关。模化结     

Experimental study of pressurized gas-fluidized bed heat transfer

This paper reports on an experimental study of the influence of operating pressure, in the range 150-1100 kPa, on wall-to-bed heat transfer coefficient in a bubbling fluidized bed. Both Geldart Group A and B solids were studied and the fluidizing gases were air and superheated steam. Fluidizing velocities were in the range 1-33 U_mf and wall temperatures in the range 125-275°C. Wall-to-bed heat transfer coefficients were found to increase steadily with increasing fluidizing gas velocity and not to pass through a maximum. Increase in operating pressure was found generally to result in an increase in wall-to-bed heat transfer coefficient, although the effect is probably non-linear. In the bubbling regime, the wall-to-bed heat transfer coefficient was found to change with vertical position in the bed. Wall-to-bed heat transfer coefficients decreased when the bed entered the slugging regime.     

利用Monte Carlo方法对循环流化床锅炉炉膛传热的数值计算

作者对循环流化床锅炉炉膛传热进行数值研究,所建模型考虑轴向和径向颗粒浓度分布的影响。模型计算揭示烟气温度和热流密度在炉膛内的分布变化,计算结果表明在循环流化床锅炉炉膛传热计算中,颗粒相对流换热不能忽略。     

Experimental investigations on heat transfer from suspension to impact separators in the riser column of a circulating fluidized bed combustor

In the present work experiments are conducted to investigate the effect of operating parameters on heat transfer from bed to U-beam impact separators located in the top region of the riser column. The effect of suspension density and bed temperature on heat transfer from bed to the impact separators (test sections) are investigated. The experimental unit consists of a circulating fluidized bed riser column, which is 0.23 m×0.23 m in bed cross-section, 6.3 m in height with a return leg and back pass. The U-beam impact separators are located in the top region of the riser column. Furnace oil # 2 is burnt in the unit and the experimental investigations are conducted. Water is circulated through the U-beam impact separators. The presence of the impact separators in the top region of riser column helps in solids separation and also to absorb certain fraction of heat liberated in the furnace. The bed to U-beam impact separator heat transfer coefficient increases with suspension density due to increased particle concentration, which results in higher cluster and particle heat transfer. The heat transfer coefficient increases with bed temperature due to increased convection and radiation.     

CFD modeling of heat transfer of CO2 at supercritical pressures flowing vertically in porous tubes

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) tool has been used for investigation of convective heat transfer of CO₂ in two porous tubes. Effects of some important parameters such as pressure, inlet temperature, mass flow rate, wall heat flux and porosity on temperature distribution and local heat transfer coefficients have been studied numerically. Near the supercritical conditions, these parameters are very effective on temperature gradient and local heat transfer coefficients. For example at p = 9.5 MPa, under the same conditions, the heat transfer coefficient in a tube with particle diameters of 0.1–0.12 mm is about 20–30% higher than when the particle diameter of 0.2–0.28 mm were used. The heat transfer coefficient increases with decreasing pressure and increasing mass flow rate. Also the porosity of the bed has the important role on the heat transfer. The CFD predictions have been compared to the experimental data and showed pretty good agreement.     

循环流化床中的气固两相传热模型

循环流化床中存在着分散固体颗粒的连续上升气相和相对紧密的颗粒团两部分,颗粒团聚物对气固两相传热有着重要的影响。采用拟Boltzmann动力学方法描述循环流化床中颗粒团的动力学行为,建立了循环流化床中气固两相间传热过程的理论模型,对气体表观流速、固体颗粒循环率等对气固传热系数沿床高分布规律的影响进行了分析和讨论。模型计算结果与参考文献中的实验数据进行了比较,两者符合较好。     

循环流化床颗粒团更新传热模型的修正

对颗粒团更新传热模型进行了修正,引入新的床内流动特性的研究结果。改进了颗粒团覆盖壁面的百分比和颗粒团-壁面之间的气膜厚度的表达式,使之与床的宏观运行参数以及床体,床料的参数相联系,从而避免了前人模型中凭经验来确定一个比例系数的缺陷,对于弥散相和壁面间的辐射传热,考虑到了它们的直接辐射和弥散相辐射到颗粒团,再经颗粒团反射到壁面的传递过程,模型计算结果和有关实验数据的对比吻合较好,图4表1参10     

循环流化床锅炉膜式水冷壁管与鳍片上的温度分布

研究了循环流化床锅炉膜式水冷壁管的传热，并通过采用二维传热分析方法，讨论了带有竖直鳍片和横向鳍片的水冷壁管上温度与热流分布。探讨了炉膛侧传热系数、水冷壁管水侧传热系数、水温、床温、水冷壁管材的导热率以及竖直鳍片部最高，然后逐渐下降，但在横向鳍处理的根部又会上升。为了验证传热分析的真实性，在1台6MWth循环流化床锅炉膜式水冷壁管的横裁面内安置了0.8mm的热电偶，测量子水管横截面上的一些点的温度。实际测量值符合得相当好。     

棉秆循环流化床稀相区传热系数的试验研究

在热功率0.5 MW棉秆循环流化床试验装置上对稀相区传热系数进行了测定,研究了不同参数对传热系数的影响,结果表明:环形区颗粒浓度和床温对传热系数的影响较大,且随着颗粒浓度和床温的增加而增加;一次风率和过量空气系数对不同床高的传热系数也有一定影响,传热系数随一次风率的增加而增加,但一次风率过大时,传热系数会有所下降;为了得到较高的传热系数,过量空气系数存在一个最佳值;循环倍率对传热系数的影响也很明显,在一定的范围内,传热系数随循环倍率的增加而增加;当循环倍率太大时,床温有所降低,使传热系数减小.     

3D modelling of radiative heat transfer in circulating fluidized bed combustors: influence of the particulate composition

A three-dimensional model is developed to predict the bed-to-wall radiative heat transfer coefficient in the upper dilute zone of circulating fluidized bed (CFB) combustors. The radiative transfer equation is solved by the discrete ordinates method and Mie scattering theory is applied to calculate the absorption and scattering efficiency factors of particles existing in CFB combustors. Empirical correlations calculate both spacial variation of solid volume fraction and temperature distribution at the wall. The model considers the influences of the particle properties (including particle size distribution, particle optical constants and solid composition) on the radiative heat transfer coefficient. Simulation results show that the particle properties have significant influences on the bed-to-wall radiative heat transfer coefficient in CFB combustors. A very good agreement of predicted results is shown with experimental data.     

A dimensionless analysis of heat and mass transport in an adsorber with thin fins; uniform pressure approach

A numerical study on heat and mass transfer in an annular adsorbent bed assisted with radial fins for an isobaric adsorption process is performed. A uniform pressure approach is employed to determine the changes of temperature and adsorbate concentration profiles in the adsorbent bed. The governing equations which are heat transfer equation for the adsorbent bed, mass balance equation for the adsorbent particle, and conduction heat transfer equation for the thin fin are non-dimensionalized in order to reduce number of governing parameters. The number of governing parameters is reduced to four as Kutateladze number, thermal diffusivity ratio, dimensionless fin coefficient and dimensionless parameter of Γ which compares mass diffusion in the adsorbent particle to heat transfer through the adsorbent bed. Temperature and adsorbate concentration contours are plotted for different values of defined dimensionless parameters to discuss heat and mass transfer rate in the bed. The average dimensionless temperature and average adsorbate concentration throughout the adsorption process are also presented to compare heat and mass transfer rate of different cases. The values of dimensionless fin coefficient, Γ number and thermal diffusivity ratio are changed from 0.01 to 100, 1 to 10^− 5 and 0.01 to 100, respectively; while the values of Kutateladze number are 1 and 100. The obtained results revealed that heat transfer rate in an adsorbent bed can be enhanced by the fin when the values of thermal diffusivity ratio and fin coefficient are low (i.e., α^? = 0.01, Λ = 0.01). Furthermore, the use of fin in an adsorbent bed with low values of Γ number (i.e. Γ = 10^− 5) does not increase heat transfer rate, significantly.