Effect of oxygen concentration and reaction order on char inventory in fluidized bed combustion

  • Jaakko Saastamoinen*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Population balance modeling is applied to develop calculation methods for mass inventory of char in fluidized bed combustion (FBC). The focus is on the effect of gas oxygen concentration and the reaction order of char with respect to oxygen, which is important in understanding and simulating combustion in high oxygen concentration. The well-known shrinking particle model describing the single particle combustion is simplified by applying a dimensionless particle size and dimensionless time with a specifically chosen characteristic reference diameter and time constant. Methods and analytical solutions to calculate particle size distribution (PSD), particle combustion time and char mass in FBC are presented.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)211-222
JournalCombustion and Flame
Volume171
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2016
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

Funding

The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union Seventh Framework Programme FP7/2012 under Grant agreement no. 295533 ( O2GEN , “Optimization of Oxygen-based CFBC Technology with CO2 capture”) and Grant agreement no. 239188 (FLEXI BURN CFB, “Development of High Efficiency CFB Technology to Provide Flexible Air/Oxy Operation for Power Plant with CCS”). Appendix A

Keywords

  • Char inventory
  • Fluidized bed combustion
  • Oxyfuel
  • Oxygen concentration
  • Reaction order

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