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Research Article

A Shortcut Method to Predict Particle Size Changes during Char Combustion and Gasification under regime II Conditions

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Pages 272-291 | Received 08 Feb 2019, Accepted 26 Sep 2019, Published online: 27 Oct 2019
 

ABSTRACT

In most industrial applications, combustion and gasification of char progresses under regime II conditions. Unlike in other regimes, both particle size and density change simultaneously in regime II due to non-uniform consumption of carbon inside the particles. In this work, mathematical predictions of diameter changes in regime II were made by a one-dimensional simulation tool, where transient species balances are resolved locally inside the particle. This simulation is computationally expensive and usually not appropriate for the implementation in comprehensive CFD simulations of combustion or gasification processes. To overcome this restraint, an alternative shortcut method with affordable computation time has been developed and validated against the detailed model. This method allows the calculation of diameter changes during combustion and gasification from precalculated effectiveness factors. Additionally, the change of particle size has been investigated experimentally in a single particle converter setup. Therein, particles are fixed on a sample holder placed in the hot flue gas of a flat flame burner. Size and temperature trends are optically assessed by a 3CCD camera.

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank the German Research Foundation (DFG) for funding this work within the SFB/Transregio 129 “Oxyflame” (project number 215035359). The authors also would like to thank Bio4Energy, Swedish Center for Biomass Gasification, Swedish Research Council and Kempe Foundation for the financial support. Nils Erland L. Haugen acknowledges the research project “Gaspro”, financed by the Research Council of Norway (267916).

Nomenclature

A=

dimensionless parameter

C=

molar concentration

cp=

heat capacity

d=

diameter

D=

diffusion coefficient

E=

activation energy

h=

heat or mass transfer coefficient

ΔH=

Heat of reaction

J=

volumetric flux

k=

rate constant

L=

Length of particle

m=

mass

m˙=

mass flow per unit area

M=

molar mass

Nav=

Avogadro constant

Nu=

Nusselt number

p=

pressure

Pr=

Prandtl number

Re=

Reynolds number

r=

radius

σ=

Stefan-Boltzmann constant

σ=

average collision diameter

τ=

tortuosity

ϕ=

Thiele modulus

R=

reaction rate

=

universal gas constant

S=

surface area

Sh=

Sherwood number

T=

temperature

t=

time

Xˆ=

local carbon conversion

X=

global carbon conversion

x=

molar fraction

α=

dimensionless parameter

β=

dimensionless parameter

ε=

emissivity

ε=

particle porosity

η=

effectiveness factor

θO=

fractional surface coverage of oxygen

θf=

fractional free carbon sites

λ=

thermal conductivity

μ=

dynamic viscosity

ξ=

surface concentration of C sites

ρ=

density

Φ=

volumetric reaction rate

ψ=

structural parameter

Ω=

collision integral

Subscripts

0=

initial

c=

carbon

comp=

completed reaction

conv=

convection

crit=

critical value

eff=

effective

exp=

experimental

g=

gravimetric

g=

gas

i=

index variable: gases

j=

index variable: reactions / shells

m=

mass

m=

exponent in differential equation

p=

particle

q=

heat

rad=

radiation

reac=

reaction

s=

surface

t=

true

TC=

Thermocouple

tot=

total

w=

wall

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