Assessment of a model with char attrition for a bubbling atmospheric fluidized-bed combustor


Gogebakan Y., Selcuk N.

COMBUSTION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, cilt.176, ss.799-818, 2004 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 176
  • Basım Tarihi: 2004
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/00102200490428413
  • Dergi Adı: COMBUSTION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.799-818
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

A comprehensive model, previously developed and tested for prediction of behavior of continuous fluidized-bed combustors, is extended to incorporate char attrition and is applied to the simulation of a 0.3 MegaWatt (MW) atmospheric bubbling fluidized-bed combustor burning lignites with high Volatile Matter/Fixed Carbon (VM/FC) ratios in their own ashes. The effect of this incorporation is assessed by comparing the predictions of the model with and without attrition with measurements. Favorable comparisons obtained between predicted and measured temperature and concentration profiles and carryover char particle size distributions imply that these parameters are not sensitive to char attrition for lignites and the operating conditions under consideration. However, comparisons between combustion efficiencies predicted with and without char attrition and those obtained from measurements show that consideration of char attrition is essential for accurate prediction of combustion efficiencies.