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The Development Of A Novel Cu-Mn Oxygen Carrier For The Chemical Looping Gasification Of Biomass, M. Aghabararnejad, Jamal Chaouki, Gregory S. Patience May 2011

The Development Of A Novel Cu-Mn Oxygen Carrier For The Chemical Looping Gasification Of Biomass, M. Aghabararnejad, Jamal Chaouki, Gregory S. Patience

10th International Conference on Circulating Fluidized Beds and Fluidization Technology - CFB-10

Circulating fluidized bed technology applied to combustion processes in which oxygen and fuel are fed into separate reactors is referred to as Chemical Looping Combustion. Typically, oxygen reacts with a reduced metal (-oxide), then it is transferred to a second vessel where the metal oxide is reduced by a hydrocarbon. In chemical looping gasification, a fuel is contacted indirectly by oxygen and/or steam again with a metal oxide shuttling between two vessels reducing the contact between fuel and air. In this case, a concentrated stream of syngas exits the fuel reactor undiluted by nitrogen. The objective of this study is …


A Pyrolysis Pilot Unit Integrated To A Circulating Fluidized Bed Boiler - Experiences From A Pilot Project, J. Autio, J. Lehto, A. Oasmaa, Y. Solantausta, P. Jokela, J. Alin May 2011

A Pyrolysis Pilot Unit Integrated To A Circulating Fluidized Bed Boiler - Experiences From A Pilot Project, J. Autio, J. Lehto, A. Oasmaa, Y. Solantausta, P. Jokela, J. Alin

10th International Conference on Circulating Fluidized Beds and Fluidization Technology - CFB-10

A novel integrated pyrolysis pilot plant has been built in Tampere, Finland by Metso, in co-operation with UPM, Fortum and VTT. A 7 tons of bio-oil per day (2 MWfuel input) fast pyrolysis unit has been integrated with Metso’s 4 MWth CFB pilot boiler. Test runs of bio-oil production have been carried out during 2009-2010. More than 80 tons of bio-oil has been produced and utilization tests have been started in district heating burner applications.


High-Resolution Simulations Of Gas-Solids Jet Penetration Into A High- Density Riser Flow, Tingwen Li, C. Guenther May 2011

High-Resolution Simulations Of Gas-Solids Jet Penetration Into A High- Density Riser Flow, Tingwen Li, C. Guenther

10th International Conference on Circulating Fluidized Beds and Fluidization Technology - CFB-10

High-resolution simulations of a gas-solids jet in a 0.3 m diameter and 15.9 m tall circulating fluidized bed (CFB) riser were conducted with the open source software-MFIX. In the numerical simulations, both gas and solids injected through a 1.6 cm diameter radial-directed tube 4.3 m above the bottom distributor were tracked as tracers, which enable the analysis of the characteristics of a two-phase jet. Two jetting gas velocities of 16.6 and 37.2 m/s were studied with the other operating conditions fixed. Reasonable flow hydrodynamics with respect to overall pressure drop, voidage, and solids velocity distributions were predicted. Due to the …


A Modeling Study Of Gas Streaming In A Deep Fluidized Bed Of Geldart A Particles, Shayan Karimipour, Todd S. Pugsley May 2011

A Modeling Study Of Gas Streaming In A Deep Fluidized Bed Of Geldart A Particles, Shayan Karimipour, Todd S. Pugsley

10th International Conference on Circulating Fluidized Beds and Fluidization Technology - CFB-10

Gas streaming has been modeled in a deep fluidized bed of 5 m depth and 0.3 m inside diameter. The model results suggest that the lower pressure drop of the stream zone compared to the remainder of the bed is the reason for severe streaming flow in deep beds. The effects of different parameters such as bed depth, gas velocity and particle size on the severity of the streaming flow are also evaluated with the model.


Fluidized Bed Membrane Reactor For Steam Reforming Of Higher Hydrocarbons: Model Sensitivity, M.A. Rakib, John R. Grace, C. Jim Lim May 2011

Fluidized Bed Membrane Reactor For Steam Reforming Of Higher Hydrocarbons: Model Sensitivity, M.A. Rakib, John R. Grace, C. Jim Lim

10th International Conference on Circulating Fluidized Beds and Fluidization Technology - CFB-10

A fluidized bed membrane reactor (FBMR) was built and operated at temperatures <600°C to reform higher hydrocarbons like propane and heptane. A two-phase reactor model is utilized to simulate the FBMR with hydrogen withdrawn from both phases. The superficial gas velocities in the reactor change because of variations in molar flow due to reaction and hydrogen withdrawal through the membranes, as well as variations in temperature, pressure and cross-sectional area. Sensitivity studies show that the FBMR performance is primarily controlled by chemical equilibrium and hydrogen permeation through the membranes, while being insensitive to errors in accurately characterizing the chemical kinetics and hydrodynamics.


Removal Of Nitrate From Water Using Fluidized Bed Ion Exchange Column, Ammar Arab Beddai, Basava Rao May 2011

Removal Of Nitrate From Water Using Fluidized Bed Ion Exchange Column, Ammar Arab Beddai, Basava Rao

10th International Conference on Circulating Fluidized Beds and Fluidization Technology - CFB-10

Experimental and theoretical studies were carried out to investigate the performance of a fluidized bed ion exchange system to remove nitrate. The exchange of nitrate on strong anion exchange resin (TULSION A-27) was studied in the flow rate range of 2 to 7 L/h. Nitrate removal was done at five conditions of the expanded bed height (Z). The results showed that the experimental data can be fitted to Richardson and Zaki equation, and the comparison between the experimental and calculated terminal velocities showed low relative error


Production Of Gasoline And Gaseous Olefins By Catalytic Cracking Of Pyrolysis Oil, Peter Bielansky, Alexander Reichhold, Alexander Weinert May 2011

Production Of Gasoline And Gaseous Olefins By Catalytic Cracking Of Pyrolysis Oil, Peter Bielansky, Alexander Reichhold, Alexander Weinert

10th International Conference on Circulating Fluidized Beds and Fluidization Technology - CFB-10

Co-processing of biomass in petroleum refineries is a promising approach for biofuel production. In this work fluid catalytic cracking of residue from a co-pyrolysis with sawdust and VGO (1:2) was investigated. The pyrolysis oil residue with a boiling range bigger than 350 °C was mixed in different ratios with VGO and could be processed successfully up to 20 m%. Crack gas amounts increased while gasoline and total fuel yields decreased compared to VGO cracking. The gasoline obtained has a high octane number and is oxygen free.


Fluid Dynamic Effects Of Ring- Type Internals In A Dual Circulating Fluidized Bed System, D.C Guio-Perez, K. Marx, Tobias Pröll, Hermann Hofbauer May 2011

Fluid Dynamic Effects Of Ring- Type Internals In A Dual Circulating Fluidized Bed System, D.C Guio-Perez, K. Marx, Tobias Pröll, Hermann Hofbauer

10th International Conference on Circulating Fluidized Beds and Fluidization Technology - CFB-10

Intensified gas-solids contact in the fuel reactor of chemical looping combustion systems can be a key issue for achieving the necessary gas-phase conversion rates. Wedge-shaped rings were designed and installed in the fuel reactor of a cold flow model for fluid dynamic testing. These internals are meant to reduce the typical radial and axial solids concentration non-uniformity. It is shown, that more solids are present in the upper regions of the riser when in-ternals are used. Additionally, increase of the solids elutriation rate from the riser was found


A Practical Model For A Dense- Bed Countercurrent Fcc Regenerator, Yongmin Zhang, Chunxi Lu May 2011

A Practical Model For A Dense- Bed Countercurrent Fcc Regenerator, Yongmin Zhang, Chunxi Lu

10th International Conference on Circulating Fluidized Beds and Fluidization Technology - CFB-10

In this study, a new practical countercurrent regenerator model for in-situ FCC operation optimization was proposed. A three-zone-and-two-phase gas model and a new two-CSTR-with-interchange model were used to give better descriptions on the gas and solids flow patterns, addressing the region-dependent mass transfer rates and the freeboard effect on catalyst regeneration. The model coupled mass and heat balances, hydrodynamics and reaction kinetics. The modeled results are in reasonable agreement with the commercial data from an industrial FCC regenerator under both partial and full CO combustion modes.


Study Of Calcination-Carbonation Of Calcium Carbonate In Different Fluidizing Mediums For Chemical Looping Gasification In Circulating Fluidized Beds, Prabir Basu, Bishnu Achayra, Animesh Dutta May 2011

Study Of Calcination-Carbonation Of Calcium Carbonate In Different Fluidizing Mediums For Chemical Looping Gasification In Circulating Fluidized Beds, Prabir Basu, Bishnu Achayra, Animesh Dutta

10th International Conference on Circulating Fluidized Beds and Fluidization Technology - CFB-10

Chemical looping gasification (CLG) of biomass in a circulating fluidized bed is an excellent option for production of separate streams of hydrogen rich and carbon dioxide rich gases. This process uses H2O (steam) instead of air or oxygen for gasification, and thereby produces high value nitrogen free product gas. An important feature of this process is in-process removal of carbon dioxide from the reaction site by CaO. This allows the reaction to move towards higher yield of hydrogen. Circulating fluidized bed (CFB) provides an ideal reactor configuration for such a looping reaction. A CFB based CLG unit operates somewhat similar …


The Influence Of Carbon Stripper Efficiency On Co2 Capture Rate In A Chemical-Looping Combustion Process For Solid Fuels, Marvin Kramp, Andreas Thon, Ernst-Ulrich Hartge, Stefan Heinrich, Joachim Werther May 2011

The Influence Of Carbon Stripper Efficiency On Co2 Capture Rate In A Chemical-Looping Combustion Process For Solid Fuels, Marvin Kramp, Andreas Thon, Ernst-Ulrich Hartge, Stefan Heinrich, Joachim Werther

10th International Conference on Circulating Fluidized Beds and Fluidization Technology - CFB-10

In the present work a Chemical-Looping Combustion process for solid fuels is simulated on the 100 MWth scale. The coal is gasified inside the fuel reactor by recirculated CO2 and H2O. A carbon stripper downstream of the fuel reactor is used to reduce the carryover of char from the fuel to the air reactor. The influence of the carbon stripper on the CO2 capture rate is investigated. The results demonstrate the significance of the carbon stripper in this process.


Understanding Standpipe Hydrodynamics Using Electrical Capacitance Tomography, Reddy Karri Dr, Changhua Qui, Robert Joachim S.B May 2011

Understanding Standpipe Hydrodynamics Using Electrical Capacitance Tomography, Reddy Karri Dr, Changhua Qui, Robert Joachim S.B

10th International Conference on Circulating Fluidized Beds and Fluidization Technology - CFB-10

Standpipes are often the bottleneck in a circulating fluidized bed processes. Understanding the pressure build and dissipation in a standpipe is critical in designing and operating a standpipe that can meet production needs. However, this critical component of a circulating fluidized bed (CFB) is often neglected in the design process which usually results in an underperforming unit operation. In an effort to better design new standpipe and to better optimize existing ones, electrical capacitance tomography (ECT) was evaluated in a 7-inch (18-cm) diameter standpipe to understand the gas-solid hydrodynamics in a standpipe with respect to circulation rates and aeration strategies.


Simulation Of Particle-Gas Flow In A Cyclone Using Urans, Aku Karvinen, Hannu Ahlstedt, Marko Palonen May 2011

Simulation Of Particle-Gas Flow In A Cyclone Using Urans, Aku Karvinen, Hannu Ahlstedt, Marko Palonen

10th International Conference on Circulating Fluidized Beds and Fluidization Technology - CFB-10

Particle-gas flow in a cyclone separator used in a circulating fluidized-bed boiler is simulated using computational fluid dynamics software Fluent 6.2.36 and an Unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (URANS) method. A Lagrangian method is used for particle simulation and a one-way coupling between particles and gas is assumed. The effect of the turbulence model is studied using several turbulence models. Only the Reynolds stress model gives a physically reasonable flow field without adjusting parameters unknown beforehand.


Design Requirements For Pressurized Chemical Looping Reforming, Tobias Pröll, Hermann Hofbauer, K. Marx May 2011

Design Requirements For Pressurized Chemical Looping Reforming, Tobias Pröll, Hermann Hofbauer, K. Marx

10th International Conference on Circulating Fluidized Beds and Fluidization Technology - CFB-10

A key issue in chemical looping reforming is to operate the process under pressurized conditions. Applicability of dual fluidized bed systems, currently used in atmospheric chemical looping processes, is affected by pressure. Critical design issues were studied and experimentally verified by cold flow model experiments. It turns out that it is important to achieve sufficient global solids circulation and to keep the pressure difference between the reactors low enough for proper operation of the loop seals.


Flow Field In A Novel Short Residence Time Gas-Solid Separator, Mengxi Liu, Chunxi Lu, Zhuan Wang May 2011

Flow Field In A Novel Short Residence Time Gas-Solid Separator, Mengxi Liu, Chunxi Lu, Zhuan Wang

10th International Conference on Circulating Fluidized Beds and Fluidization Technology - CFB-10

The gas flow field in a short residence time separator was investigated. The tangential velocity in the separator housing increases with increasing angle to the positive x axis, and decreases with increasing radial position. A swirl of opposite direction to the main current in the separator housing occurs in the gas outlet.


Cold Flow Model Study On Interconnected Fluidized Bed Reactors For Multi-Generation Systems And Chemical Looping Processes, Georgy A. Ryabov, O M. Folomeyev, D A. Sankin, K V. Khaneyev May 2011

Cold Flow Model Study On Interconnected Fluidized Bed Reactors For Multi-Generation Systems And Chemical Looping Processes, Georgy A. Ryabov, O M. Folomeyev, D A. Sankin, K V. Khaneyev

10th International Conference on Circulating Fluidized Beds and Fluidization Technology - CFB-10

Interconnected fluidized bed reactors (DCFB) were implemented in multi-generation systems (pyrolysis FB reactor and CFB boiler), chemical looping combustion (CLC) systems (double metal oxides or carbonate oxide reactors) and three reactor chemical looping gasification processes. The presented data focus on the solids circulation rate and on pressure profiles of the DCFB depended on selected operating parameters such as fluidization gas flow rate, loop seal fluidization, and solids inventory. Most work was devoted to studying standpipe and valve operation.


Conference Program, Ted Knowlton Jan 2011

Conference Program, Ted Knowlton

10th International Conference on Circulating Fluidized Beds and Fluidization Technology - CFB-10

No abstract provided.


Reflections On Mathematical Models And Simulation Of Gas-Particle Flows, Sankaran Sundaresan Jan 2011

Reflections On Mathematical Models And Simulation Of Gas-Particle Flows, Sankaran Sundaresan

10th International Conference on Circulating Fluidized Beds and Fluidization Technology - CFB-10

No abstract provided.


Gas Tracer Study In A Non Mechanical L-Valve, Mohammad-Mahdi Yazdanpanah, Ali Hoteit, Ann Forret, Thierry Gauthier, Arnaud Delebarre Jan 2011

Gas Tracer Study In A Non Mechanical L-Valve, Mohammad-Mahdi Yazdanpanah, Ali Hoteit, Ann Forret, Thierry Gauthier, Arnaud Delebarre

10th International Conference on Circulating Fluidized Beds and Fluidization Technology - CFB-10

No abstract provided.


New System For The Continuous Removal Of Bio-Char From Bubbling Bed Pyrolyzers, Craig Mara, Lorenzo Ferrante, Franco Berruti, Cedric Briens Jan 2011

New System For The Continuous Removal Of Bio-Char From Bubbling Bed Pyrolyzers, Craig Mara, Lorenzo Ferrante, Franco Berruti, Cedric Briens

Bioenergy III: Present and New Perspectives on Biorefineries

No abstract provided.


Fluidized Bed Pyrolysis Of Lignin In A Bubbling Bed Reactor, Pietro Palmisano, Valentina Lago, Franco Berruti, Cedric Briens Jan 2011

Fluidized Bed Pyrolysis Of Lignin In A Bubbling Bed Reactor, Pietro Palmisano, Valentina Lago, Franco Berruti, Cedric Briens

Bioenergy III: Present and New Perspectives on Biorefineries

No abstract provided.


Meat And Bone Meal Pyrolysis Study In A Laboratory-Scale Bubbling Fluidized Bed Reactor, Federico M. Berruti, Lorenzo Ferrante, Cedric Briens, Franco Berruti Jan 2011

Meat And Bone Meal Pyrolysis Study In A Laboratory-Scale Bubbling Fluidized Bed Reactor, Federico M. Berruti, Lorenzo Ferrante, Cedric Briens, Franco Berruti

Bioenergy III: Present and New Perspectives on Biorefineries

No abstract provided.


Effects Of Biochar On Products Yields During Biomass Pyrolysis In A Bubbling Bed Reactor, Pietro Palmisano, Franco Berruti, Cedric Briens Jan 2011

Effects Of Biochar On Products Yields During Biomass Pyrolysis In A Bubbling Bed Reactor, Pietro Palmisano, Franco Berruti, Cedric Briens

Bioenergy III: Present and New Perspectives on Biorefineries

No abstract provided.


A Multi-Objective Evaluation Of Pc Plants With Aqueous Amine Carbon Capture Systems, John Eslick Jun 2010

A Multi-Objective Evaluation Of Pc Plants With Aqueous Amine Carbon Capture Systems, John Eslick

CO2 Summit: Technology and Opportunity

No abstract provided.


Lifecycle Energy Modeling - Input Into Upstream Design Process, Prasanth Chandrahasan Jun 2010

Lifecycle Energy Modeling - Input Into Upstream Design Process, Prasanth Chandrahasan

CO2 Summit: Technology and Opportunity

No abstract provided.


Towards Sustainable Energy: Tailored Synthesis Of Carbon-Neutral Filler Materials During Carbon Mineral Sequestration, Ah-Hyung Alissa Park Jun 2010

Towards Sustainable Energy: Tailored Synthesis Of Carbon-Neutral Filler Materials During Carbon Mineral Sequestration, Ah-Hyung Alissa Park

CO2 Summit: Technology and Opportunity

No abstract provided.


Net Energy And Greenhouse Gas Emissions Evaluation Of Biodiesel Derived From Microalgae, Liaw Y. Batan Jun 2010

Net Energy And Greenhouse Gas Emissions Evaluation Of Biodiesel Derived From Microalgae, Liaw Y. Batan

CO2 Summit: Technology and Opportunity

No abstract provided.


Achieving Process Energy Efficiency Via Innovation, Greg Werba Jun 2010

Achieving Process Energy Efficiency Via Innovation, Greg Werba

CO2 Summit: Technology and Opportunity

No abstract provided.


Unblocking Biofuels With Microchannel Technology, Jeff Mcdaniel Jun 2010

Unblocking Biofuels With Microchannel Technology, Jeff Mcdaniel

CO2 Summit: Technology and Opportunity

No abstract provided.


Co2 Summit: Complete Conference Program, Frank Zhu Jun 2010

Co2 Summit: Complete Conference Program, Frank Zhu

CO2 Summit: Technology and Opportunity

Final Conference Program