流化床干燥实验装置气体分布板的改进

原流化床干燥实验装置没有布置气体分布板,使得床层内存在很大的死角,难以形成较佳的床内流场分布,导致学生做实验时所测得的临界含水率增大,干燥速率变小,干燥速度曲线恒速干燥阶段无法确定,鉴于此,采用双层直流式锥形孔气体分布板改进了原流化床干燥实验装置。经FLUNET数值模拟分析发现,经改进后,热空气在颗粒床层内分布的均匀性显著提高,其扩散范围明显扩大,流速更加趋于稳定,则进出口的速度差显著地降低了,减小为原实验装置的0.072倍,从而使热空气更均匀地干燥床层内的固体颗粒变色硅胶,可减小实验误差,提高实验结果的准确率。

流化床干燥实验装置液体分布器的改进

原流化床干燥实验装置没有液体分布器,很难使水均匀润湿固体颗粒变色硅胶使其达到饱和,导致学生做实验时所测得的临界含水率增大,干燥速率变小,干燥速度曲线恒速干燥阶段无法确定,鉴于此,采用管式锥形孔液体分布器改进了原流化床干燥实验装置。经FLUNET数值模拟分析发现,经改进后,水在颗粒床层内流速分布的均匀性显著提高,其扩散范围也明显扩大,流速更加趋于稳定,且进出口速度差显著降低,减小为原实验装置的0.12倍,则水可以均匀地润湿床层内的固体颗粒变色硅胶使其达到饱和,从而减小了实验误差,提高了实验结果的准确率。

油页岩和半焦着火特性实验研究

在热重分析仪、固定床和流化床实验台上对油页岩和半焦的着火特性进行了实验研究。在固定床和流化床实验中,根据排放气体(CO,CO_2)和床温的变化曲线判断着火温度,结果表明:随着粒径的增大,油页岩和半焦的热重着火温度和流化床一次投料着火温度逐渐增大;固定床实验测得的着火温度比其他技术低,对于流化床一次投料实验,半焦的着火温度在很大程度上取决于投料温度,不同的实验技术对着火机理有很大影响,油页岩固定床实验和流化床间断给料实验为均相着火,流化床一次给料实验油页岩着火机理逐渐向非均相着火过渡;利用热爆炸理论对不同实验条件导致的着火温度不同进行了理论分析,当无量纲换热系数ψ从0.4167变化到2.0时,无量纲着火温度θg从0.0599变化到0.06732。

Experimental evaluation and modeling of liquid jet penetration to estimate droplet size in a three-phase riser reactor

In this work, the effects of injecting an evaporating liquid jet into solid-gas flow are experimentally investigated. A new model （SHED model） and a supplementary model （spray model） have also been proposed to investigate some flow-field characteristics in three-phase fluidized bed with the mean relative error 4.3% between model and measured results. Some experiments were conducted to study the influences of flow-field parameters such as liquid volumetric flow rate, injection velocity, jet angle and gas superficial velocity as well as solid mass flux on the jet penetration depth （JPD）. In addition, independent variables were experimentally employed to propose two empirical correlations for JPD by using multiple regression method and spray cone angle （SCA） by using dimensional analysis technique. The mean relative errors between the JPD and SCA correlations versus ex- perimental data were 7.5% and 3.9%, respectively. In addition, in order to identify the variable effect, a parametric study was carried out. Applying the proposed model can avoid direct use of expensive devices to measureJPD and to nredict dronlet size.

Conversion of Fuel-N to N2O and NOx during Coal Combustion in Combustors of Different Scale

With focus on investigating the effect of combustor scale on the conversion of fuel-N to NOx and N20, experiments are carried out in three combustors, including single coal particle combustion test rig, laboratory scale circulating fluidized-bed boiler （CFB） and full scale CFB in this work. For single coal particle combustion, the majority of f-uel-N （65%-82%） is released as NOx, while only a little （less than 8%） fuel-N yields N20. But in labora- tory scale CFB, the conversion of fuel-N to N20 is increases, but the conversion of fuel-N to NOx is quite less than that of single coal particle combustion. This is because much char in CFB can promote the NOx reduction by in- creasing N20 formation. In full scale CFB, both of the conversion of fuel-N to NOx and the conversion of fuel-N to N20 are smaller than laboratory scale CFB.

An Experimental Investigation of Fluidized Bed Gasification of Biomass Blended from Wood, Miscanthus, Straw and other Industrial Bioresidues

In order to identify potential wood substitutes for the production of energy by gasification, binary blends （wood/miscanthus, miscanthus/straw and wood/straw） and ternary blends （wood, miscanthus and organic residue） were systematic tested in a laboratory bubbling fluidized bed gasification system. The results of experiments were compared with results of wood gasification. Of the binary blends, wood and miscanthus exhibited great potential as a wood substitute in fluidized bed gasification in terms of process stability and product gas quality. Adding 10 wt. % of organic residues to form ternary blends further improved the product gas quality. Gasification of fuels blended with straw tended to agglomerate in the fluidized bed because of straw＇s low ash melting temperature. This can be counteracted by adding Ca（OH）2 to fuels. Nonetheless, fuels blended with straw with higher percentages of Ca（OH）2 need further study to establish the optimal additive ratio.

An Experimental Investigation on Solid Acceleration Length in the Riser of a Long Circulating Fluidized Bed

Systematic experimental work was conducted to investigate the solid acceleration length in a 16m long circulating fluidized bed riser with fluid cracking catalyst particles over a wide range of operating conditions. A more feasible method is proposed to determine the acceleration length from the measured axial profiles of pressure gradient (or apparent solid holdup). With this new method and large amount of experimental data, a clear picture on the variation of the acceleration length with both solid circulating rate and superficial gas velocity is obtained.It is found that the acceleration length increases generally with increasing solid flow rate and/or decreasing gas velocity. However, the trend in variation of the acceleration length with operating conditions are quite different in different operation ranges. Reasonable explanations are suggested for the observed variation patterns of acceleration length.

Biomass Vapogasification in Fluidized Bed： Modelling of Char Population Balance and Experimental Validation

The article presents a population balance model by mass developed for studying char gasification by steam occuring in a fluidized bed. The model has been validated by comparison with existing theoretical and experimental cases. Its main goal is to have a better understanding on particles size distribution behaviour during operation of the fluidized bed, and in particular to be applied on the case of Fast Internally Circulating Fluidized Beds for char gasification. Results have shown that the initial properties of the fluidized bed particles （bed and size distribution） are almost not involved in the steady state obtained in continous operation, which is excusively dependent on the properties of the fed particles flow rate and size distribution, the withdrawal flow rate and the reaction properties. Morevoer, it has been proven that the steady state fluidized bed mass and size distribution may be theroretically controlled by an adequate choice of feeding and withdrawal flow rates.

Experimental Study on Combustion Characteristics and NOX Emissions of Pulverized Anthracite Preheated by Circulating Fluidized Bed

A 30 kW bench-scale rig of pulverized anthracite combustion preheated by a circulating fluidized bed （CFB） was developed. The CFB riser has a diameter of 90 mm and a height of 1,500 mm. The down-fired combustion chamber （DFCC） has a diameter of 260 mm and a height of 3,000 mm. Combustion experiments were carded out using pulverized anthracite with 6.74% volatile content. This low volatile coal is difficult to ignite and burn out. Therefore, it requires longer burnout time and higher combustion temperature, which results in larger NOx emis- sions. In the current study, important factors that influence the combustion characteristics and NOx emissions were investigated such as excess air ratio, air ratio in the reducing zone, and fuel residence time in the reducing zone. Pulverized anthracite can be quickly preheated up to 800~C in CFB when the primary air is 24% of theo- retical air for combustion, and the temperature profile is uniform in DFCC. The combustion efficiency is 94.2%, which is competitive with other anthracite combustion technologies. When the excess air ratio ranges from 1.26 to 1.67, the coal-N conversion ratio is less than 32% and the NOx emission concentration is less than 371 mg/m^3 （@6% O2）. When the air ratio in the reducing zone is 0.12, the NOx concentration is 221 mg/m^3 （@6% O2）, and the coal-N conversion ratio is 21%, which is much lower than that of other boilers.

Experimental and Modeling Investigation of Coal Gasification in a Fluidized Bed Reactor

This paper presents a new approach to study the process of coal gasification. Non-linear programming techniques are used to determine the value of the model parameters that depends on coal species and experimental conditions and thus minimize the difference between experimental results and model predictions. Model predictions being in good agreement with the experimental results show that this method of combining model with experiment is effective for modeling complex processes.

Investigation on Horizontal Mixing of Particles in DenseBed in Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB)

A two dimensional cold CFB test rig has been established, investigation on horizontal mixing of particles in dense bed has been carried out on this test rig. Mixing model has been used in data reduction,the horizontal miring coefficients of particles in different experimental conditions and in different structures of dense bed have been obtained and compared. By using dimensional analysis, non-dimensionalexpression of experimental condition and mixing coefficient have been obtained.

Research and Development on PFBC-CC in China and Jiawang Pilot Plant Project

Pressurized Fluidized Bed Combustion(PFBC) is recognized as an advanced coal-fired technology which can improve efficiency in combined cycle scheme and reduce environmental pollution. Progressive status on PFBC-CC in China is presented in this paper. Test results on a 1 MWt bench scale experimental PFBC facility is reviewed briefly. Based on retrofitting of an old steam power plant located at Jiawang,a project to construct a PFBC-CC pilot plant is under way. Designed capacity of the pilot plant is about 15 MWe, 3 MWe from gas cycle and 12 MWe from steam cycle. The system configuration, main design parameters, estimated technical performance as well as construction schedule of the pilot plant are described. The bright future for PFBC-CC in China is also indicated.

Wall sheeting diagnosis in fluidized beds based on chaos analysis of acoustic emission signals

A novel method, based on acoustic emission (AE) techniques, for detecting agglomeration in fluidized beds is presented. Particle size characteristics are determined based on the principle that AE signals with different frequency band energies are emitted when particles of different sizes impact an internal wall. By applying chaotic analysis to the AE signals, the malfunction coefficients are well defined. Agglomeration in the fluidized bed can then be detected by the sudden variation of malfunction coefficients. AE signals were investigated in a laboratory scale heated fluidized bed and an industrial polyethylene fluidized bed. Experimental data showed that the malfunction coefficients increased with the growth of agglomeration. The results indicated that agglomeration in fluidized beds can be predicted and diagnosed effectively and precisely using AE techniques based on chaotic analysis.

Experimental Study and Modelling of Char Combustion under Fluidized Bed Conditions

The combustion behavior of chars from two Chinese coals has been investigated in a laboratory scale bubbling fluidized bed system in Siegen University, Germany. Experimental equipment and method are introduced. The shrinking-core’ model and the ’shrinking-particle’ model were employed to evaluate the kinetic parameters. The results indicated that the char conversion process of these two coals can be well described by the two models.

Experimental Investigation on Heat Transfer Characteristics of Water in Inclined Downward Tube of a Supercritical Pressure CFB Boiler

In this study, experiments have been performed for an investigation on heat transfer of water in an inclined downward tube with an inner diameter of 20 mm and an inclined angle of 45° from the horizon, with the range of pressure from 11.5 to 28 MPa, mass flux from 450 to 1550 kg/(m2 s), and heat flux from 50 to 585 k W/m2. Based on the experimental data, the temperature distribution in the tube wall was derived. The heat transfer characteristics of inclined downward flow were compared with that of vertical downward flow. The effects of heat flux on wall temperature were analyzed and the corresponding empirical correlations were presented. The results show that heat transfer characteristics of water in the inclined downward tube are not uniform along the circumference from the top surface to the bottom surface. An increase in heat flux exacerbates the non-uniformity. At subcritical pressures, both dry-out and departure from nucleate boiling(DNB) occur at the top surface of the inclined downward tube; inversely, only dry-out takes place on the bottom surface of the inclined downward tube and in the vertical downward tube. At near-critical pressures, DNB and dry-out occur in the comparing tubes with greater possibility. At supercritical pressures, heat transfer gets enhanced in the pseudo-critical enthalpy region; in the high enthalpy region, the top surface temperature of the inclined downward tube decreases obviously.

Investigation of drying characteristics of low rank coal of bubbling fluidization through experiment using lab scale

Lignite is a low rank coal which is evenly distributed throughout the world and accounts for 45% of the total coal reserves. As it has a higher moisture content, its moisture content must be reduced in order to utilize it in power plant. In the present work, experiments on lignite has been done using a lab scale fluidized-bed reactor. Drying lignite through fluidized-bed reactor has a higher drying rate because there is good contact between particles and gas in the fluidized-bed reactor. Fluidized-bed drying can use air of 1.5 times of the minimum fluidizing velocity performance at bubbling fluidized-bed. Experiments have been performed on coal particle sizes of 0.3-1 mm, 1-1.18 mm and 1.18-2.8 mm, with operating temperatures being 100℃, 125℃ and 150℃, respectively. It is found that fluidization has a higher drying rate due to the heat transfer rate through air velocity. Hence, moisture content in lignite can be dried to a desired value with a time interval of 10 rain. The experiment through fluidized-bed reactor is expected to be useful for saving money and time.