Reactive gas-solids flows in large volumes—3D modeling of industrial circulating fluidized bed combustors

A model is presented for the simulation of reactive gas-solids flows in large industrial reactors. Circulating fluidized bed （CFB） combustors with several thousands of cubic meters reaction volume are probably the largest reactors of this type. A semi-empirical modeling approach has been chosen to model the three-dimensional concentration distributions of gas and solids components and temperatures inside the combustion chamber of such boilers. Two industrial CFB boilers are investigated in detail： the 105 MWe Duisburg combustor in Germany and the 235 MWe Turow combustor in Poland. The semi-empirical model approach is described first. Then the model is used to show how the three-dimensional concentration and temperature fields are formed by the interaction of several local phenomena. Good agreement between simulation and measurements has been achieved.

Simulation-supported measurements in large circulating fluidized bed combustors

The concept of simulation-supported measurement is suggested for the elucidation of processes occurring in the combustion chambers of large-scale circulating fluidized bed combustors where the desired information cannot be obtained by direct measurements. The concept is illustrated with the example of secondary air injection where the way the air is released, the penetration depth and the evenness of air distribution over the cross-sectional area of the combustion chamber are of interest. The measured information consists of lateral profiles of oxygen concentrations measured with gas sampling probes at two ports which were located 5 and 9 m, respectively, above the level of secondary air injection. The simulation is carried out on the basis of a 3D semi-empirical fluid-mechanical model of the circulating fluidized bed which is combined with models of gas and solids mixing, fuel distribution, devolatilization and combustion of char and volatiles. The combination of the simulation with the measurements yields a clear picture of the mechanism of secondary air injection, its penetration into the combustion chamber and its effect on the local combustion processes. The results confirm the usefulness of the concept of simulation-supported measurement for this application.

A comprehensive CFD combustion model for supercritical CFB boilers

A combustion model of a large-scale supercritical circulati ng fluidized bed (CFB) boiler was developed for comprehensive computational-fluid-dynamics analysis. The model incorporates gas-solid hydrodynamics, coal combustion, heat transfer on heat exchange surfaces in the furnace, and heat transfer between fumace and working medium in the heat transfer tubes. In simulating the dense and dilute phases in the fumace, the gas-solid hydrodynamics is based on the Euler-Euler model and energy-minimization multiscale drag model. Coal combustion entails evaporation, devolatilization, char combustion, gas homoge neous reaction, and pollutant emission. The coefficient ofheat transfer between gas-solid and the waterwall is estimated using the cluster renewal model, and for radiation, the discrete ordinate model is used. Moreover, thermohydraulic processes in the membrane wall are also in eluded in the heat transfer process. The model was successfully applied in simulations of a 350-MW supercritical CFB boiler. Detailed distributions of solids concentration, oxygen, heat flux, and working medium temperature in the boiler furnace are presented.

小型生物质循环流化床气化炉内流动整体三维模拟

采用整体三维数值模拟的方法,在计算中考虑各部件间的相互影响,应用欧拉双流体granular模型和颗粒脉动理论,采用Gidaspow相间动量交换模型,对小型生物质循环流化床气化炉实验装置进行了研究。模拟了炉内气固两相的三维流动和分布情况在不同炉内含料量下的变化规律,在返料口高度以上形成了封闭的压力环路,提升管内呈现大尺度的轴向内循环,返料管口以上管段无法形成清晰的环核结构,模拟结果与实验数据吻合较好。