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FUEL
Volume 337, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2022.127235
Keywords
Simulation; Circulating fluidized bed; Full-loop; Co-combustion; Dense Discrete Phase Model
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The Dense Discrete Phase Model (DDPM) method is successfully applied to simulate the co-combustion process of coal and sludge in a full-loop circulating fluidized bed. The predicted results of pressure profile, flue gas composition, and bed temperature match well with measurements, validating the effectiveness of the DDPM methodology in describing the gas-solid flow and combustion process. The analysis of coal and sludge co-combustion provides insights into flow characteristics, gas composition, reaction rate profile, and particle combustion characteristics.
The Dense Discrete Phase Model (DDPM) method is used to simulate the co-combustion process of coal and sludge over the full-loop circulating fluidized bed in a three-dimensional (3D) Eulerian-Lagrangian framework. Both heterogeneous (fuel conversion through pyrolysis and char combustion) and homogeneous reactions (e.g. volatile combustion) are considered. Comparison of the predicted pressure profile, flue gas composition and bed temperature with measurements show good agreement and validate the DDPM methodology for accurate description of the gas-solid flow and combustion process over the full-loop circulating fluidized bed. The results of coal and sludge co-combustion are analysed qualitatively and quantitatively in terms of flow characteristics, gas composition, reaction rate profile, and particle combustion characteristics. Due to the lower density and higher volatile content of the sludge, as the coal-to-sludge feeding ratio decreases, the combustion reaction rate is gradually skewed upwards in the furnace, shifting up also the corresponding gas concentration profiles. For the given fuel sizes, the faster devolatilization rate of coal yields a shorter burnout time than that of the sludge particles. Our work provides an intuitive perspective to the fluidized bed community to boost comprehension on the coal and sludge co-combustion in a full-loop circulating fluidized bed.
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