An Eulerian modeling approach of wood gasification in a bubbling fluidized bed reactor using char as bed material

Fuel

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2903-2917

  Gerber, S ^a   Behrendt, F ^a   Oevermann, M ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomass; Euler Euler modeling; Fluidized bed; Gasification; Multiphase flow

Indexed keywords

2D SIMULATIONS; BED HEIGHT; BED MATERIALS; BUBBLING FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR; CHAR GASIFICATION; CHAR PARTICLES; COMPREHENSIVE MODEL; CONSTITUTIVE PROPERTIES; CONTINUOUS PHASIS; EULER-EULER; EULERIAN; EULERIAN MODELING APPROACH; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FEEDING RATE; FLUIDIZED BED GASIFICATION; GAS-PHASE REACTIONS; HIGH SENSITIVITY; INERT PARTICLE; MODEL PARAMETERS; MULTIPHASE APPROACH; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OPERATING CONDITION; PRODUCT GAS; PYROLYSIS KINETICS; PYROLYSIS MODEL; SOLID-PHASE; TAR CONCENTRATION; THERMAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; WOOD PYROLYSIS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BUBBLE FORMATION; CHEMICAL REACTORS; FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED FURNACES; GAS GENERATORS; GASES; GASIFICATION; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OLIVINE; PYROLYSIS; SILICATE MINERALS; TAR; WOOD;

FLUIDIZED BEDS;

BIOMASS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GAS; GAS GENERATORS; GASIFICATION; PYROLYSIS; SILICATES; TAR; WOOD;

EID: 77955280638     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2010.03.034     Document Type: Article

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