Eulerian-Lagrangian Modeling of Forestry Residues Gasification in a Fluidized Bed

Jun Xie, Wenqi Zhong, Baosheng Jin, Ming Song, Yingjuan Shao, Hao Liu

2012

Abstract

A comprehensive three-dimensional model is developed to simulate forestry residues gasification in a fluidized bed gasifier using Eulerian-Lagrangian method. Both complex gas-solid flow and chemical reactions are considered. The model is based on the multiphase particle-in-cell (MP-PIC) method, which uses an Eulerian method for fluid phase and a discrete particle method for particle phase. Homogenous and heterogeneous chemistry are described by reduced-chemistry and the reaction rates are solved on the Eulerian grid. Simulations were carried out in a laboratory scale pine gasifier at different operating conditions. The predicted product gas contents and carbon conversion efficiency compare well with the experimental data. The formation of flow patterns, profiles of temperature and distributions of gas compositions were also obtained.

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Xie J., Zhong W., Jin B., Song M., Shao Y. and Liu H. (2012). Eulerian-Lagrangian Modeling of Forestry Residues Gasification in a Fluidized Bed . In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH, ISBN 978-989-8565-20-4, pages 297-302. DOI: 10.5220/0004013802970302


in Bibtex Style

@conference{simultech12,
author={Jun Xie and Wenqi Zhong and Baosheng Jin and Ming Song and Yingjuan Shao and Hao Liu},
title={Eulerian-Lagrangian Modeling of Forestry Residues Gasification in a Fluidized Bed},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH,},
year={2012},
pages={297-302},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004013802970302},
isbn={978-989-8565-20-4},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH,
TI - Eulerian-Lagrangian Modeling of Forestry Residues Gasification in a Fluidized Bed
SN - 978-989-8565-20-4
AU - Xie J.
AU - Zhong W.
AU - Jin B.
AU - Song M.
AU - Shao Y.
AU - Liu H.
PY - 2012
SP - 297
EP - 302
DO - 10.5220/0004013802970302