Computational fluid dynamics simulation of laboratory scale reactor of fast pyrolysis fluidised bed

Euler-Eulerian two-fluid model (EE-TFM), among the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) techniques and module available on the market, have been chosen to study and obtain the operational parameters required for the fluidisation of different materials and different particle diameters of the fluidis...

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Main Authors: Seyed, Amirmostafa Jourabchi, Tan, Zhong Jian
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Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2017
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Tan, Zhong Jian
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Tan, Zhong Jian
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description Euler-Eulerian two-fluid model (EE-TFM), among the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) techniques and module available on the market, have been chosen to study and obtain the operational parameters required for the fluidisation of different materials and different particle diameters of the fluidised bed model. In the present work, the effect of the material, namely stainless steel and sand with the respective diameters of 0.5 and 1 mm have been investigated with the aid of ANSYS FLUENT 15. From the simulation, it has found that the minimum required superficial velocity of the driving gas for fluidisation of steel beads are 70 cm/s and 140 cm/s respectively for diameter of 0.5 and 1.0 mm. On the other hand, the minimum required superficial velocities to fluidise the less dense sand beads are 30 cm/s and 70 cm/s for particle diameter of 0.5 and 1.0 mm respectively. The results show that the minimum fluidisation velocity increases as the density of the particle material increases; while it also increases, when the particle diameter increases. It is concluded that the drag force required to fluidise the specific solid bead material is proportional to both the density and the diameter of the particle chosen.
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spelling intimal-8252017-06-20T02:11:13Z http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/825/ Computational fluid dynamics simulation of laboratory scale reactor of fast pyrolysis fluidised bed Seyed, Amirmostafa Jourabchi Tan, Zhong Jian TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Euler-Eulerian two-fluid model (EE-TFM), among the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) techniques and module available on the market, have been chosen to study and obtain the operational parameters required for the fluidisation of different materials and different particle diameters of the fluidised bed model. In the present work, the effect of the material, namely stainless steel and sand with the respective diameters of 0.5 and 1 mm have been investigated with the aid of ANSYS FLUENT 15. From the simulation, it has found that the minimum required superficial velocity of the driving gas for fluidisation of steel beads are 70 cm/s and 140 cm/s respectively for diameter of 0.5 and 1.0 mm. On the other hand, the minimum required superficial velocities to fluidise the less dense sand beads are 30 cm/s and 70 cm/s for particle diameter of 0.5 and 1.0 mm respectively. The results show that the minimum fluidisation velocity increases as the density of the particle material increases; while it also increases, when the particle diameter increases. It is concluded that the drag force required to fluidise the specific solid bead material is proportional to both the density and the diameter of the particle chosen. IOP Publishing 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/825/1/Jourabchi_2017.pdf Seyed, Amirmostafa Jourabchi and Tan, Zhong Jian (2017) Computational fluid dynamics simulation of laboratory scale reactor of fast pyrolysis fluidised bed. IOP Conference Series: Journal of Physics, 822. ISSN 1742-6596 10.1088/1742-6596/822/1/012028
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Seyed, Amirmostafa Jourabchi
Tan, Zhong Jian
Computational fluid dynamics simulation of laboratory scale reactor of fast pyrolysis fluidised bed
title Computational fluid dynamics simulation of laboratory scale reactor of fast pyrolysis fluidised bed
title_full Computational fluid dynamics simulation of laboratory scale reactor of fast pyrolysis fluidised bed
title_fullStr Computational fluid dynamics simulation of laboratory scale reactor of fast pyrolysis fluidised bed
title_full_unstemmed Computational fluid dynamics simulation of laboratory scale reactor of fast pyrolysis fluidised bed
title_short Computational fluid dynamics simulation of laboratory scale reactor of fast pyrolysis fluidised bed
title_sort computational fluid dynamics simulation of laboratory scale reactor of fast pyrolysis fluidised bed
topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
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http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/825/1/Jourabchi_2017.pdf