Solid Fuels Combustion and Gasification: Modeling, Simulation, and Equipment Operations

ISBN-13: 9781420047493 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 508 str.

Marcio L. de Souza-Santos;Lynn Faulkner

Opis

Presents the constructive and operational aspects of equipment used in combustion and gasification of solid fuels such as coal, biomass, and solid residues. This title details basic aspects of solid and gas combustion phenomena, which are essential to improvements and optimized design in existing boilers and gasifiers.

Spis treści

Basic Remarks on Modeling and Simulation. Solid Fuels. Equipment and Processes. Basic Calculations. Zero-Dimensional Models. One-Dimensional, Steady-State Models. Moving-Bed Combustion and Gasification Model. Chemical Reactions. Heterogeneous Reactions. Drying and Devolatilization. Auxiliary Equations and Basic Calculations. Moving-Bed Simulation Program and Results. Fluidized-Bed Combustion and Gasification Model. Bubbling Fluidization Dynamics. Auxiliary Parameters Related to Bubbling Fluidized Bed Processes. Bubbling Fluidized-Bed Simulation Program and Results. Circulating Fluidization Dynamics. Auxiliary Parameters Related to Circulating Fluidized Bed Processes. Circulating Fluidized-Bed Simulation Program and Results.

O autorze

Marcio L. de Souza-Santos