Experimental and theoretical biomass char diameter variation during gasification

This investigation explores theoretical and experimental trends in biomass char diameter during gasification by collecting essentially continuous particle size data as a function of time for several fuels under many conditions. A theoretical model describes these variations for an arbitrary char-for...

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Published in:Energy (Oxford) 2021-03, Vol.219 (C), p.119431, Article 119431
Main Authors: Wu, Ruochen, Beutler, Jacob, Baxter, Larry L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
biochar
Biomass
Biomass burning
Burnout
Char diameter
Conversion
Diameters
energy
Gasification
Mathematical models
Parameters
particle size
Pyrolysis
Qualitative analysis
theoretical models
Variation
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Summary:This investigation explores theoretical and experimental trends in biomass char diameter during gasification by collecting essentially continuous particle size data as a function of time for several fuels under many conditions. A theoretical model describes these variations for an arbitrary char-forming particle over its entire reaction history. The model involves dimensionless exponential parameters that accommodate sintering to swelling. The parameter values do not depend on time or char conversion and provide effective means of describing char diameter. New experimental data from biomass chars illustrate the diameter dependence on burnout under mostly kinetically controlled reaction conditions for a wide variety of initial ash contents, particle sizes, and reaction conditions. The data include continuous measurements of char shape during char conversion from 0 to 99+% compared to a mostly fundamental model describing size change with burnout. The model captures the qualitative and most of the quantitative variation in the data.
ISSN:0360-5442
1873-6785
DOI:10.1016/j.energy.2020.119431