Temperature and pressure distributions in a 400 kW{sub t} fluidized bed straw gasifier [electronic resource].

Published: Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 1993.
Physical Description: pages 640-648 : digital, PDF file
Additional Creators: United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information

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Summary

The temperature and pressure distribution characteristics of a 400 kW (thermal) dual-distributor type fluidized bed straw gasifier were investigated. The effects of the bed height, equivalence ratio (actual air-fuel ratio:stoichiometric air-fuel ratio) and fluidization velocity on the temperature and pressure variations in the gasifier were studied. Generally, the bed temperature reached the steady state condition within 15--20 minutes. The average temperature of the dense bed ranged from 649°C to 875°C depending on the levels of operating parameters used. The bed temperature increased linearly with increases in the equivalence ratio, higher bed temperatures were observed with lower bed height and no clear trend for the bed temperature with respect to variations in fluidization velocity was observed. The bed height, equivalence ratio and fluidization velocity affected the pressure drop in the fluidized bed gasifier. Increasing the fluidization velocity and/or decreasing the equivalence ratio resulted in higher pressure drops in the dense bed and the freeboard regions whereas increasing the bed height increased the pressure drop only in the dense bed.

Report Numbers

E 1.99:nrel/cp--200-5768-vol.1
E 1.99: conf-9308106--vol.1
conf-9308106--vol.1
nrel/cp--200-5768-vol.1

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Biomass Fuels

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Published through SciTech Connect.
12/31/1993.
"nrel/cp--200-5768-vol.1"
" conf-9308106--vol.1"
"DE93010050"
1. biomass conference of the Americas: energy, environment, agriculture, and industry, Burlington, VT (United States), 30 Aug - 2 Sep 1993.
Erguedenler, A.; Ghaly, A.E.; Hamdullahpur, F. [Technical Univ. of Nova Scotia, Halifax (Canada)].
National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO (United States)

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