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vc the volume of combustible material in a char particle W neighbor in the negative x direction, i.e., on the west side x oxygen mole fraction xa fraction of ash Greek symbols power index of the normalized density-diameter relationship observed reaction rate over the maximum reaction rate allowed by boundary layer diffusion H1 heat of reaction for C + O2 → CO2 H2 heat of reaction for C + 0.5O2 → CO emissivity second effectiveness factor total porosity M macro porosity micro porosity ( - 1)/( + 1) effectiveness factor thermal conductivity o, O, O2 stoichiometric coefficient of oxygen for each mole of carbon consumed fraction of covered carbon sites normalized oxygen concentration, equal to C/Cs particle density, g/cm 3 , p app b a c apparent density, same as particle density, g/cm 3 bed density, defined as mass of particle/(volume of solid + intra-particle void volume + inter-particle void volume) density of ash, g/cm 3 density of combustible material, g/cm 3 tortuosity factor roughness factor normalized r, equal to r/rs fraction of carbon converted to CO2 for each mole of carbon consumed Subscript a ash c combustible material diff diffusion E neighbor in the positive x direction e effective f at film temperature, T f = 0.5(T p + T g) g bulk steam xviii
in intrinsic K Knudsen diffusion M macro o initial obs observed P central grid point under consideration rxn reaction W neighbor in the negative x direction s on external surface μ micro ∞ in the bulk stream xix
Page 1 and 2: MODELING CHAR OXIDATION AS A FUNCTI
Page 3 and 4: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY As chair o
Page 5 and 6: CBK model uses: 1) an intrinsic Lan
Page 7 and 8: Table of Contents List of Figures..
Page 9: Appendices.........................
Page 12 and 13: Figure A.2. Mass releases of the Ko
Page 14 and 15: Table 7.6. Parameters Used in Model
Page 16 and 17: Ed activation energy of desorption,
Page 21 and 22: Background 1. Introduction The rate
Page 23: the CBK model developed at Brown Un
Page 26 and 27: Zone III rate ∝ C og E obs → 0
Page 28 and 29: coal-general kinetic rate constants
Page 30 and 31: Boundary Layer Diffusion The molar
Page 32 and 33: = q obs q max The factor can be use
Page 34 and 35: where k 1 and K are two kinetic par
Page 36 and 37: particle can therefore be convenien
Page 38 and 39: This is the first time that the gen
Page 40 and 41: Data of Mathias Mathias (1996) perf
Page 42 and 43: urn with shrinking diameters, and t
Page 45 and 46: 3. Objectives and Approach The obje
Page 47 and 48: Introduction 4. Analytical Solution
Page 49 and 50: Task and Methodology Task One of th
Page 51 and 52: 2 [ (i +1) − (i − 1)] i b = −
Page 53 and 54: Table 4.1. The Relative Error * (%)
Page 55 and 56: The resulting observations regardin
Page 57 and 58: correction. The values of functions
Page 59 and 60: Table 4.6. The Relative Error* (%)
Page 61 and 62: Table 4.8. The Relative Error* (%)
Page 63 and 64: general asymptotic solution. An arc
Page 65 and 66: 5. Theoretical Developments The int
Page 67 and 68: order of a reaction is usually dete
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nobs = 1 (KCs ) 2 2 1 [KCs − ln(1
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The observed reaction order in Zone
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Bulk Diffusion vs. Knudsen Diffusio
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where D K is in cm 2 /sec, r p is t
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where T p is in K, P is in atm. The
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Both of these assumptions are argua
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2 r obs ′ − [kD Pog + k d + kD
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oxygen partial pressure (Suuberg et
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Farrauto and Batholomew (1997) prop
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assumes a homogeneous, non-interact
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Single-Film Char Oxidation Submodel
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where and An energy balance is used
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where is the empirical burning mode
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calculation uses a 7 × 7 × 7 matr
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HP-CBK Model Development The HP-CBK
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Effective Diffusivity The major obs
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where r p1 and r p2 are the average
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where r p1 is the macro-pore radius
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7. Model Evaluation and Discussion
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experiments are non-porous, the rat
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and 2850 K). For consistency with t
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The value of the roughness factor w
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= S int S ext D e r p a 2 2M C M O2
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Reactor Head Flow Straightener Reac
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the large size of the particle, and
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taking into account convection, rad
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2.5x10 -4 2 /sec) 2.0 1.5 Rate (g/c
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Table 7.5. The Experimental Conditi
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The burnout and particle velocity d
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The HP-CBK was used to predict the
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TGA and FFB Data-This Study The rea
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This equation can be derived as fol
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q = A 1p e − E 1 p / RT P os 1 +
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m obs = 0 at high temperatures) and
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Currently the correlations between
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8. Summary and Conclusions The obje
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0.5 due to the contribution from th
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Langmuir rate equation, the reactio
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II, in agreement with many observat
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9. Recommendations The predictive c
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References Ahmed, S., M. H. Back an
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Essenhigh, R. H., D. Fortsch and H.
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Mehta, B. N. and R. Aris , “Commu
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Szekely, J. and M. Propster, "A Str
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Appendices 139
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Introduction Appendix A: Experiment
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detaching the flame from the burner
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To study the effects of steam, CO w
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times at heights of 1, 2, 4, and 6
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analysis. The char reactivities (in
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Table A.5. Moisture, Ash and ICP Ma
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Table A.9. Elemental Analyses of Fo
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temperature profile of the post-fla
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Apparent densities 1.00 0.75 0.50 0
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This observation is somewhat surpri
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It is interesting to compare Figure
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The N 2 BET surfacea areas and H/C
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collected in the #4 reactor conditi
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Rate (gC /g C remaining /sec) 1.6x1
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close to zero, the accumulated erro
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Appendix B: Errors and Standard Dev
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