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Fossil Fuel Conversion - Measurement and Modeling - 1995

Solomon, Peter R.
Hamblen, David G.
Smoot, L. Douglas
Brewster, B. Scott
Serio, Michael A.
Radulovic, Predrag R.

Advanced Fuel Research Inc.

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Table of Contents

Objectives 5
Project Description 6
Results 6
Future Work 17
References 18
 
FIGURES
Figure 3 Comparison of Calculated and Measured Void Fraction Distribution in a Transport Reactor. 7
Figure 4 Nitrogen Evolution Patterns During Pyrolysis of Mettiki Coal. Thick Lines: dp <0.150 mm; Thin Lines: Dp = 5 mm. 9
Figure 5 Nitrogen Evolution from Coal During Pyrolysis 9
Figure 6 HCN (.) and NH3 () Yields in Fluidized-Bed Pyrolysis of Coal B. Solid and Dotted Lines are Model Predictions for HCN and NH3, Respectively 11
Figure 7 Cube Root of Normalized Mass Loss vs. Time for Coal Sample of 0.2g at 900K, 126 Re, and 1 atm. 13
Figure 8 FBED-1 Predictions for the PyGas Gasifier for the Pittsburgh #8 Kinetics at 41 atm. 14
Figure 9 PCPG-3 Prediction of the Gas Velocity Field for the Hague Coal Combustor at the Axil Section Through the Center Line 16
Figure 10 (a) Predicted Mean Temperature and (b) CO Mass Fraction vs. Mixing Frequency for Reduced Detailed Chemical Mechanisms 17
Figure 11 Scatterplot of Instaneous Particle Position for Velocity-Scalar pdf Simulations of Non-Premixed Combustion of Hydrogen and Oxygen. 18