A model of coal particle drying in fluidized bed combustion reactor
- Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, ON (Canada). CANMET, Energy Technology Centre
Experimental and theoretical investigation on drying of a single coal particle in fluidized bed combustor is presented. Coal particle drying was considered via the moist shrinking core mechanism. The results of the drying test runs of low-rank Serbian coals were used for experimental verification of the model. The temperature of the coal particle center was measured, assuming that drying was completed when the temperature equalled 100{sup o}C. The influence of different parameters (thermal conductivity and specific heat capacity of coal, fluidized bed temperature, moisture content and superheating of steam) on drying time and temperature profile within the coal particle was analyzed by a parametric analysis. The experimentally obtained results confirmed that the moist shrinking core mechanism can be applied for the mathematical description of a coal particle drying, while dependence between drying time and coal particle radius, a square law relationship, implicates heat transfer control of the process and confirms the validity of assumptions used in modeling.
- OSTI ID:
- 20885779
- Journal Information:
- Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects, Vol. 29, Issue 3; ISSN 1556-7036
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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