Scaling of pressurized fluidized beds
The project has two primary objectives. The first is to verify a set of hydrodynamic scaling relationships for commercial pressurized fluidized bed combustors (PFBC). The second objective is to investigate solids mixing in pressurized bubbling fluidized beds. American Electric Power`s (AEP) Tidd combined-cycle demonstration plant will provide time-varying pressure drop data to serve as the basis for the scaling verification. The verification will involve demonstrating that a properly scaled cold model and the Tidd PFBC exhibit hydrodynamically similar behavior. An important issue in PFBC design is the spacing of fuel feed ports. The feed spacing is dictated by the fuel distribution and the mixing characteristics within the bed. After completing the scaling verification, the cold model will be used to study the characteristics of PFBCs. A thermal tracer technique will be utilized to study mixing both near the fuel feed region and in the far field. The results allow the coal feed and distributor to be designed for optimal heating.
- Research Organization:
- Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge, MA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC21-92MC29264
- OSTI ID:
- 10186361
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/MC/25177-94/C0390; CONF-9406131-50; ON: DE95000661; TRN: 94:008944
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Coal-fired power systems: advances in IGCC and PFBC review meeting,Morgantown, WV (United States),21-23 Jun 1994; Other Information: PBD: [1994]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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