Experiments on chemical looping combustion of coal with a NiO based oxygen carrier
- Thermoenergy Engineering Research Institute, Southeast University, 2 Sipailou, Nanjing 210096 (China)
A chemical looping combustion process for coal using interconnected fluidized beds with inherent separation of CO{sub 2} is proposed in this paper. The configuration comprises a high velocity fluidized bed as an air reactor, a cyclone, and a spout-fluid bed as a fuel reactor. The high velocity fluidized bed is directly connected to the spout-fluid bed through the cyclone. Gas composition of both fuel reactor and air reactor, carbon content of fly ash in the fuel reactor, carbon conversion efficiency and CO{sub 2} capture efficiency were investigated experimentally. The results showed that coal gasification was the main factor which controlled the contents of CO and CH{sub 4} concentrations in the flue gas of the fuel reactor, carbon conversion efficiency in the process of chemical looping combustion of coal with NiO-based oxygen carrier in the interconnected fluidized beds. Carbon conversion efficiency reached only 92.8% even when the fuel reactor temperature was high up to 970 C. There was an inherent carbon loss in the process of chemical looping combustion of coal in the interconnected fluidized beds. The inherent carbon loss was due to an easy elutriation of fine char particles from the freeboard of the spout-fluid bed, which was inevitable in this kind of fluidized bed reactor. Further improvement of carbon conversion efficiency could be achieved by means of a circulation of fine particles elutriation into the spout-fluid bed or the high velocity fluidized bed. CO{sub 2} capture efficiency reached to its equilibrium of 80% at the fuel reactor temperature of 960 C. The inherent loss of CO{sub 2} capture efficiency was due to bypassing of gases from the fuel reactor to the air reactor, and the product of residual char burnt with air in the air reactor. Further experiments should be performed for a relatively long-time period to investigate the effects of ash and sulfur in coal on the reactivity of nickel-based oxygen carrier in the continuous CLC reactor. (author)
- OSTI ID:
- 21147124
- Journal Information:
- Combustion and Flame, Vol. 156, Issue 3; Other Information: Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved; ISSN 0010-2180
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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CARBON DIOXIDE
COAL
AIR
NICKEL OXIDES
CARBON
COMBUSTION
CARBON MONOXIDE
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COAL GASIFICATION
FLY ASH
CYCLONE COMBUSTORS
EFFICIENCY
FLUIDIZED BED REACTORS
CARRIERS
CONVERSION
CHARS
ELUTRIATION
LOSSES
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CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
TEMPERATURE RANGE 1000-4000 K
Chemical looping combustion
Interconnected fluidized beds