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Title: Steam activation of a bituminous coal in a multistage fluidized bed pilot plant: Operation and simulation model

Journal Article · · Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ie950759x· OSTI ID:404563
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  1. Univ. de Alicante (Spain). Chemical Engineering Dept.

A hydrodynamic and kinetic model was developed and applied to simulate the experimental data from a three-stage fluidized bed pilot plant with downcomers. This was used to study the activated carbon production from a Spanish bituminous coal by steam gasification. The steam gasification kinetics, considering the influence of inhibitors, were also determined in a thermobalance. With the kinetic equation and the experimental solids residence time distribution of the pilot plant, the model simulates the overall process that takes place in the reactor. The proposed model is able to reproduce the experimental results satisfactorily.

OSTI ID:
404563
Journal Information:
Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 35, Issue 11; Other Information: PBD: Nov 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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