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Calcination and sintering models for application to high-temperature, short-time sulfation of calcium-based sorbents

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6146499

To simulate the staged availability of transient high surface area CaO observed in high-temperature flow-reactor data, the paper describes the rate of calcination of CaCO{sub 3} or Ca(OH)2, using an empirical modification of the shrinking-core model. The physical model depicts particle decomposition by the shrinking-core mechanism. The subsequent time-dependent decrease in CaO reactivity (surface area and porosity) due to sintering is simulated by reducing the grain-center spacing for the matrix of overlapping CaO grains. Information from SEM micrographs and from other physical property measurements of the porous particles is incorporated. The submodel simulates the time-dependent availability and reactivity of CaO for a comprehensive model used to study sulfation of CaCO{sub 3} and Ca(OH)2 particles at upper-furnace injection conditions.

Research Organization:
Utah Univ., Salt Lake City, UT (USA). Dept. of Chemical Engineering
OSTI ID:
6146499
Report Number(s):
PB-91-116871/XAB; CNN: EPA-R-811001
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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