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CFD Modeling of Biomass Gasification Using a Circulating Fluidized Bed Reactor

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dc.contributor.authorLiu, Hui
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-12T16:03:18Z
dc.date.available2014-02-12T16:03:18Z
dc.date.issued2014-02-12
dc.date.submitted2014-01-29
dc.description.abstractBiomass, as a renewable energy resource, can be utilized to generate chemicals, heat, and electricity. Compared with biomass combustion, biomass gasification is more eco-friendly because it generates less amount of green gas (CO2) and other polluting gases (NOx and SO2). This research is focused on biomass gasification using a circulating fluidized bed. In the gasifier, fully fluidized biomass particles react with water vapor and air to generate syngas (CO and H2). A comprehensive model, consisting of three modules, hydrodynamics, mass transfer and energy transfer modules, is built to simulate this process using ANSYS Fluent software and C programming language. In the hydrodynamics module, the k-epsilon turbulence equations are coupled with the fluctuating energy equation to simulate gas-particle interaction in the turbulent flows occurring in the riser. In the mass transfer and energy transfer modules, heat transfer and mass transfer in turbulent flows are simulated to solve for the profiles of temperature and species concentration in the gasifier. The impacts of thermal radiation, water gas shift reaction (WGS), equivalence ratio (ER), and char combustion product distribution coefficient are also investigated to gain deeper understanding of biomass gasification process.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/8252
dc.language.isoenen
dc.pendingfalse
dc.publisherUniversity of Waterlooen
dc.subjectBiomass Gasificationen
dc.subjectFluidizationen
dc.subjectCFD Modelingen
dc.subjectCirculating Fluidized Beden
dc.subject.programChemical Engineeringen
dc.titleCFD Modeling of Biomass Gasification Using a Circulating Fluidized Bed Reactoren
dc.typeDoctoral Thesisen
uws-etd.degreeDoctor of Philosophyen
uws-etd.degree.departmentChemical Engineeringen
uws.peerReviewStatusUnrevieweden
uws.scholarLevelGraduateen
uws.typeOfResourceTexten

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