Comparative study between fluidized-bed and fixed-bed operation modes in pressurized chemical looping combustion of coal

Shuai Zhang, Rui Xiao and Wenguang Zheng

Applied Energy, 2014, vol. 130, issue C, 189 pages

Abstract: The performance differences between the fluidized-bed and the fixed-bed operation modes were comparatively studied in a pressurized coal-fuelled chemical looping combustion (CLC) process. Pressurized thermogravimetric (TG) analysis was applied to elucidate the findings observed in pressurized fluidized-bed and fixed-bed experiments. The results showed that the performance of the reaction between coal and oxygen carrier was strongly dependent on the operating pressure and the employed operation mode. Elevated pressure lower than 0.5MPa promoted the conversion of coal gasification products to CO2 and H2O but pressure beyond 0.5MPa resulted in a negative effect for both operation modes. TG and characterization analyses confirmed that the negative effect of pressure had little to do with oxygen carrier property but was mainly ascribed to the suppression of coal pyrolysis at high pressure which leads to a decrease in char reactivity. Fixed-bed mode showed superiority over fluidized-bed mode in enhancing the CO2 concentration and the carbon conversion, but was unfavourable for the pore structural properties of oxygen carrier, and thereby undesirable for long-term stable operation.

Keywords: CO2 capture; Chemical looping combustion of coal; Pressure; Reactor operation mode (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.05.049

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