Kinetic Model Implementation of Fluidized Bed Devolatilization

Armando Vitale, Andrea Di Carlo (), Pier Ugo Foscolo and Alessandro Antonio Papa
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Armando Vitale: Industrial Engineering Department, University of L’Aquila, Piazzale E. Pontieri 1, Monteluco di Roio, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
Andrea Di Carlo: Industrial Engineering Department, University of L’Aquila, Piazzale E. Pontieri 1, Monteluco di Roio, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
Pier Ugo Foscolo: Industrial Engineering Department, University of L’Aquila, Piazzale E. Pontieri 1, Monteluco di Roio, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
Alessandro Antonio Papa: Industrial Engineering Department, University of L’Aquila, Piazzale E. Pontieri 1, Monteluco di Roio, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy

Energies, 2024, vol. 17, issue 13, 1-17

Abstract: Computational modeling is a powerful tool for studying and investigating the behavior of fluidized bed gasifiers and the modeling of the initial devolatilization step is necessary to provide a reliable description of the whole process involving the feedstock decomposition and the subsequent gasification reaction. In this work, a bench-scale fluidized bed reactor was used to examine the devolatilization of different carbonaceous materials within the temperature range from 650 to 850 °C. The experimental test campaign was used to derive the linear correlation factor to describe the devolatilization in terms of product distribution as a function of temperature and highlight the different behavior between lignocellulosic and plastic feedstocks. Furthermore, the experimental data were used to develop concise kinetic expressions able to fit the experimental devolatilization times ranging from 75 in the case of poplar at a lower temperature and 22 s for the Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste (OFMSW) at a higher temperature. The obtained model produces a simple kinetic expression where the size of the particle is enclosed in the kinetic parameters. The kinetic model sided by the application of linear correlations describes the overall thermal decomposition in a fluidized bed, simplifying its modeling in commercial simulation software, even when particles are considered as point-like bodies.

Keywords: devolatilization; gasification; polypropylene; biomass; lignocellulosic material; kinetic model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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