Computational Fluid Dynamics Research of Circulating Dual Fluidized Chemical Reactors With A Looping Combustion Process

Computational Fluid Dynamics research of circulating dual
fluidized Chemical Reactors with a looping combustion

process
Mohamad Zulfadhli bin Aliudin
Bsc Student, Chemical Engineering, University Teknologi Brunei,Tungku Highway, Gadong BE1410,
Negara Brunei Darussalam
E: Fadhli1031@gmail.com, T: +673 8320925
Introduction
Chemical looping combustion (CLC) processes in a dual circulating fluidized bed (DCFB) reactor are
investigated by means of computational fluid dynamic (CFD) method. A two-fluid model with
consideration of heterogeneous chemical reactions is adopted. The kinetic theory of granular flow is
employed for closure. A cluster structure-dependent (CSD) drag coefficient model is applied to account
for the effect of mesoscale heterogeneous structure involving clusters or strands. The simulations are
performed to predict gas–solid flow behaviors and reactive characteristics in dual circulating fluidized
bed reactors during the CLC process.
Considering enough contact of fuel gas with oxygen carriers for the CLC process, both FR and AR are
generally designed as fluidized beds. The FR in form of bubbling fluidized beds makes fuel gas inside the
bubble phase unconverted, which leads to the reduction of fuel combustion efficiency. For the DCFB
reactor system, both FR and AR use a circulating fluidized bed as the reactor. The global circulation loop
is closed by the lower loop seal and the overall circulation rate is dominated by the AR. The layout of the
DCFB reactor system is displayed in Fig. 1. By this way, there is a good gas–solid contact in the FR due
to that the passing of the unconverted fuel gas inside the bubble is avoided, which has an enormous
potential for scale up [16,17]. Flow behaviors in the loop-seal of the DCFB reactor were investigated by
experiments and CFD simulations [18]. Kleitsch et al. [19] evaluated the performance of a 120-kW
chemical looping combustor by a simple plug flow model and discussed the effects of different operating
parameters on the fuel conversion.
Boundary Conditions
Description Unit AR FR
Reactor height M 4.1 3.0
Reactor Diameter M 0.15 0.1593
Diameter of Cyclone M 0.15 0.15
Height of Downcomer m 0.5 1.5
Diameter of Downcomer m 0.05 0.05
Initial Concentration of 0.5 0.5
particles
Initial Temperature K 1223 1173
Inlet Gas Flow N m3/h 138.0 12.0
Inlet Gas Temperature K 300 300
Computational Domain Results

Figure 2 Instantaneous Concentration of Particles in DFCB system
List of Test Cases
List of Cases Setting

Base Case Comparison of Dry gas compositions at the outlet
between experimental data and predictions.
CS Drag Model
Ergun/Wen Yu model.
Case Test 1 Gas Species Distribution as a function of time at
the outlet of AR and FR
Case Test 2 Gas and solid temperatures as a function of time
at the outlet of AR and FR
Case Test 3 Pressure profiles along the height of AR and FR
Case Test 4 Instantaneous molar fractions of gas species at 15
s.
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