Journal article
Modeling the influence of potassium content and heating rate on biomass pyrolysis
Luleå University of Technology1
University of Agder2
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark3
CERE – Center for Energy Ressources Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology5
This study presents a combined kinetic and particle model that describes the effect of potassium and heating rate during the fast pyrolysis of woody and herbaceous biomass. The model calculates the mass loss rate, over a wide range of operating conditions relevant to suspension firing. The shrinking particle model considers internal and external heat transfer limitations and incorporates catalytic effects of potassium on the product yields.
Modeling parameters were tuned with experimentally determined char yields at high heating rates (>200 K s−1) using a wire mesh reactor, a single particle burner, and a drop tube reactor. The experimental data demonstrated that heating rate and potassium content have significant effects on the char yield.
The importance of shrinkage on the devolatilization time becomes greater with increasing particle size, but showed little influence on the char yields.
Language: | English |
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Year: | 2017 |
Pages: | 199-211 |
ISSN: | 18729118 and 03062619 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.03.009 |
ORCIDs: | Shapiro, Alexander |