Experimental Research on Impacts of Operation Parameters on Agglomeration Characteristics during CFB Biomass Gasification

Abstract:

The impacts of operation parameters on agglomeration characteristics during biomass gasification in fluidized bed were studied experimentally in a 0.02MWt CFB gasifier using cotton stalk pellet as fuel. The experimental results indicated that among the temperature range (600 °C-800 °C), bed agglomeration would occur after a period running with sand, high alumina bauxite or periclase as the bed material, and potassium gathered on the surface of bed materials. In the process of the fluidized-bed gasification of biomass, air velocity affected the degree of bed agglomeration, and the agglomeration problem in return valve was more serious than that in main bed.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 556-562)
• Pages: 375-379
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.556-562.375
• Online since: May 2014
• Authors: Xiao Xu Fan*, Li Guo Yang, Hui Liang Zhang, Hong Jian Chen
• Keywords: Agglomeration, Alkali Metal, Experimental Research

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