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Fully resolved simulations of single char particle combustion using a ghost-cell immersed boundary method

Abstract

A novel ghost‐cell immersed boundary method for fully resolved simulation of char particle combustion has been developed. The boundary conditions at the solid particle surface, such as velocity, temperature, density, and chemical species concentration, are well enforced through the present method. Two semiglobal heterogeneous reactions and one homogeneous reaction are used to describe the chemical reactions in the domain, and the Stefan flow caused by the heterogeneous reactions is considered. A satisfactory agreement can be found between the present simulation results and experimental data in the literature. The method is then used to investigate the combustion property of a char particle and the interaction between CO2 gasification and O2 oxidation. Furthermore, combustion effect on the exchange of mass, momentum and energy between gas‐ and solid‐ phase is explored. © 2018 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 64: 2851–2863, 2018
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Category

Academic article

Language

English

Author(s)

Affiliation

  • SINTEF Energy Research / Termisk energi
  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology
  • Zhejiang University

Year

2018

Published in

AIChE Journal

ISSN

0001-1541

Volume

64

Issue

7

Page(s)

2851 - 2863

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