Biomass co-combustion is an important measure to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions for pulverized-coal boilers. However, little work has been done to reveal the change in the heat transfer performance of retrofitted...
Biomass co-combustion is an important measure to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions for pulverized-coal boilers. However, little work has been done to reveal the change in the heat transfer performance of retrofitted boilers. In this paper, the heat transfer process of furnace heating surfaces in a 300 MW pulverized-coal boiler with biogas co-combustion is invested by numerical simulation which combines the three-dimensional (3D) CFD model for combustion and heat transfer process of flue gas and the one-dimensional (1D) analytical model for the working fluid. The following conclusions can be drawn: the completeness of fuel combustion will be improved when biogas is injected into the furnace, and the peak concentration of carbon monoxide (CO) in the primary combustion zone decreases from 2.5 % to 0.93 % when the biogas co-combustion ratio increases from 0 % to 30 %, indicating that the risk of high-temperature corrosion on the water wall can be reduced. The 30 % biogas co-firing scheme with the biogas injection positions being both SA-1 and SOFA-3 is best in all cases studied in this work, because the temperature in the furnace and the heat transfer between the flue gas and the working fluid are most uniform, which contributes to the high boiler efficiency, low thermal NO x formation and good flexibility. Co-combusting 30 % biogas can increase the outlet working fluid dryness from 0.39 to 0.53 at the outlet of waterwalls, leading to an increase in the heat absorption in the furnace and a decrease in heat absorption at the tail convective heating surfaces, which should be considered carefully in the operation of the biogas co-combustion boilers. The research findings of this paper will provide technical support for the operation and control of pulverized-coal boilers co-firing biogas.
Carbon-based catalyst support and Pt catalysts are commonly used in polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs). During cell start-up and shutdown processes, carbon support oxidation occurs, which leads to losses of electr...
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Carbon-based catalyst support and Pt catalysts are commonly used in polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs). During cell start-up and shutdown processes, carbon support oxidation occurs, which leads to losses of electrochemical performance. In this work, carbon corrosion accelerated stress tests (ASTs) were performed and lifetimes of high surface area carbon (HSAC) and graphitized carbon (GrC) supports were investigated. 1000 AST cycles were conducted on Pt/HSAC while 10000 AST cycles were conducted on Pt/GrC due to different carbon corrosion rates, and both Pt/HSAC and Pt/GrC showed rapid decrease of performance at end of life (EOL). Detailed comparisons of electrochemical characterizations were also conducted between Pt/HSAC and Pt/GrC. Electrochemical surface area (ECSA) loss in different levels was found for both Pt/HSAC and Pt/GrC due to Pt loss, Pt detachment and particles coalescence, which also resulted in reduction of SO3 group coverage and more tortuous H+ transportation, leading to decreased catalyst layer ionic conductivity. For Pt/HSAC after 1000 AST cycles, more than 2 times higher ECSA loss but with only 50% greater particle size growth and similar Pt loss strongly suggested that a greater Pt detachment occurred on HSAC support during the AST cycles. Apart from that, it was found that after 1000 AST cycles, graphitized carbon support was much more robust compared to HSAC support, and it showed 2 times less ECSA reduction, 2.5 times less catalyst layer ionic conductivity reduction and 4 times less SO3 group coverage reduction. Double layer capacitances increased for both carbon supports after AST at their EOLs, as more disordered carbon contacts were formed, which created more contacts between solid and ionic materials. This study shows a possibility of Pt/GrC catalysts to meet the Department of Energy (DOE) target of 5000 AST carbon cycles, as the Pt/GrC cell met the target of <= 40% ECSA loss of initial area.
This paper reviews in detail the existing visualized experiments and mechanistic models of DNB-type CHF in forced convective flow boiling. And summarizes and reviews the existing CHF mechanistic models from the perspe...
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This paper reviews in detail the existing visualized experiments and mechanistic models of DNB-type CHF in forced convective flow boiling. And summarizes and reviews the existing CHF mechanistic models from the perspective of whether the NVG (Net Vapor Generation) point is established or not, from both the micro and macro aspects, and the relationship between the visualized phenomenon and the CHF models has been explained. In addition, a visualized experiment within the geometry and parameters of the PWRs was launched with R-134a fluid to explore the similarities and differences between the existing visualized phenomena under tube, annulus, and rectangular channels, especially in the influence of grid. Finally, the possible development direction of the DNB-type CHF mechanistic model and the problems to be solved are clarified.
Previous experimental studies proved that an external electric field could accelerate the detachment of vapor bubble. However, it was difficult to investigate the influencing mechanism of an electric field on bubble d...
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Previous experimental studies proved that an external electric field could accelerate the detachment of vapor bubble. However, it was difficult to investigate the influencing mechanism of an electric field on bubble dynamics because of the limit of experimental technical methods. To solve this problem, a two-dimensional lattice Boltzmann model was developed in this paper to simulate the pool boiling in presence of an external electric field by coupling the pseudopotential model with phase-change model and electric field model. The growth and detachment of a single bubble on a horizontal wall during pool nucleate boiling with a non-uniform electric field was simulated. The influence of gravitational acceleration and electric field intensity on bubble dynamics was investigated in detail, and the influencing mechanism of an external electric field on bubble dynamics during pool nucleate boiling was analyzed. The numerical results showed that increasing electric filed intensity could decrease both bubble departure diameter and bubble release period. Decreasing gravitational acceleration could strengthen the influence of electric field intensity on bubble departure diameter and bubble release frequency. In other words, the non-uniform electric field established at present study could effectively reduce the possibility of heat transfer deterioration under microgravity.
Biomass gasification efficiently produces heat, electricity, and power. However, removing harmful contaminants from raw syngas is crucial. Tar production is a challenge due to blockage, plugging, and corrosion. Tar st...
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Biomass gasification efficiently produces heat, electricity, and power. However, removing harmful contaminants from raw syngas is crucial. Tar production is a challenge due to blockage, plugging, and corrosion. Tar steam reforming (TSR) is the most promising technique, converting high molecular weight hydrocarbons into CO, CO 2 , H 2 , and CH 4 . In this study, a model of biomass gasification using wheat straw as biomass feedstock has been developed using Aspen Plus. The gasification flow sheet encompasses gasification, catalytic filter candle, gas cleaning, impurity removal reactor, separator, and subsequent sorbent reactors. Ni-based catalysts with Ni ratios (5%, 10%, and 15%) are used to simulate TSR reactions. Results show that the 15% Ni-Co-Al 2 O 3 catalyst outperforms the 10% and 5% Ni-Co-Al 2 O 3 catalysts. This study explores the impact of temperature, catalyst loadings, and steam-to-carbon (S/C) ratios on toluene conversion and hydrogen yield in catalytic steam reforming, along with temperature, steam-to-biomass ratios, and equivalence ratio on syngas fraction in gasification. It includes a techno-economic analysis of wheat straw gasification to improve syngas energy through efficient tar conversion.
The cyclone-fired boiler has become a very competitive boiler type for utilizing coal with a low ash melting point and high alkali. Because of the higher combustion intensity in the cyclone barrel, good flow and combu...
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The cyclone-fired boiler has become a very competitive boiler type for utilizing coal with a low ash melting point and high alkali. Because of the higher combustion intensity in the cyclone barrel, good flow and combustion performances are of great significance to the safe and efficient operation of the cyclone-fired boiler. The flow and combustion characteristics in a vertical cyclone barrel were numerically investigated, which has never been done before to the author's knowledge. The results showed that the pulverized coal particles are spun forward in the cyclone barrel driven by the tangentially rotating airflow, and the maximum velocity in the cyclone barrel is in the annular zone near the barrel wall. With the decrease in the swirl-vane angle of the primary air inlet or the increase in the particle diameter, the location where the particles collided with the barrel wall moves up along the axial direction of the cyclone barrel and the colliding chance increases. For the vertical cyclone barrel, the optimum particle diameter range is 70-110 mu m, so the capture ratio of particles is greater than 99.4%.
A new design of floating flexible microbial fuel cell (FMFC) was constructed by combining the carbon nanoparticles modified titanium foil anode (CNPs/ TF), insulating cloth, and air-cathode loaded with Pt/ C catalyst....
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A new design of floating flexible microbial fuel cell (FMFC) was constructed by combining the carbon nanoparticles modified titanium foil anode (CNPs/ TF), insulating cloth, and air-cathode loaded with Pt/ C catalyst. This FMFC can float on wastewater and generate a maximum power density of over 250 mW m- 2 whose power performance is higher than other reported floating MFCs. After 21 days of operating on municipal wastewater, the results showed that the chemical oxygen demand (COD) undertaken by this FMFC would decrease from 3845 mg L-1 to 308 mg L-1. It showed that the COD removal efficiency was 92.1% and it was better than a control without FMFC and whose COD removal efficiency was 61.5%. In addition, the cost of the FMFC is much lower than those traditional and common MFCs due to their membrane-free structure. Finally, it was also found that Geoalkalibacter was dominant exoelectrogens in anodic biofilm and benefited the power generation performance of FMFC. This study showed that this novel FMFC could polish the performance of municipal wastewater treatment and also produce electric power in future.
CFD-DEM (computational fluid dynamic-discrete element method) is a promising approach for simulating fluid-solid flows in fluidized beds. This approach generally under-predicts the granular temperature due to the use ...
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CFD-DEM (computational fluid dynamic-discrete element method) is a promising approach for simulating fluid-solid flows in fluidized beds. This approach generally under-predicts the granular temperature due to the use of drag models for the average drag force. This work develops a simple model to improve the granular temperature through increasing the drag force fluctuations on the particles. The increased drag force fluctuations are designed to match those obtained from PR-DNSs (particle-resolved direct numerical simulations). The impacts of the present model on the granular temperatures are demonstrated by posteriori tests. The posteriori tests of tri-periodic gas-solid flows show that simulations with the present model can obtain transient as well as steady-state granular temperature correctly. Moreover, the posteriori tests of fluidized beds indicated that the present model could significantly improve the granular temperature for the homogenous or slightly inhomogeneous systems, while it showed negligible improvement on the granular temperature for the significantly inhomogeneous systems.
Fundamental understandings of nanoconfined methane (CH4) are crucial to improving the exploitation of tight gas. In this study, diffusivity, one of the key transport properties of high-temperature and high-pressure me...
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Fundamental understandings of nanoconfined methane (CH4) are crucial to improving the exploitation of tight gas. In this study, diffusivity, one of the key transport properties of high-temperature and high-pressure methane gas, is examined under confinement in the silica nanochannels by using molecular dynamics simulations by employing Einstein diffusion equation. It was found that the diffusivity of nanoconfined methane is obviously anisotropic, namely, the perpendicular diffusion coefficient is lower than that in the longitudinal direction. The anisotropic diffusivity of nanoconfined methane is attributed to the restricted effect of potential interactions from the atoms of walls, which is verified by analyzing the diffusivity of methane molecules in the potential wells with Lagrangian dynamics. The diffusion coefficients of nanoconfined methane decrease with the increase of atomic potentials in the wall, which can be explained by the density distributions of methane in the nanochannels. Furthermore, we reveal the dependence of the diffusivity of nanoconfined methane on the channel height and confining effect of the wall on the diffusivity of methane molecules. The obtained results can provide a molecular insight into the transport properties of methane confined in nanospace and a theoretical guidance for the efficient extraction of tight gas.
We examined the electronic property of Sb-doped Na0.785CoO2 using density functional calculations based on GGA+U formalism. We demonstrated that Sb dopants were the most stable when replacing Co ions within the comple...
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We examined the electronic property of Sb-doped Na0.785CoO2 using density functional calculations based on GGA+U formalism. We demonstrated that Sb dopants were the most stable when replacing Co ions within the complex Na0.875CoO2 lattice structure. We also showed that the Sb-Co dopants adopted the + 5 oxidation state introducing two electrons into the host Na0.875CoO2 compound. The newly introduced electrons recombined with holes that were borne on Co4+ sites that had been created by sodium vacancies. The elimination of Co4+ species, in turn, rendered Na-0.875(Co0.9375Sb0.0625)O-2 non-magnetic and diminished the compound's thermoelectric effect. Furthermore, the Sb-Co dopants tended to aggregate with the Na vacancies keeping a minimum distance. The conclusions drawn here can be generalised to other highly oxidised dopants in NaxCoO2 that replace a Co.
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