<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> For technical applications, a physical model capable of predicting the particle evolution in the burning process along its trajectory through the furnace is very useful. There are two major demands: all the thermo-dynamic processes that describe the particle burning process must be accounted and the model must be written in such equation terms to allow the intervention for parameter settings and particle definition. The computations were performed for the following parameters: furnace average temperature between 700 and 1200 °C, size of the sawdust particle from 4 to 6 mm and fix carbon ignition between 500 and 900 °C. The values obtained for the characteristic parameters of the burning process ranged from 30 to 60 [kg/(h·m3)] for the gravimetrical burning speed WGh and from 150 to 280 [kW/m3] for the volumetric thermal load of the furnace QV. The main conclusion was that the calculus results are in good agreement with the experimental data from the pilot installations and the real-case measurements in the sawdust working boiler furnaces or pre-burning chambers. Another very important conclusion is that the process speed variation, when the furnace temperature changes, confirms the thermo-kinetic predictions, namely that the burning process speed decreases when the furnace temperature increases.</abstract>

For technical applications, a physical model capable of predicting the particle evolution in the burning process along its trajectory through the furnace is very useful. There are two major demands: all the thermo-dynamic processes that describe the particle burning process must be accounted and the model must be written in such equation terms to allow the intervention for parameter settings and particle definition. The computations were performed for the following parameters: furnace average temperature between 700 and 1200 °C, size of the sawdust particle from 4 to 6 mm and fix carbon ignition between 500 and 900 °C. The values obtained for the characteristic parameters of the burning process ranged from 30 to 60 [kg/(h·m3)] for the gravimetrical burning speed WGh and from 150 to 280 [kW/m3] for the volumetric thermal load of the furnace QV. The main conclusion was that the calculus results are in good agreement with the experimental data from the pilot installations and the real-case measurements in the sawdust working boiler furnaces or pre-burning chambers. Another very important conclusion is that the process speed variation, when the furnace temperature changes, confirms the thermo-kinetic predictions, namely that the burning process speed decreases when the furnace temperature increases.

Mathematical Determination of Thermal Load for Fluidised Bed Furnaces Using Sawdust

Professor assistant, PhD, Technical University of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Building Services

Technical University of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Building Services

Modelling in Civil Environmental Engineering

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For technical applications, a physical model capable of predicting the particle evolution in the burning process along its trajectory through the furnace is...

Mathematical Determination of Thermal Load for Fluidised Bed Furnaces Using Sawdust

Published Online: Jul 10, 2014

Page range: 1 - 10

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mmce-2014-0006

Keywords
particle, burning process, physical model, equations

© by Nicolae Antonescu

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Mathematical Determination of Thermal Load for Fluidised Bed Furnaces Using Sawdust

Published Online: Jul 10, 2014

Page range: 1 - 10

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mmce-2014-0006

Keywordsparticle, burning process, physical model, equations

© by Nicolae Antonescu

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Keywords
particle, burning process, physical model, equations