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Fast pyrolysis of an ensemble of biomass particles in a fluidized bed

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A combined approach to the modeling of fast pyrolysis of biomass particles in a fluidized bed has been used. We used models of different levels: two models of pyrolysis of a single particle — with lumped and distributed parameters — and a model of pyrolysis of an ensemble of biomass particles based on the continuum equations for the gas blown through the bed and the equations of motion for individual particles. We have determined optimal (in terms of the biofuel yield) temperatures of the process for various particle sizes of wood biomass and various values of its moisture.

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  1. A. V. Luikov Heat and Mass Transfer Institute, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 15 P. Brovka Str., Minsk, 220072, Belarus

    O. S. Rabinovich, V. A. Borodulya, L. M. Vinogradov & V. V. Korban

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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 83, No. 4, pp. 694–704, July–August, 2010.

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Rabinovich, O.S., Borodulya, V.A., Vinogradov, L.M. et al. Fast pyrolysis of an ensemble of biomass particles in a fluidized bed. J Eng Phys Thermophy 83, 742–752 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10891-010-0393-4

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