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Numerical study of radiative heat transfer and effects of thermal boundary conditions on CLC fuel reactor

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Global warming has become a worldwide concern due to its severe impacts and consequences on the climate system and ecosystem. As a promising technology proving good carbon capture ability with low-efficiency penalty, Chemical Looping Combustion technology has risen much interest. However, the radiative heat transfer was hardly studied, nor its effects were clearly declared. The present work provides a mathematical model for radiative heat transfer within fuel reactor of chemical looping combustion systems and conducts a numerical research on the effects of boundary conditions, solid particles reflectivity, particles size, and the operating temperature. The results indicate that radiative heat transfer has very limited impacts on the flow pattern. Meanwhile, the temperature variations in the static bed region (where solid particles are dense) brought by radiation are also insignificant. However, the effects of radiation on temperature profiles within free bed region (where solid particles are very sparse) are obvious, especially when convective-radiative (mixed) boundary condition is applied on fuel reactor walls. Smaller oxygen carrier particle size results in larger absorption & scattering coefficients. The consideration of radiative heat transfer within fuel reactor increases the temperature gradient within free bed region. On the other hand, the conversion performance of fuel is nearly not affected by radiation heat transfer within fuel reactor. However, the consideration of radiative heat transfer enhances the heat transfer between the gas phase and solid phase, especially when the operating temperature is low.

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The authors wish to acknowledge the support received from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) and SABIC for funding this work through Project No. FT161013.

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    R. Ben-Mansour, H. Li, M. A. Habib & M. M. Hossain

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Ben-Mansour, R., Li, H., Habib, M.A. et al. Numerical study of radiative heat transfer and effects of thermal boundary conditions on CLC fuel reactor. Heat Mass Transfer 54, 571–590 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00231-017-2139-8

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