Characterization of fuel mixing in a fluidized bed cold model: An experimental study using magnetic particle tracking

dc.contributor.authorAhlgren, Jon
dc.contributor.authorWageborn, Pontus
dc.contributor.departmentChalmers tekniska högskola / Institutionen för rymd-, geo- och miljövetenskapsv
dc.contributor.examinerPallarès, David
dc.contributor.supervisorGuío-Pérez, Diana Carolina
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-16T11:32:17Z
dc.date.available2021-06-16T11:32:17Z
dc.date.issued2021sv
dc.date.submitted2020
dc.description.abstractAn experimental study of the mixing of fuel particles in fluidized beds has been conducted. The study was performed using magnetic particle tracking sensors to track a magnetic tracer particle in a downscaled cold model of an industrial boiler. The fluid dynamical scaling was applied using Glicksman’s simplified scaling laws. Mixing characteristics of the tracer particles were evaluated and mixing cells were studied. The lateral dispersion coefficient was calculated using Einstein's equation for Brownian motion and measuring the residence time in the mixing cells for three different bed heights. This resulted in lateral dispersion coefficient values in the range of 3.3 − 7.6 × 10^(−3) m^2/s for mixing cell sizes between 0.04 and 0.08 m. Dispersion calculations based on mixing cells were performed using larger mixing cell size estimations (between 0.131 and 0.214 m), and the calculated lateral dispersion values converged towards the same values as the Brownian motion calculations when time filtering was applied. By comparing dispersion data from 20 minute and 5 minute measurements it was concluded that the shorter 5 minute measurements gave enough data to properly characterize the mixing. Movement patterns similar to mixing cells could be observed although they were disrupted by the construction of the cold model units distributor plate. No mixing cells unaffected by walls or the mentioned disruption were identified. The tracer particle did not cover the entire bed at the low bed height which indicates that defluidized zones were present.sv
dc.identifier.coursecodeSEEX30sv
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12380/302556
dc.language.isoengsv
dc.setspec.uppsokLifeEarthScience
dc.subjectSolids mixingsv
dc.subjectfluidizationsv
dc.subjectfluidized bedsv
dc.subjectbubbling bedsv
dc.subjectlateral dispersionsv
dc.subjectmagnetic particle trackingsv
dc.titleCharacterization of fuel mixing in a fluidized bed cold model: An experimental study using magnetic particle trackingsv
dc.type.degreeExamensarbete för masterexamensv
dc.type.uppsokH
local.programmeInnovative and sustainable chemical engineering (MPISC), MSc
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