Kun Chen, Chenxi Bai, Wenda Zhang, Yijun Zhao, Dongdong Feng, Shaozeng Sun
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Abstract
The desorption kinetic parameters for pressurized combustion and gasification reactions were determined based on a C++ program coupled with the Langmuir-Hinshelwood (L-H) kinetic model developed and experimental data from pressurized char combustion, and the established L-H kinetic model for pressurized char-O2/H2O combustion was refined in the current paper. The activation energy for desorption in reactions involving pressurized char-O2 and char-H2O was determined to be 250.8 kJ/mol, accompanied by a pre-exponential factor of 5.42 × 1010 g/(m2 s). Using this foundation, the current research conducted simulations to investigate the impacts of temperature, pressure, and H2O concentration on the oxidation adsorption rate (Rads,oxi), desorption rate (Rdes), gasification adsorption rate (Rads,gas), and the competitive influences of kinetics and diffusion processes within the pressurized char-O2/H2O combustion. The simulation results indicate a gradual increase in Rdes and Rads,gas with char conversion to reach a peak, followed by a gradual decline. Conversely, the Rads,oxi varies smoothly throughout the char conversion process. At 1673 K/1.0 MPa, the char-O2/H2O reaction rate is primarily constrained by Rads,oxi and Rads,gas, with the adsorption reaction serving as the rate-controlling step. Moreover, it was noted that a rise in pressure resulted in a linear increase in Rads,oxi, Rdes, and Rads,gas. At elevated temperatures, the impact of pressure on them becomes more noticeable. However, the introduction of H2O mitigates this effect. Elevated temperature and pressure facilitate the competition on the kinetics of char-O2 combustion for O2 diffusion, resulting in the conversion of char being more susceptible to O2 diffusion rate limitation. With the addition of 20 % H2O, the competition effect was weakened. In the case of pressurized combustion involving char and O2/H2O, the char conversion is primarily constrained by the O2 diffusion rate and is scarcely influenced by the H2O diffusion rate.
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