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Published on: August 10, 2016
Modeling and analysis of bench-scale pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass based on merge thickness
Yanming Ding1, Ru Zhou2, Changjian Wang3
1Faculty of Engineering, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan 430074, China; State Key Laboratory of Fire Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China.
Abstract:
The bench-scale pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass was investigated based on effect of thickness by both the experiment and numerical simulation. A critical thickness at which the two peaks of mass loss rate start to merge and the pyrolysis process is significantly accelerated, is paid attention in the fire propagation apparatus experiment at N2 atmosphere. A new method is put forward to predict the merge thickness by coupling the Gpyro pyrolysis model with the optimized chemical reaction parameters, moisture and changed volume in OpenFOAM. Eventually, the predicted equation of merge thickness at various external heat fluxes is obtained, which is basically the same with that of thermal thickness.
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