Solid Fuels Combustion and Gasification Modeling, Simulation, and Equipment Operation, By Marcio Luiz de Souza-Santos

Solid Fuels Combustion and Gasification, Modeling, Simulation, and Equipment Operation. By Marcio Luiz de Souza-Santos, 2004, pdf, Language: English, Pages: 462, ISBN10 Code: 0824709713, ISBN13 Code: 9780824709716, (12.1 MB)

Bridging the gap between theory and application, Solid Fuels Combustion and Gasification demonstrates the operational mechanisms, modeling, and simulation of equipment for the combustion and gasification of solid fuels.

Solid Fuels Combustion and Gasification clearly illustrates procedures to improve and optimize the design of future units and the operation of existing industrial systems with recommendations and guidelines from a seasoned professional in the field.

Supplies an abundance of examples, models, and exercises for step-by-step instruction on the modeling and simulation of combustion and gasification machinery.

Features of Solid Fuels Combustion and Gasification:

• Clearly displays methods to build computer simulation programs that will effectively predict equipment performance
• Offers methods to formulate sound mathematical models for boilers, gasifiers, furnaces, and incinerators
• Shows how to interpret simulation results for the best design and operation of combustion and gasification equipment
• Describes key aspects of solid and gas combustion phenomena
• Provides detailed discussions of the basic and auxiliary equations used in specific projection models
• Includes applications of moving and fluidized beds

Contents

Basic Remarks on Modeling and Simulation

• Experiment and Simulation
• A Classification for Mathematical Models

Solid Fuels

• Physical Properties
• Chemical Properties
• Thermal Treatment
• Gasification and Combustion

Equipment and Processes

• Elements of Gas-Solid Systems
• Moving Bed
• Fluidized Bed
• Suspension or Pneumatic Transport
• Some Aspects Related to Fuels

Basic Calculations

• Computation of Some Basic Parameters
• Tips on Calculations
• Observations

Zero-Dimensional Models

• Basic Equations
• Species Balance and Exiting Composition
• Useful Relations
• Summary for 0D-S Model
• Flame Temperature

Introduction to One-Dimensional, Steady-State Models

• Definitions
• Fundamental Equations
• Final Comments

Moving-Bed Combustion and Gasification Model

• The Model

Chemical Reactions

• Homogeneous/Heterogeneous Reactions
• Numbering of Chemical Components
• A System of Chemical Reactions
• Stoichiometry
• Kinetics
• Final Notes

Heterogeneous Reactions

• General Form of the Problem
• Generalized Treatment
• Other Heterogeneous Reactions

Drying and Devolatilization

• Drying
• Devolatilization

Auxiliary Equations and Basic Calculations

• Total Production Rates
• Thiele Modulus
• Diffusivities
• Reactivity
• Core Dimensions
• Heat and Mass Transfer Coefficients
• Energy-Related Parameters
• A Few Immediate Applications
• Pressure Losses

Moving-Bed Simulation Program and Results

• From Modeling to Simulation Program
• Samples of Results

Fluidized-Bed Combustion and Gasification Model

• The Mathematical Model
• Boundary Conditions

Fluidization Dynamics

• Splitting of Gas Injected into a Bed
• Bubble Characteristics and Behavior
• Circulation of Solid Particles
• Entrainment and Elutriation
• Particle Size Distribution
• Recycling of Particles
• Segregation
• Areas and Volumes at Freeboard Section
• Mass and Volume Fractions of Solids

Auxiliary Parameters Related to Fluidized-Bed Processes

• Mass Transfers
• Heat Transfers
• Parameters Related to Reaction Rates

Fluidized-Bed Simulation Program and Results

• The Block Diagram
• Samples of Results

Appendices

• The Fundamental Equations of Transport Phenomena
• Notes on Thermodynamics
• Possible Improvements on Modeling Heterogeneous Reactions
• Improvements on Various Aspects
• Basics of Turbulent Flow
• Classifications of Modeling for Bubbling Fluidized-Bed Equipment  
  Basic Techniques of Kinetics Determination.
  
  
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Transport Processes and Unit Operations, 3rd Edition, Christie J. Geankoplis

Transport Processes and Unit Operations, 3rd Edition, Christie J. Geankoplis
ISBN10: 0139304398, ISBN13: 978-0139304392 , 14.8 MB

This new third edition provides a modern, unified treatment of the basic transport processes of momentum, heat, and mass transfer, as well as a broad treatment of the unit operations of chemical engineering. Coverage includes the latest membrane separation processes; discussion of bioprocesses; comprehensive treatment of the transport processes of momentum, heat, and mass transfer; adsorption processes; and more. A useful, up-to-date reference for practicing chemical engineers, agricultural engineers, food scientists, environmental engineers, biochemical engineers, and others who work in the process industries.

Table of Contents:

I. TRANSPORT PROCESSES: MOMENTUM, HEAT, AND MASS.

1. Introduction to Engineering Principles and Units.
2. Principles of Momentum Transfer and Overall Balances.
3. Principles of Momentum Transfer and Applications.
4. Principles of Steady-State Heat Transfer.
5. Principles of Unsteady-State Heat Transfer.
6. Principles of Mass Transfer.
7. Principles of Unsteady-State and Convective Mass Transfer.

II. UNIT OPERATIONS.

8. Evaporation.
9. Drying of Process Materials.
10. Stage and Continuous Gas-Liquid Separation Processes.
11. Vapor-Liquid Separation Processes.
12. Liquid-Liquid and Liquid-Solid Separation Processes.
13. Membrane Separation Processes.
14. Mechanical-Physical Separation Processes.

APPENDICES:

A1. Fundamental Constants and Conversion Factors.
A2. Physical Properties of Water.
A3. Physical Properties of Inorganic and Organic Compounds.
A4. Physical Properties of Foods and Biological Materials.
A5. Properties of Pipes, Tubes, and Screens.

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Process Heat Transfer, By Kern D. Q.

Process Heat Transfer, By Kern D. Q.

McGraw-Hill | 21st printing 1983| ISBN-10: 0070853533| Format: PDF|Pages: 878|Size: 28.1 MB

Book Description:

This book is designed to provide fundamental instruction in heat transfer while employing the methods and language of industry.

Key Features:

Provides the rounded group of heat-transfer tools required in process engineering it has been necessary to present a number of empirical calculation methods which have not previously appeared in the engineering literature.

Considerable through has been given to these methods, and the author has discussed them with numerous engineers before accepting and including them in the text.

CONTENTS

Preface

Index to the Principal Apparatus Calculations

Chapter 01: Process Heat Transfer

Chapter 02: Conduction

Chapter 03: Convection

Chapter 04: Radiation

Chapter 05: Temperature

Chapter 06: Counterflow: Double-pipe Exchangers

Chapter 07: 1-2 Parallel-Counterflow: Shell-And-Tube Exchangers

Chapter 08: Flow Arrangements for Increased Heat Recovery

Chapter 09: Gases

Chapter 10: Streamline Flow and Free Convection

Chapter 11: Calculations for Process Conditions

Chapter 12: Condensation of Single Vapors

Chapter 13: Condensation of Mixed Vapors

Chapter 14: Evaporation

Chapter 15: Vaporizers, Evaporators, and Reboilers

Chapter 16: Extended Surfaces

Chapter 17: Direct-Contact Transfer: Cooling Towers

Chapter 18: Batch and Unsteady-State Processes

Chapter 19: Furnace Calculations

Chapter 20: Additional Applications

Chapter 21: The Control of Temperature and Related Process Variables

Appendix of Calculation Data

Author Index

Subject Index

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