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COBEM 2017
24th ABCM International Congress of Mechanical Engineering
Experimental study of a binary mixture of sugarcane bagasse and sand on a bubbling fluidized bed reactor
Submission Author:
Fernando Manente Perrella Balestieri , SP , Brazil
Co-Authors:
Gretta Larisa Aurora Arce Ferrufino, Ivonete Ávila, Carlos Manuel Romero Luna, Fernando Manente Perrella Balestieri
Presenter: Fernando Manente Perrella Balestieri
doi://10.26678/ABCM.COBEM2017.COB17-2728
Abstract
There is a growing interest in the use of biomass as a renewable energy because of the existing environmental problems and limitations of fossil fuel feedstock. One way of using biomass is through the thermochemical process in bubbling fluidized beds. In this work, a defined proportion of sugarcane bagasse and inert was tested in order to determine the minimum fluidization velocity in a bubbling fluidized bed. The percentage of biomass in comparison to the total mass is 10%. Fluidization parameters such as minimum fluidization velocity, pressure drop and bed expansion were determined. The value of minimum fluidization velocity was compared to the empirical equation that is available in the literature. It is necessary to consider more physical properties of particles on experimental correlation for obtain more accuracy.
Keywords
Bubbling Fluidized Bed, Biomass, minimum fluidization velocity
