2015 AIChE Annual Meeting Proceedings

Session: Fluidization and Fluid-Particle Systems for Energy and Environmental Applications II

This session is designed to report on the latest advances in fluidization and fluid-particle systems for gasification and other biomass utilization systems. Specific topics may include, but are not limited to, gasification, biomass gasification, biomass conversion, hydrogen production, clean fossil fuel energy conversion systems, liquid fuel production, and chemical looping technology.

Chair

Michael J. Molnar, The Dow Chemical Company

Co-Chair

Greeshma Gadikota, Columbia University

Presentations

03:15 PM

(737a) Numerical Simulation of Biomass Gasification Is a Steam-Blown Bubbling Fluidized Bed: A Validation Study
Christos Altantzis, Addison K. Stark, Richard B. Bates, Whitney S. Jablonski, Daniel Carpenter, Akhilesh Bakshi, Rajesh Sridhar, Aaron Garg, John L. Barton, Ran Chen, Ahmed Ghoniem

03:53 PM

(737c) Incorporation of Hydrodynamics and Ash Chemistry into a Unified Model for Prediction of Agglomeration in Fluidized Beds
Sarma Pisupati, Aditi Khadilkar

04:12 PM

(737d) Project Update: Incorporating CFD in the CFP Development Process
John Pendergrass, Peter Blaser, Travis Carver, Bruce Adkins, Neeti Kapur

04:31 PM

(737e) Multi-Scale Simulation of Steam-Oxygen Blown Bubbling Fluidized Bed Biomass Gasification
Richard B. Bates, Christos Altantzis, Whitney S. Jablonski, Daniel Carpenter, Aaron Garg, John L. Barton, Ran Chen, Ahmed Ghoniem

04:50 PM

(737f) Thermo-Economic Investigation of a
R. Porrazzo, G. White, R. Ocone

05:09 PM

(737g) A Feasibility Study of Chemical Looping Process Using the Intermediate Product of the Iron and Steel Industry
Jonghwun Jung, Jong Wook Bae, Min Hye Jeong, Sang Done Kim, Doyeon Lee

05:28 PM

(737h) Modeling of Drying Stage in a Bubbling Fluidized Bed Coal Gasifier
Karthik Chidambaram, Rameshwar Vedachalam, Swati Achra, Murali Rangarajan, Udaya Bhaskar Reddy Ragula