A Study of the \'SO IND.2\' sorption by limestone in thermogravimetric analyser and coal combustion in fluidized bed

Author(s)

Ivonete Ávila

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: São Carlos.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC/SBD)
• Defense date: 2008-08-29

Examining board members

Fernando Eduardo Milioli; Jose Renato Coury; Paula Cristina Garcia Manoel Crnkovic; Araí Augusta Bernárdez Pécora; Leandro Dalla Zen

• Advisor: Fernando Eduardo Milioli

Abstract

This thesis investigates the sorption of \'SO IND.2\' by a brazilian dolomite in two different experimental setups: a thermogravimetric analyzer and an atmospheric bubbling fluidized bed coal combustor. The thermogravimetric experiments were carried out in conditions as close as possible to those observed in the fluidized bed combustion process. Intrinsic coefficient of reaction rate, effectiveness and conversion were determined through thermogravimetry in synthetic atmosphere containing 65% of air 15% of \'CO IND.2\' and 20% of \'SO IND.2\' for four different dolomite particle sizes (385, 545, 725 and 775 µm) and four different temperatures (800, 830, 860 and 890 Celsius degrees). The results of the intrinsic reaction rate coefficient in the maximum reaction rate conditions were between 3.86 x \'10 POT.-3\' and 7.07 x \'10 POT.-3\' m/s, while the resuls of the average effectiveness for 200 seconds of reaction were between 0.37 and 0.49/s. The values of conversion after 600 seconds of sulfation were between 0.40 and 0.49 kmol(\'SO IND.2\')/kmol(\'CA\'+\'MG\') . Global reaction rate coefficient, conversion and \'SO IND.2\' sorption efficiency were obtained from the fluidized bed combustor experiments for five different dolomite particulate sizes (average diameters of 385, 545, 718, 725 and 775 µm) and a brazilian coal (CE4500) with particle size of 383 \'mü\'m. Temperatures between 798.2 and 886.6 Celsius degrees, U/Umf between 5.6 and 10.8 m/s, and (\'CA\'+\'MG\')/S molar feeding ratios between 3.7 and 11.9 kmol(\'CA\'+\'MG\')/kmol(s) were applied. The results of the global reaction rate coefficient were between 0.009 and 0.072 m/s, the ones of the conversion were between 0.020 and 0.064 kmol(\'SO IND.2\')/kmol(\'CA\'+\'MG\'), and those of the \'SO IND.2\' sorption efficiency were between 46.4 and 83.9%. The global sulfation rate coefficients obtained in fluidized bed were compared to the intrinsic reaction rate coefficients obtained through thermogravimetry. It was concluded that more realistic thermogravimetric conditions are required so that the composition of intrinsic and global reaction rate coefficients can allow for the analyses of reaction rate control in fluidized bed reactors. (AU)