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http://dx.doi.org/10.9713/kcer.2022.60.4.535

Analysis of Hydrodynamics in a Directly-Irradiated Fluidized Bed Solar Receiver Using CPFD Simulation  

Kim, Suyoung (School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation)
Won, Geunhye (School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation)
Lee, Min Ji (School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation)
Kim, Sung Won (School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation)
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Korean Chemical Engineering Research / v.60, no.4, 2022 , pp. 535-543 More about this Journal
Abstract
A CPFD (Computational particle fluid dynamics) model of solar fluidized bed receiver of silicon carbide (SiC: average dp=123 ㎛) particles was established, and the model was verified by comparing the simulation and experimental results to analyze the effect of particle behavior on the performance of the receiver. The relationship between the heat-absorbing performance and the particles behavior in the receiver was analyzed by simulating their behavior near bed surface, which is difficult to access experimentally. The CPFD simulation results showed good agreement with the experimental values on the solids holdup and its standard deviation under experimental condition in bed and freeboard regions. The local solid holdups near the bed surface, where particles primarily absorb solar heat energy and transfer it to the inside of the bed, showed a non-uniform distribution with a relatively low value at the center related with the bubble behavior in the bed. The local solid holdup increased the axial and radial non-uniformity in the freeboard region with the gas velocity, which explains well that the increase in the RSD (Relative standard deviation) of pressure drop across the freeboard region is responsible for the loss of solar energy reflected by the entrained particles in the particle receiver. The simulation results of local gas and particle velocities with gas velocity confirmed that the local particle behavior in the fluidized bed are closely related to the bubble behavior characterized by the properties of the Geldart B particles. The temperature difference of the fluidizing gas passing through the receiver per irradiance (∆T/IDNI) was highly correlated with the RSD of the pressure drop across the bed surface and the freeboard regions. The CPFD simulation results can be used to improve the performance of the particle receiver through local particle behavior analysis.
Keywords
Solar particle receiver; Fluidized bed; Simulation; Silicon carbide; Particle behavior;
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