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Modeling and Simulation of Bed Dynamics in Oxyfuel Fluidized Bed Boilers

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This contribution focuses on CFD modeling of the dynamics of the bubbling fluidized bed under conditions specific for oxyfuel combustion. A custom OpenFOAM solver is developed based on the Multiphase Particle-In-Cell framework for handling the fluid-particle and inter-particle interactions. Features of this Euler-Lagrange approach are discussed, and some of the solver design details are given. Some simulation results of a laboratory-scale combustion device or its combustion chamber are demonstrated, showing the capabilities of the solver. The current limitations and plans for further development are also included.

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This work was supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic under the OP RDE grant number CZ.02.1.01/0.0 /0.0/16_019/0000753 “Research centre for low-carbon energy technologies”.

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Beneš, M. et al. (2021). Modeling and Simulation of Bed Dynamics in Oxyfuel Fluidized Bed Boilers. In: Vermolen, F.J., Vuik, C. (eds) Numerical Mathematics and Advanced Applications ENUMATH 2019. Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, vol 139. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55874-1_91

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