MODELING CHAR OXIDATION AS A FUNCTION OF PRESSURE ...
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pore structure models require extensive computational efforts, it is desirable to use a<br />
macroscopic pore structure model and an effectiveness factor to model the char oxidation<br />
rates. Further, since the pore growth did not play a significant role in determining the<br />
reaction rate as a function of burnout (or time), the potential benefit of using microscopic<br />
pore structure models was not realized. Therefore, the values of porosity, reactivity and<br />
pore size are assumed to be spatially uniform (a necessary assumption in order to use the<br />
effectiveness factor approach) and temporally constant (not a necessary assumption to<br />
use the effectiveness factor approach, but used for simplicity).<br />
Results and Discussion<br />
The following Langmuir rate equation was used in the HP-CBK model:<br />
r in ′ = 2.26 × 1011e −46,500/ RT PO 2<br />
1+ 1.67 ×10 4 e − 18,800/ RT PO 2<br />
This means that E 1p = 46.5 kcal/mol, and E 0 = (46.5 - 18.8) = 27.7 kcal/mol. The<br />
observed reaction rate is:<br />
Vp qrxn = r obs ′ ′<br />
Sg MC = + S ⎛<br />
ext<br />
⎝<br />
⎜<br />
⎞<br />
⎟<br />
⎠<br />
S d int pMC r in′<br />
′ 6<br />
S int<br />
A mono-disperse pore structure model was used to calculate the effective diffusivity D e<br />
and to estimate the value of S ext/S int (as discussed in Chapter 6). The parameters related<br />
to the pore structure model are in Table 7.1.<br />
S tot<br />
Table 7.1. Pore Structure Parameters in Modeling the Data by Banin et al.<br />
Roughness factor = 5 (Pre-set) Porosity = 0.5 (Pre-set)<br />
Pore diameter = 10.8 Å (Adjusted)<br />
92<br />
(7.2)<br />
(7.3)