Major trends and roadblocks in CFD-aided process intensification of biomass pyrolysis

Qingang Xiong; Fei Xu; Yaoyu Pan; Yang Yang; Zhiming Gao; Shuli Shu; Kun Hong; Francois Bertrand; Jamal Chaouki

doi:10.1016/j.cep.2018.04.005

Major trends and roadblocks in CFD-aided process intensification of biomass pyrolysis

Qingang Xiong, Fei Xu, Yaoyu Pan, Yang Yang, Zhiming Gao, Shuli Shu, Kun Hong, Francois Bertrand, Jamal Chaouki

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Abstract

Process intensification is critical to increase product yields and reduce external power consumption in biomass pyrolysis. Computational fluid dynamics offers great possibilities for fast and economical process intensification of biomass pyrolysis. This succinct but in-depth current-perspective feature article discusses the major trends and roadblocks with respect to CFD-aided process intensification of biomass pyrolysis. Major trends such as multiscale coupling, fast parametric analysis and design, and coupling between CFD and process modeling, are reviewed. Major roadblocks such as lack of accurate chemical kinetics, and difficulty in accurate description of microstructural change, are pointed out. It is believed that the clarification of these directions and problems will lead to a more objective but efficient application of CFD to process intensification of biomass pyrolysis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	206-212
Number of pages	7
Journal	Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification
Volume	127
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cep.2018.04.005
State	Published - May 2018

Funding

Dr. Xiong thanks the financial support from the Externally Collaborative Project from State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, China under Grant No. ZJUCEU2017011 . Dr. Hong thanks the financial support from National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 21406081 , Natural Science Foundation of the Higher Education Institutions of Jiangsu Province, China under Grant No. 17KJA530001 , Foundation of Huai’an Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, Jiangsu Province, China under Grant No. HAA201734 , and QingLan Project of Jiangsu Province, China .

Funders	Funder number
Foundation of Huai’an Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, Jiangsu Province	HAA201734
Zhejiang University, China	ZJUCEU2017011
National Natural Science Foundation of China	21406081
Natural Science Research of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China	17KJA530001
State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization
Qinglan Project of Jiangsu Province of China

Keywords

Biomass pyrolysis
Computational fluid dynamics
Multiscale coupling
Parametric design
Process intensification

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