Cold Flow Model of a Fluidized Bed Reactor

Technip USA Engineering, 2012-13

Liaison(s): Kevin Mills PE
Advisor(s): Mary Cardenas
Students(s): Matthew Kweon (TL-S), Ilona Phipps-Morgan (TL-F), Sydney Hanson, Monica Hwang, Edward Ruan, Alexandra Wright (S)

Fluidized bed reactors convert carbonaceous solids to syngas, with minimal environmental impacts. The Technip Clinic team designed, built, and tested a nominal 1/6th6th-scale cold flow physical model of a fluidized bed reactor and a filter system. The team took measurements measured of air flow and system static pressures within the system to determine the effects of changing the air flow rate with a variety of solid particles. Technip will use this information to verify and tune their computational model of a reactor.