Catalytic Cracking of Heavy Oil from Waste Plastic in Tapered Circulating Fluidized Bed Riser Reactor
Autor: | Parinya Khongprom, Thanapat Whansungnoen, Permsak Pienduangsri, Waritnan Wanchan, Sunun Limtrakul |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
lcsh:GE1-350
Materials science business.industry Metallurgy Flow (psychology) 0211 other engineering and technologies 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences Computational fluid dynamics Flow pattern Fluid catalytic cracking 01 natural sciences Cracking Thermal 021108 energy Fluidized bed combustion Gasoline business lcsh:Environmental sciences 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
Zdroj: | E3S Web of Conferences, Vol 141, p 01012 (2020) |
ISSN: | 2267-1242 |
Popis: | Because of the continuous increase in the amount of plastic waste, catalytic cracking is an interesting method that could be used to convert heavy oil from thermal cracking of plastic waste into fuel. The objective of this study was to investigate the hydrodynamic behavior and the performance of catalytic cracking of heavy oil in a circulating fluidized bed reactor using computational fluid dynamics. The two– fluid model incorporated with the kinetic theory of granular flow was applied to predict the hydrodynamic behavior with a reactive flow. Three reactor geometries were studied, which included a conventional riser, tapered–out riser, and tapered–in riser. The four–lump kinetic model was used to describe the catalytic cracking of heavy oil from waste plastic. A core–annulus flow pattern was found in the three reactor geometries. The solid fraction distribution of the tapered reactor was found to be more uniform than that of the conventional riser. The tapered–in riser showed the highest heavy oil conversion with the lowest gasoline selectivity. However, the heavy oil conversion and gasoline selectivity of the conventional and tapered–out reactors were not significantly different. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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