Modeling of a pyrolysis batch reactor using COMSOL Multiphysics

Autor: Mazloum Shawki, Awad Sary, Abou Msallem Youssef, Allam Nadine, Loubar Khaled, Tazerout Mohand
Jazyk: English<br />French
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: MATEC Web of Conferences, Vol 261, p 04003 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2261-236X
DOI: 10.1051/matecconf/201926104003
Popis: Plastic Pyrolysis is a thermal degradation process; it offers an important alternative energy. The aim of this study is to model a batch reactor to be used for plastic pyrolysis. Consequently, four experiments with different heating and cooling cycles are done using an empty pyrolysis batch reactor and four temperatures are measured at different locations on the reactor. On the other hand, the empty reactor is modeled and several simulations are done, using COMSOL Multiphysics software, under the same experimental conditions. By comparing the temperatures obtained from simulation to those measured experimentally, it is noticed that the results are very close with a maximum error of 4%, hence the model is validated.
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