Process development status of fast pyrolysis technologies for the manufacture of renewable transport fuels from biomass

G Perkins, T Bhaskar, M Konarova - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Fast pyrolysis is a promising thermochemical method of producing renewable fuels and
chemicals from biomass and waste feedstocks. There is much interest in optimising the …

Modelling of spouted and spout-fluid beds: Key for their successful scale up

C Moliner, F Marchelli, B Bosio, E Arato - Energies, 2017 - mdpi.com
The development of robust mathematical models could provide the necessary tools for a
more rapid, efficient, and reliable spouted bed technology development. Computer …

Applying conventional and intelligent approaches to model the minimum spouting velocity of vegetable biomasses in conical spouted beds

MA Moradkhani, SH Hosseini, M Karami, M Olazar… - Powder Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aimed to model the minimum spouting velocity (U ms) of vegetable biomasses in
conical spouted beds including five biomasses. A statistical analysis of the literature …

[HTML][HTML] Mass transfer in conical spouted beds equipped with internal devices

X Sukunza, R Aguado, A Pablos, M Tellabide, I Estiati… - Powder Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
The gas–solid contact in spouted beds is characterized by a hydrodynamics leading to high
heat and mass transfer rates. Several correlations have been proposed for estimating the …

A new fountain confinement device for fluidizing fine and ultrafine sands in conical spouted beds

A Pablos, R Aguado, M Tellabide, H Altzibar… - Powder Technology, 2018 - Elsevier
A study has been carried out on the hydrodynamic performance of a fountain confinement
device used in conical spouted beds for the treatment of Geldart A and B type particles …

Fluid dynamic analysis for pyrolysis of macadamia shell in a conical spouted bed

TP Xavier, BP Libardi, TS Lira, MAS Barrozo - Powder Technology, 2016 - Elsevier
The pyrolysis is an important technology for generating energy from agro-industrial wastes.
The processing of macadamia nut generates a lot of shell residues. In literature, the conical …

Minimum spouting velocity of fine particles in fountain confined conical spouted beds using machine learning and least square fitting approaches

MA Moradkhani, AR Miroliaei… - … Canadian Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The present study concerns the development of new models to estimate the minimum
spouting velocity (U ms) in various configurations of fountain‐confined conical spouted beds …

Stability and performance of a spouted bed in drying skimmed milk: Influence of the cone angle and air inlet device

MTB Perazzini, FB Freire, MC Ferreira… - Drying …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This paper investigates the skimmed milk drying over inert particles in a 30 cm diameter
spouted bed. Drying was evaluated for conical bases of three cone angles (45°, 60°, and …

Effect of locating the atomizer at the inlet in fountain confined conical spouted beds for drying kaolin suspensions

X Sukunza, M Bolaños, M Tellabide, I Estiati… - Drying …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The drying of suspensions in a spouted bed is usually performed by atomizing the solution
onto the surface of the bed. However, drying of concentrated suspensions, such as those of …

Influence of the kinetic scheme and heat balance on the modelling of biomass combustion in a conical spouted bed

R Aguado, JF Saldarriaga, A Atxutegi, J Bilbao… - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
A study has been carried out on the modelling of the combustion of six lignocellulosic
biomasses in a conical spouted bed, for a balanced representation of the most abundant …