The solid-gas contacting for thermal storage and thermal recovery is generally carried out in fixed-bed regenerators. Compared to a fixed bed, higher thermal recovery can be achieved in a moving bed with countercurrent flow of gas and solids. However, the moving beds have not been widely used due to difficulties in solid handling. The relative movement of the bed to the gas flow can be simulated in a fixed bed by moving the inlet and outlet ports of the gas along the length of the bed. Similar simulated moving beds are already in use for adsorptive separation of liquid mixtures in chemical industries. A novel moving-port system is proposed to achieve simulated moving-bed operation in a fixed bed. We have carried out studies to evaluate the relative performance of the fixed and the simulated moving-bed heat regenerators. We have examined the feasibility of replacing a set of three blast furnaces and thermal regeneration of an adsorption bed with the simulated moving-bed regenerator. It is found that high-heat transfer intensification can be achieved. The results indicate that three blast-furnace stoves can be replaced by a simulated moving-bed regenerator of volume of about 100 times smaller than the stoves. The heat-transfer intensification is high enough to carry out thermal regeneration of the adsorption beds in a cycle time that is in the range of the pressure swing adsorption, which is favored for its faster rate of regeneration.
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Process Intensification in a “Simulated Moving-Bed” Heat Regenerator
D. S. Murthy,
D. S. Murthy
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
, Uttar Pradesh 208 016, India
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S. V. Sivakumar,
S. V. Sivakumar
Department of Chemical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
, Uttar Pradesh 208 016, India
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Keshav Kant,
Keshav Kant
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
, Uttar Pradesh 208 016, India
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D. P. Rao
D. P. Rao
Department of Chemical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
, Uttar Pradesh 208 016, India
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D. S. Murthy
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
, Uttar Pradesh 208 016, India
S. V. Sivakumar
Department of Chemical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
, Uttar Pradesh 208 016, India
Keshav Kant
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
, Uttar Pradesh 208 016, India
D. P. Rao
Department of Chemical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
, Uttar Pradesh 208 016, IndiaJ. Heat Transfer. Sep 2008, 130(9): 091801 (8 pages)
Published Online: June 18, 2008
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July 23, 2006
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April 1, 2008
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June 18, 2008
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Murthy, D. S., Sivakumar, S. V., Kant, K., and Rao, D. P. (June 18, 2008). "Process Intensification in a “Simulated Moving-Bed” Heat Regenerator." ASME. J. Heat Transfer. September 2008; 130(9): 091801. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2927397
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