Empirical Design, Construction, and Experimental Test of a Small-Scale Bubbling Fluidized Bed Reactor

The methods currently used for designing a fluidized bed reactor in gasification plants do not meet an integrated methodology that optimizes all the different parameters its sizing and operational regime. In case of small-scale (several tens kWs biomass gasifiers), this design is especially complex, and, reason, they have usually been built very heuristic trial error way. paper, tailoring presented. Using methodology, 40 kWth was designed, including air distribution system. Based on design, with several simplified assumptions, commissioned. Results from experimental tests using gasifier are also presented paper. As result, it can be said prototype works properly, produces syngas able to produce thermal energy or even electricity.