DEVELOPMENT OF THE THEORY FOR MODELING AND RESEARCH OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES FOR ENRICHING BIOFUEL CELLS WITH GENERATOR GASES
V.N. Kovalnogov1,2, T.V. Karpukhina2, M.S. Boyarkin2
1Group of Numerical and Applied Mathematics on Urgent Problems of Energy and Power Engineering, Faculty of Power Engineering, Ulyanovsk State Technical University, Severny Venets Street 32, 432027 Ulyanovsk, Russian Federation
2Department of Heat-and-Power Engineering, Faculty of Power Engineering, Ulyanovsk State Technical University, Severny Venets Street 32, 432027 Ulyanovsk, Russian Federation
Received: 10 December 2018; accepted in revised form: 12 February 2019
Abstract
The complex of issues related to the mathematical modeling of heat-and-mass transfer of moisture and gas in the capillary-porous space of solid biofuel cells is discussed. This is the theoretical basis for developing of biofuel enrichment technologies which include heating with simultaneous saturation of the capillary-porous space by the synthesis gas and the combustible components of the recycle gas that in complex contributes the most complete combustion of cells and improve the fuel efficiency and environmental friendliness of the boiler plant. The mathematical model defining the kinetics of heat and humidity conditions and saturation of biofuel cells, as well as some numerical results of parameters of cell condition in the process of enrichment of recycled exhaust gases are given and discussed.
Keywords: biofuels, enrichment technology, capillary-porous space, heat-and-humidity state, modeling
c 2019 European Society of Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering
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