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Simulation and optimization of an organic-impurity oxidization reactor with a fixed porous bed and an electric heating element

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A reactor for oxidization of low-caloric-value organic impurities contained in the air has been simulated. It comprises a tube with a recuperator, filled with a porous carcass mix, and includes a heating element. The influence of the heating-element placement, the heat losses through the upper cover of the reactor, the flow rate of a gas mixture, and the power of the heater on the maximum temperatures of the porous carcass and the gas and on the concentration of the incompletely oxidized organic impurity at the output of the reactor has been investigated. It is shown that, to burn an impurity completely, it will suffice to heat the gas δTe to 300 K. It has been established that it is best to place a heater at the level of the upper cut of the inner tube of the reactor.

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  1. A. V. Luikov Heat and Mass Transfer Institute, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 15 Brovka Str., Minsk, 220072, Belarus

    N. N. Gnezdilov, K. V. Dobrego, I. M. Kozlov & E. S. Shmelev

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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 79, No. 5, pp. 3–10, September–October, 2006.

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Gnezdilov, N.N., Dobrego, K.V., Kozlov, I.M. et al. Simulation and optimization of an organic-impurity oxidization reactor with a fixed porous bed and an electric heating element. J Eng Phys Thermophys 79, 839–846 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10891-006-0174-2

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