Professor of School of Engineering, Design and Built Environment, Western Sydney University, Australia. His research interests cover Industry 4.0, Additive Manufacturing, Advanced Engineering Materials and Structures (Metals and Composites), Multi-scale Modelling of Materials and Structures, Metal Forming and Metal Surface Treatment.
2024-02-24
2024-01-04
2023-11-02
Abstract— A fluidized bed pyrolysis system has been designed and fabricated for practical demonstration of the fluidization of biomass solid waste particles at optimal performance for bio-fuel production. The bed of this reactor was sand particles of average size 300μm and a density of 1.46g/cm3. Nitrogen gas was used as fluidizing fluid to maintain an inert atmosphere in the reactor. The major components of the system are: fluidized bed reactor, heating cylinder, cyclone, condenser and liquid collector. All the components have been successfully assembled for future experimental use. The height of the sand bed was 6.24 cm on a distributor with a mesh of 125 μm. According to hydrodynamic test, the minimum flow rate for the fluidization of the sand particles was 15 l/min; whereas, it was close to the theoretical value of 15.7 l/min when the optimum fluidization was expected.
