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Reactor and process design in sustainable energy technology /
Reactor Process Design in Sustainable Energy Technology compiles and explains current developments in reactor and process design in sustainable energy technologies, including optimization and scale-up methodologies and numerical methods. Sustainable energy technologies that require more efficient me...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam, Netherlands :
Elsevier,
2014.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Reactor and Process Design in Sustainable Energy Technology; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Reactor configurations and design parameters for thermochemical conversion of biomass into fuels, energy, and c ... ; 1. Biofuels
- basic definitions; 2. Thermochemical technologies; 3. Reactor configurations for fast pyrolysis; 3.1. Bubbling fluidized-bed reactor; 3.2. Circulating fluidized-bed reactor; 3.3. Auger reactor; 3.4. Vacuum reactor; 3.5. Ablative reactors; 3.5.1. Vortex (cyclone) reactor; 3.5.2. Rotating cone; 3.6. Selection of pyrolysis systems.
- 4. Gasification
- important concepts and definitions5. Gasification steps; 6. Applications for the gasification product; 7. Reactors for gasification; 7.1. Impurities in the gas; 8. Summary; Further Reading; Chapter 2: Bioreactor design for algal growth as a sustainable energy source; 1. Introduction; 2. Bioreactor design; 3. Algal growth in bioreactors; 3.1. Open pond systems; 3.2. Photobioreactors; 3.2.1. Tubular bioreactor; 3.2.2. Bubble-column bioreactor; 3.2.3. Airlift bioreactor; 3.2.4. Flat-panel bioreactor; 3.3. Comparison; 4. Modeling of algal growth.
- 4.1. Theoretical maximum production of biodiesel from algae4.2. Modeling algae growth in an open raceway; 4.3. Modeling algal growth in a PBR; 4.4. Combining algal growth with CO2 fixation; 5. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 3: Design of flow battery; 1. Overview of redox flow battery; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. The characteristics of the RFB; 1.3. Evaluation of the RFB; 1.4. Types of redox flow batteries; 2. True redox flow batteries; 2.1. Bromine/polysulphide RFB; 2.2. Vanadium redox flow batteries; 2.2.1. The fundamentals of an all-vanadium RFB.
- 2.2.2. The key components of all-VRFBs2.2.3. The commercial applications of all-VRFBs; 2.2.4. The challenges for all-VRFBs; 2.3. Other types of typical redox flow batteries; 3. Hybrid redox flow batteries; 3.1. Zinc-bromine RFB; 3.2. Other hybrid RFB systems based on the Zn2+/Zn redox couple; 3.3. Undivided membrane-free redox flow batteries; 3.4. Semisolid lithium rechargeable flow battery; 4. Design considerations of redox flow batteries; 4.1. The configuration of redox flow batteries; 4.2. Electrode research; 4.3. Membrane and separator; 4.4. Modelling of the RFB.
- 5. Summary and perspectivesReferences; Chapter 4: Design and optimization principles of biogas reactors in large scale applications; 1. Introduction; 2. Simple structured biogas reactors; 2.1. Fixed dome digesters; 2.2. Floating drum digesters; 2.3. Improvement of simple structured biogas reactors; 3. Enhanced bioreactors for large-scale applications; 3.1. Energy transfer; 3.1.1. Energy requirement of biogas reactor; 3.1.1.1. Model description; 3.1.1.2. Heat loss due to mass flow; 3.1.1.3. Heat loss through the digesters; 3.1.1.4. Examples; 3.1.2. Heating methods.