Includes bibliographical references. / [210] leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / This thesis presents two advanced modelling studies which address some unresolved fluidized bed combustion (FBC) issues. In the first study, finite element methods are used to solve a transient continuum/percolation model of a single porous char and its surrounding boundary layer so as to generate temperature, O2,CO2, CO pressure and porosity distributions for over 100 different FBC conditions. In the second study, a new discrete approach for the determination of the diffusion coefficients of the fluid-solid system is described and used, based on moecular dynamics and percolation concepts. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, 1996
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/259886 |
| Date | January 1995 |
| Creators | Biggs, Mark, 1966- |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
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