Limin Hou

Oxidation kinetics of YBaCo 4 O 7+ δ and substituted oxygen carriers

In this paper, the relaxation kinetics of the oxidation process of the YBaCo4O7+δ, Y0.95Ti0.05BaCo4O7+δ and Y0.5Dy0.5BaCo4O7+δ oxygen carriers is studied with isothermal reaction data. XRD analysis for fresh samples shows that all the samples have YBaCo4O7+δ structure. Scanning electron microscopy images of samples show that the samples consist of porous agglomerates of primary particles. Isothermal TG experiments are conducted with temperatures of 290°C, 310°C, 330°C and 350°C, respectively. It is found that the Avrami-Eroféev model describes solid-phase changes in the oxygen absorption process adequately. The results show that the distributed activation energies of the oxidation process obtained by the Avrami-Eroféev model are 42.079 kJ mol−1, 42.944 kJ mol−1 and 41.711 kJ mol−1 for the YBaCo4O7+δ, Y0.95Ti0.05BaCo4O7+δ and Y0.5Dy0.5BaCo4O7+δ oxygen carriers, respectively. The kinetic model was obtained to predict the oxygen carrier conversion of oxygen absorption for different time durations. The kinetic parameters obtained here are quite vital when this material is used in reactors.

Comparative kinetic study of coal gasification with steam and CO2 in molten blast furnace slags

To make a comparison between coal gasification in molten blast furnace slag (MBFS) in different ambience and choose an appropriate agent to recover BF slag’s waste heat entirely, coal gasification with steam and CO2 in molten blast furnace slags was studied by isothermal thermo-gravimetric analysis. The effects of temperature and addition of MBFS were studied. Carbon conversion and reaction rate increased with increasing temperature and MBFS. Volumetric model (VM), shrinking core model (SCM), and diffusion model (DM) were applied to describe the coal gasification behavior of FX coal. The most appropriate model describing the coal gasification was SCM in steam ambience and VM in CO2 ambience, respectively. The reaction rate constant k(T) in CO2 ambience is greater than that in steam ambience, which means the gasification reactivity of coal in CO2 ambience is better than that in steam ambience. BF slag can effectively reduce the activation energy EA of coal gasification reaction in different ambiences. But, the difference of activation energies is not large in different ambiences. Based on the results of kinetic analysis including k(T) and EA calculated by the established model, CO2 was chosen to be the most appropriate agent.

Kinetics of perovskite-like oxygen carriers for chemical looping air separation

Chemical looping air separation gives an energy-efficient choice for oxygen production. We performed kinetic analysis of YBaCo4O7+δ, Y0.95Ti0.05BaCo4O7+δ, Y0.2Ti0.05Dy0.75BaCo4O7+δ, and Y0.15Zr0.1Dy0.75BaCo4O7+δ oxygen carriers in a CLAS process. TG experiments were conducted with heating rates of 0.5, 1, and 2 °C/min in a thermogravimetric analyzer. Further exploration is required to develop an appropriate oxygen carrier. So, we used the model-free approach, Starink method, to evaluate the apparent activation energy. And, masterplots method was applied to determine the most probable mechanism function. The results show that the distributed activation energies of oxidation/reduction process are 189.42/286.22 kJ/mol, 197.70/324.87 kJ/mol, 195.41/310.4 kJ/mol, and 192.20/293.53 kJ/mol for YBaCo4O7+δ, Y0.95Ti0.05BaCo4O7+δ, Y0.2Ti0.05Dy0.75BaCo4O7+δ, and Y0.15Zr0.1Dy0.75BaCo4O7+δ oxygen carriers, respectively. Random nucleation and nuclei growth A model is the most suitable for oxidation process. The A model and D are the most suitable for the reduction process. Regarding YBaCo4O7+δ, Y0.95Ti0.05BaCo4O7+δ, Y0.2Ti0.05Dy0.75BaCo4O7+δ, and Y0.15Zr0.1Dy0.75BaCo4O7+δ kinetic, oxygen transfer materials are rate-determined by nucleation and nuclei growth. For reduction kinetic, the gas diffusion stage could also become a dominant step.

Optimal synthesis of YBaCo4O7 oxygen carrier for chemical looping air separation

ABSTRACT Optimal synthesis parameters of YBaCo4O7 had been done. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) results show that YBaCo4O7 samples are all single phase. The Scanning electron microscope (SEM) results indicate that with increasing calcination temperature, calcination time, and decreasing cooling rate, grain transformed from porous agglomerates of sphere or sphere-like to agglomerates of irregular polyhedron, as well as the grain size increased. YBaCo4O7+δ with oxygen storage capacity of 102.52 wt.%, maximum rate of intaking oxygen temperature of 339.7°C, and maximum rate of releasing oxygen temperature of 369.8°C can be obtained by the optimal synthesis parameters, calcination temperature of 1100°C, calcination time of 30 h, air-cooling, and solid-state reaction method.