Chemical Looping Systems for Fossil Energy Conversions - Hardcover

Fan, Liang-Shih

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0470872527 ISBN 13: 9780470872529

Publisher: Wiley-AIChE, 2010

Synopsis

This book presents the current carbonaceous fuel conversion technologies based on chemical looping concepts in the context of traditional or conventional technologies. The key features of the chemical looping processes, their ability to generate a sequestration-ready CO2 stream, are thoroughly discussed. Chapter 2 is devoted entirely to the performance of particles in chemical looping technology and covers the subjects of solid particle design, synthesis, properties, and reactive characteristics. The looping processes can be applied for combustion and/or gasification of carbon-based material such as coal, natural gas, petroleum coke, and biomass directly or indirectly for steam, syngas, hydrogen, chemicals, electricity, and liquid fuels production. Details of the energy conversion efficiency and the economics of these looping processes for combustion and gasification applications in contrast to those of the conventional processes are given in Chapters 3, 4, and 5.Finally, Chapter 6 presents additional chemical looping applications that are potentially beneficial, including those  for H2 storage and onboard H2 production, CO2 capture in combustion flue gas, power generation using fuel cell, steam-methane reforming, tar sand digestion, and chemicals and  liquid fuel production.

A CD is appended to this book that contains the chemical looping simulation files and the simulation results based on the ASPEN Plus software for such reactors as gasifier, reducer, oxidizer and combustor, and for such processes as conventional gasification processes, Syngas Chemical Looping Process, Calcium Looping Process, and Carbonation-Calcination Reaction (CCR) Process.

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

About this title

From the Back Cover

The all-inclusive guide on how to convert fossil fuel energy using chemical looping technology

Unique in their ability to generate a sequestration-ready CO2 stream, chemical looping systems employ novel technology that can one day be used to efficiently convert fossil fuels into clean energy. Chemical Looping Systems for Fossil Energy Conversions explores the new techniques that have been developed for direct or indirect processing of coal and other carbonaceous feedstock in chemical looping reactors; covers the role that science plays in the production of steam, snygas, hydrogen, chemicals, electricity, and liquid fuels; and takes a close look at how chemical looping systems are poised to make the leap from the laboratory to real-world commercial applications. This forward-thinking reference:

• Includes a CD with chemical looping simulation files and the simulation results based on the ASPEN Plus® software

• Provides fundamentals and applications of chemical looping processes that can be used in the combustion and/or gasification of carbon-based materials such as coal, natural gas, petroleum coke, and biomass

• Contains many references for research or courses concerning chemical processes, fossil energy systems, and CO2 capture technologies

Detailing the fossil fuel conversion procedures that can make these looping processes an effective and economical practice for maximizing natural resource utilization, this book offers an in-depth view of the research conducted in this field from a commercially viable perspective and contributes a sound long-term energy strategy that holds the promise of benefiting generations to come.

About the Author

Liang-Shih Fan is Distinguished University Professor and C. John Easton Professor in Engineering in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Ohio State University. He is the U.S. Editor of Powder Technology and has served as a consulting editor of ten other journals and book series, including the AIChE Journal, the I&EC Research, and the International Journal of Multiphase Flow. He has authored or coauthored four books, 330 journal articles, and twenty five patents, and has received a number of awards in recognition of his research and teaching, including ACS's E. V. Murphree Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry and AIChE's Alpha Chi Sigma Award for Chemical Engineering Research. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, an Academician of the Academia Sinica, and a foreign member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-AIChE
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0470872527
• ISBN 13: 9780470872529
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 440