Cold Flow Model Study of an Oxyfuel Combustion Pilot Plant

PILOT PLANT C. Guio, G.Tondl, W. Holtl T. Proll, H. Hofbauer Vienna University of Technology, Institute of chemical engineering, Getreidemarkt 9/166, A1060 Vienna, AUSTRIA Tel. +43 1 58801 15933, Fax: +43 1 58801 15999, e-mail: cguio@mail.tuwien.ac.at The construction and testing of a cold flow model was carried out aimed to study fluiddynamic behavior of an Oxyfuel pilot plant. OxyFuel combustion is a technology that uses a synthetic mixture of O2 and recycled exhaust gas allowing an efficient separation of CO2. Dimensions of the model are led by Glicksman’s criteria; these principles allow also the transformation of the results from the model to the pilot plant conditions. The parts of the equipment as well as a typical pressure profile in operation are shown in the following figure: