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1. 3 Elemental Conversion in the Discharges Enter the conversion of each species in the fines The value for Ash is 0 because of the same reason described in 2 above Page 25 Transport Media Tab This tab opens the Transport Media Panel which is shown below Transport Media Panel contains the input fields where the data for liquid transport media like water and transport gas like Nitrogen rich gas is entered TRANSPORT MEDIA TRANSPORT GAS INPUT Flow Rate 95 H20 Moisture Temperature Pressure VALIDATE DATA The input fields present in the transport media panel are described below TRANSPORT GAS INPUT 1 Flow Rate The molar flow rate of the transport gas in 2 Temperature Ihe temperature of the transport gas 3 Pressure The pressure of the transport gas 4 Nitrogen The percentage of nitrogen in the transport gas Page 26 5 9e Oxygen The percentage of oxygen in the transport gas 6 9e Argon The percentage of argon in the transport gas 7 9e H20 The percentage of moisture in the transport gas TRANSPORT WATER INPUT 1 Flow Rate The mass flow rate of the water in lIbm h 2 Temperature temperature of the transport water 3 Pressure The pressure of the transport water Page 27 Steam Tab This tab opens the Steam Panel which is shown below Steam Panel contains the input fields where the data for steam input has to be entered t Bs MAIN MEN
2. 7 29 Oxygen The percentage of oxygen in the oxidant gas Argon The percentage of argon in the oxidant gas H20 The percentage of moisture in the oxidant gas The VALIDATE DATA button checks if all the inputs are entered and if the composition of the oxidant gas adds up to 100 Page 30 Secondary Gas Tab This option is not available in the trial version C E gt Ges SECONDARY GAS SECONDARY GAS INPUT o its f Flow Rate x up ___ Temperature Pressure C2Hb _ 66 _ C6HSOH HS de Hd _ HCN CE Gre NN VALIDATEDATA TOTAL Ar O 502 Ash Page 31 Results Tab The Results Tab provides access to the Results Panel which is shown below O2 C molar ratio The calculated Oxgen to Feed Carbon xl molar ratio 1 1 37852 TOTAL PRODUCT GAS 140 271 Results Panel showing the Product Side Material Flow The Results panel contains the tables for Fines Discharges and Product Gas which will display the results 1 Fines This table displays the mass flow rate in lIbm h of the standard species species that are present in the feed in the fines along with the wt of the species 2 Discharges This table displays the mass flow rate in lIbm h of the stand
3. 2 Click on the application folder and select the application name FFGSM exe Note Please wait patiently because it might take a couple of minutes for the application to start 3 he first time you run the application you need to activate it Please make sure you have the internet connection in order to activate it The following activation dialog box appears E Activation Intemet Activation is REQUIRED Please make sure that vau have internet access and click Click OK to activate the application lf you click CANCEL the dialog box will close and the application will not run e f you click OK but don t have the internet connection the following message window will appear Cannot Connect to the Internet problem persists please contact the software developers e Click OK to close the message window Re run the application if you would like to activate the program later whenever you have the internet connection Once the activation is successful the application starts and you will see the following screen Page 5 a LENA TRANSPORT MED PRODUCT GAS OXIDAN SECONDARY GAS epson DISCHARGES Page 6 Understanding the Layout of the Application Window File Menu Close Icon Save Icon Run Icon Open Icon New Icon Page 7 File Menu The file menu contains several options some of which are also av
4. which add up to 10096 won t change at all In reality they have changed a little bit out in the very far decimal place but that won t affect the calculation The CLEAR COMP button clears the wt composition table if you would like to enter your own values in that table Page 23 Fines and Solid Discharges Tab The Fines and Discharge Tab opens the Fines and Discharge Sub Panel This is the same as clicking on the Fines Tab or Discharges Tab in the Model Panel FINES Percent of dry feed going ta fines Elemental Conversion in the Fines RESI Fines 0 0 0 0 OVERALL SOLID DISCHARGES SOLID DIS Elemental Conversion in the Discharge Elemental 7 Discharge Discharge 35 Dich Carbon Carbon Hydrogen 0 a O VALIDATE DATA VALIDATE DATA The descriptions of the input fields are given below 1 Percent of dry feed going to fines Enter the dry feed going into the fines as wt based on the wt of the dry feed 2 Elemental Conversion in the Fines Enter the 96 conversion of each species in the fines The value for Ash is O zero because it is assumed that Ash doesn t get converted into any other compound Trying to change the value for Ash generates the following error flag Page 24 E Bad Input 0 assumed that Ash is not converted in the fines OK Clicking OK closes the error message and sets the value of the Ash field to 0 again
5. Correlations 9008 _ Feed Specification 0 000 0 000 ___________ 0000 Units we of wa W W W t t t t 2 000 w t t Page 40 STREAM 1 FINES AND DISCHARGES Amount of Dry Feed to the Fines Units 6 wt of dry feed 0 000 Elemental Conversion in the Fines Fines wt Discharges wt Carbon Hydrogen Oxygen Nitrogen Chlorine 0 000 0 000 000 STREAM 2 FEED SPECS Feed Type Bituminous HHV Correlations 9008 _ Feed Specification Units 0000 psi Moisture 000 wei Feed Composition dry feed Units wet wet wet 0 000 ufu 000 w wt X 0000 wt 41 STREAM 2 FINES AND DISCHARGES Amount of Dry Feed to the Fines Units wt of dry feed 0 000 Elemental Conversion in the Fines Fines wt Discharges wt STREAM 3 FEED SPECS Feed Type Bituminous HHV Correlations 9008 _ Feed Specification Flow Rate Ibm h 0000 psig 0000 Feed Composition dry feed 0 000 ufu 0000 0000 Page 42 STREAM 3 FINES AND DISCHARGES Amount of Dry Feed to the Fines Units 6 wt of dry feed 0 000 Elemental Conversion in the Fines Fines wt96 Discharges wt 0000 0 000 000 0 000 KK 2K K OK OK SK SK SK CK SK K OK CE OK OK OK CK SK OK PE OK PE K CK CK K K PE K PE K K K K K
6. K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K OXIDANT Units Oxidant Flow Rate 0 000 Ibmol h 0 000 F Pressure 0 000 atm KK 2K K OK OE OK SK SK CK SK PE OK CE SK OK K CK K K K K PE K CK OK K K PE K PE K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K PE K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K SECONDARY GAS Units Secondary Gas Flow Rate 0 000 Ibmol h 0 000 F 0 000 atm KK 2K K 2K OK OK CK OK CK SK PE CK CE OK CK SK CK K CK PE K PE K CK CK CK PE K PE K PE K K K PK K PE K K K K K K K K K PE K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K FINES Ibm h wt 0 000 0000 Ash 0000 2K AK K K 2K OK OK CK OK CK SK K OK CE K OK SK CK K CK PE K PE K CK K PE K PE K PE K K K PK K PE K K K K K K K K K PE K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K Page 47 KK K K K K K K K K K K K K K K OK CK K K K K K K CK CK K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K SOLID DISCHARGES Ibm h wt 000 0000 4 000 0000 KK 2K K 2K OK SK SK SK CK SK PK OK CE OK OK OK CK K K PE K PE OK CK CK K K PE K PE K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K PE K K K K K K K K K K K K K PRODUCT GAS Ibm h mol Ibmol h
7. t E zl Name Date modified Type New Case 1 0 8 2011 9 30 Microsoft Recent Places E Mew Case 2 9 8 2011 9 30 PM Microsoft T Mew Case 1 A filename appears by default in the File section This default filename is the combination of the user name and case number You can either use the default file name or a different file name of your own Click Save to save the case If you click Cancel the following message box appears Page 12 5 Close Case Closes a currently active case The following dialog box appears upon selecting this open Would vau really like to CLOSE the case WARNING IF you select YES all the unsaved data will be lost Cx Click YES to close the current case Click NO to stay with the current case 6 Exit Exits the FFGSM Application The following dialog box appears Exit Gasifier Application Do vau want ta Exit Gasifier Application Click Yes to exit the application or click No to stay in the application Page 13 Starting a New Project In order to start a new project 1 Select File 2 New OR 2 Click on the New Icon on the toolbar The following window appears in the gray project window File E gt EI ES GASIFIER SOLID FEED TRANSPORT MEDIA STEAM OXIDANT SECONDARY GAS THERMODYNAMIC S I REACTION S RESULTS FLEX FUEL GASIFIER SIMULATION MODEL FFGSM USER N
8. the fines input data and discharges input data can be entered It is the same as clicking on the Solid Feed Tab on the Tab bar above and then clicking on the Fines and Discharges Tab Click here to go to the Fines amp Discharges section Discharges Tab Same as the Fines Tab This tab opens the Fines and Discharges Sub Panel where the fines input data and discharges input data can be entered It is the same as clicking on the Solid Feed Input Tab on the Tab bar above and then clicking on the Fines and Discharges Tab Click here to go to the Fines amp Discharges section Page 18 Gasifier Tab The Gasifier Tab opens the Gasifier Panel which is shown below E Flex Fuel Gasifier Simulation Model FFGSM Trial Versio MAIN MENU SOLID FEED TRAN SPORT MEDIA STEAM DXIDANT SECONDARY GAS THERMODYNAMIC S REACTIONS RESULTS GASIFIER GASIFIER OPERATING CONDITIONS Saas WGS Equilibrium Temp Gasifier Heat Loss VALIDATE DATA The inputs in the Gasifier Operating Conditions Table are explained below 1 System Pressure Enter the pressure inside the gasifier plant 2 Bed Temperature Enter the temperature of the gasifier plant 3 Fines Temperature Enter the temperature at which the fines are exiting from the gasifier 4 Discharges Temperature Enter the temperature at which the discharges are exiting from the gasifier 5 WGS Equilibrium Temp Enter the temperature of the water gas shift equi
9. AME CASE NUM SOLID FEED TRANSPORT MEDIA m PRODUCT GAS 5 nens OXIDANT Ds SECONDARY GAS MEMME SOLID DISCHARGES Copyright 2011 Ilinois Institute of Technology Chicago IL All rights reserve d As it can be seen from the figure that there are various tabs which are explained next that will allow us to navigate to the respective area and enter the inputs required to perform calculations Page 14 Some Common Error Flags Error flags have been incorporated into the gasifier application which will pop up if the inputs are entered incorrectly The following are some common error flags 1 Non Numeric Input All the input fields take numeric values only Entering any non numeric data like a text or a combination of numbers and text generates the following error flag EY Bad Input X Enter Numerical value Clicking the OK button closes the error message and sets the respective field to empty 2 Pressure Input All the pressure fields accept positive pressure values Anything that corresponds to a negative or vacuum pressure genets the following error flag 00 Pressure below psig i nat allowed Clicking the OK button closes the error message and sets the respective field to empty 3 Temperature Input All temperature fields accept temperature values that are greater than the absolute zero Any value less than the absolute zero generates the follow
10. FLEX FUEL GASIFIER SIMULATION MODEL v1 0 USER MANUAL Developed By Gas Processing Research Laboratory Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago IL ILLINOIS INSTITUTE W teurer OF TECHNOLOGY Table of Contents A Installing the FFGSM Application Starting the FFGSM Application C Understanding the Layout of the Application Window a File Menu i New Case ii Open Case Run Case iv Save Case v Close Case vi Exit D Starting a New Project E Some Common Error Flags F Understanding the Tabs a Model Tab b Gasifier Tab c Solid Feed Tab i Feed Input Tab ii Fines amp Solid Discharges Tab d Transport Media Tab e Steam Tab f Oxidant Tab g Secondary Gas Tab h Results Tab G Loading Data from a file into the FFGSM Application H Saving Data from the FFGSM Application to an MS Excel File l Formal Report Sheet N N NO 12 12 13 14 16 16 18 19 19 23 25 27 28 30 31 34 37 38 Page 2 Page 3 Installing the FFGSM Application Installing the application is very easy Please follow these steps 1 Download or obtain a copy of the application package from the source 2 Run the application setup file and follow through the setup instructions Page 4 Starting the FFGSM Application In order to start the application 1 Click on Start button and browse to the application folder FFGSM
11. K K K K K K K K FEED Units Total Feed Flow Rate 0 000 Ibm h Total Moisture Flow Rate 0 000 Ibm h Total Dry Feed Flow Rate 0 000 Ibm h 2K AK 2K K K OK OK SK OK CK SK PE CK OK OK OK SK CK K CK K K PE K CK CK K K PE K PE K PE K K K K K PE K K K K K K K PE K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K TOTAL FEED COMPOSITION Ibm h wt 000 0 000 0000 0 000 As 000 ______ 0 000 0 00 OK 2K K 2K OK OK SK SK CK SK PE OK CE OK CE SK CK PK OK K K PE OK CK OK CK K OK PE K PE K K K K K PE K PE K K K K K K K PE K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K TRANSPORT GAS Units Gas Flow Rate 0 000 Ibmol h 0 000 P o Presue 0000 atm 2K AK 2K OK OK OK OK SK SK OK SK K OK CE SK OK OK CK SK CK PK OK PE CE CK CK K K PE K PE K K K PK K K K K K K K K K K K PE K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K TRANSPORT WATER Units Water Flow Rate 0 000 Ibm h 000 P o 0 F ___________ 0000 atm KK 2K K 2K OK OK CK OK CK SK PE OK OK K OK OK CK K CK PE OK PE K CK PK CK PE CK PE K PE K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K PE K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K Page 46 2K AK 2K K OK OK OK CK OK CK SK PE OK CE K OK SK CK PK CK PE K PE CE CK K CE PE K PE K PE K K K PK CE PE K K K K K K K K K PE K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K STEAM Units Steam Flow Rate 0 000 Ibmol h 0 000 F ____________ 000 atm 2K AK 2K K OK OK OK SK OK CK SK OK OK OK SK OK OK CK K CK PE K PE K CE CK K K K K PE K K K K
12. Output Streams are Fines Solid Discharges and Product Gas The various tabs available in the Model Panel are explained below 1 Solid Feed Tab This tab opens the Feed Input Sub Panel It is the same as clicking on the oolid Feed Input Tab on the Tab bar above and then clicking on Feed Input Tab Click here to go to the Solid Feed section 2 Transport Media Tab This tab opens the Transport Media Panel where the transport media transport gas water input data can be entered It is the same as clicking on the Transport Media Tab on the Tab bar above Click here to go to the Transport Media section 3 Steam This tab opens the Steam where steam input data can be entered It is the same as clicking on the Steam on the Tab bar above Click here to go to the Steam section 4 Oxidant Tab This tab opens the Oxidant Panel where the oxidant input data can be entered It is the same as clicking on the Oxidant Tab on the Tab bar above Click here to go to the Oxidant section 5 6 7 8 Page 17 Secondary Gas Tab This tab opens the Secondary Panel This feature has been disabled for the Trial version Click here to go to the Secondary Gas section Gasifier Tab This tab opens the Gasifier Panel where the gasifier input data can be entered It is the same as clicking on the Gasifier Tab on the Tab bar above Click here to go to the Gasifier section Fines Tab This tab opens the Fines and Discharges Sub Panel where
13. PE K K K K K K K K K PE K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K STEAM INPUT Units 0000 0000 ___________ 0000 psg KK 2K K OK OK SK SK SK CK SK PE OK OK OK OK SK CK K K PE OK PE K CK CK CK K CK PE K PE K K K PK K PE K K K K K K K K K PE K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K TRANSPORT GAS INPUT Units Pressuref 0000 psig Page 43 KK 2K K 2K OK SK SK SK CK SK K OK CE OK OK OK CK K OK PE K PE K CK CK PK K PE K PE K K K K K K K PE K K K K K K K PE K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K TRANSPORT WATER INPUT Units 000077 0 ____________ 0000 psg KK 2K K OK OK OK CK SK CK SK K OK K SK OK OK CK SK OK PE K PE K CK CK PE K PE K PE K K K K K PE K K K K K K K K K PE K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K AIR OXYGEN INPUT Units O 0 00 0 00 2222 000 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 TOTAL 0 00 2K AK 2K K OK OK OK SK SK CK SK K OK CE OK OK OK CK K K K K PE K CK CK K K PE K PE K K K K K PE K K K K K K K K K PE K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K SECONDARY GAS FEED O Units Elements Units Page 44 oo _ 0 mik 0 00 C10H8 Page 45 2K AK 2K K OK OK OK SK OK CK SK PK OK CE K OK SK K K CK PE CK PE K PE CK PK CK K K PE K PE K K K K K PE K PE K K K K K K K PE K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K RESULTS KK K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K PE K CK CK K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K
14. U GASIFIER SOLID FEED TRANSPORT MEDIA OXIDANT SECONDARY GAS THERMODYNAMIC S REACTIONS RESULTS STEAM INPUT Temperature Pressure 1 aim VALIDATE DATA The input fields present in the steam panel are described below STEAM INPUT 1 Steam to Carbon molar ratio The ratio of the number of moles of steam 20 supplied to the number of moles of carbon present in the dry feed It has no units because it is the ratio of two same quantities 2 Temperature Temperature of the steam 3 Pressure Pressure of the steam Page 28 Oxidant Tab This tab opens the Oxidant Panel which is shown below Oxidant Panel contains the input fields where the data for oxidant gas has to be entered ER gt MAIN GASIFIER SOLID FEED TRANSPORT MEDIA STEAM SECONDARY GAS THERMODYNAMIC S REACTIONS RESULTS OXIDANT OXIDANT INPUT Please enter the INITIAL GUESS for the 02 to feed C molar ratio 02 to feed molar ratio H20 Moisture VALIDATE DATA The input fields present in the oxidant panel are described below 1 Oxygen to Carbon molar ratio The ratio of the number of moles of oxygen supplied to the number of moles of carbon present in the dry feed It has no units because it is the ratio of two same quantities 2 Temperature temperature of the oxidant gas 3 Pressure The pressure of the oxidant gas 4 Nitrogen The percentage of nitrogen in the oxidant gas 5
15. ailable as icons in the toolbar right underneath the file menu Mew Case 4 Open Case Run Case Save Case Close Case Exit 1 New Case Opens a new project Same as the New Case Icon If a project is in progress and the New Case option is selected from the File menu or the New Case lcon is clicked the following message appears A Case Is In progress Would vau really like to open a new case WARMING IF you select TES all the unsaved data will be lost e Click Yes if you want to abort the current case and open a new case Click No if you want to stay with the current case 2 Open Case Opens a previously saved case in the MS Excel format and loads all the values from the file to the input fields The following dialog box appears when the Open Case is selected Bo Look in 7 Date modified Type 21 Mew Case 1 0 8 2011 9 30 Microsoft New Case 2 9 8 2011 9 30 PM Microsoft If you select a case and click on Open the following dialog box appears and once the data is loaded the dialog box automatically closes If you click Cancel in the Select File to Open Dialog box above the following message window appears Click OK to close the message box If a case is already in progress clicking the Open Case Icon displays the following message 3 Page 9 4 Case 18 in progress Would vau really like to open another case If you sel
16. ard species species that are present in the feed in the dischargesalong with the wt of the species 3 Product Gas This table displays the mass flow rate in lIbm h mol 96 and the molar flow rate lbmol h of all the product species Page 32 The Feed Side Tab provides access to the feed side panel which shows the Feed side Material Flow as shown below Feed Flow Rate 1000 Ibmh 100 1 Dry Feed Flow Rate 800 Ibm h TRANSPORT WATER n 3 PRODUCT SIDE gt gt Se THE CALCULATED MN O TO FEED C MOLAR OXIDANT RATIO IS Oxidant Flow Rate 0 37952 SECONDARY GAS Figure 20 0 Results Panel showing the Feed Side Material Flow This panel shows the material flow of the following streams 1 Transport Gas This table shows the transport gas mass flow rate in Ibmol h 2 Feed The table on the top left shows the total feed mass flow rate sum total of the mass flow rates of all the visible feed streams total moisture flow rate and the total dry mass flow rate in the units of Ibm h The table next to it shows the total mass flow rate in lIbm h of the species present in the feed and their Page 33 3 Transport Water This table shows the transport water mass flow rate in lIbm h 4 Steam This table shows the steam mass flow rate in lIbm h 5 Oxidant This table shows the oxidant molar flow rate in lIbmol h 6 Secondary Gas This table shows t
17. ect YES the Select File to Open dialog box opens again allowing you to select a file to open If you select NO the message box closes without making changes to the current case Run Case Runs the case if all the inputs are correctly entered If no case is in progress and the Run Case is selected from the file menu or by clicking on the Run Case Icon the following message box is displayed Click the OK button to close the message window If a case 15 in progress and all the inputs are correctly entered the following message appears As soon as the calculations are done the Run Case message box closes and the following message appears Page 10 Allthe calculations have been done you view the results by clicking on the RESULTS tab Click OK to close the message box If the inputs are not correctly entered error messages pop up when you try to run the case E g If the USER NAME field is empty the following message pops up SOLID FEED MAIN MENU The User Mame is missing Please enter a User Mame TRANSPORT MEDIA 4 Save Case Saves a current case into an MS Excel File If no case Is in progress the following message window appears If a case is in progress but it hasn t been run yet the following message appears Page 11 If a case has been successfully run then it is ready to be saved The following dialog box appears Save in r Gasifier
18. f the sum of the wt compositions adds up to 100 If not the following three scenarios will occur a The sum is 100 96 If this is the case the following flag will appear SOLID FEED gt SOLID FEED gt STREAM 1 The sum of wt 15 greater than 100 Sum 145 98 Would vau like ta Normalize Normalize If you choose to normalize to 100 depending on the weight of wt of the individual species click on the Normalize button Doing so populates the normalized values of wt 2e in the feed composition table 22 b The sum is 100 If this is the case the following flag will appear c SOLID FEED SOLID FEED gt STREAM 1 The sum of wt ix less than 100 Sum 95 92 Would vau like to Hormalize If you choose to normalize to 100 96 depending on the weight of wt of the individual species click on the Normalize button Doing so populates the normalized values of wt in the feed composition table The sum is 100 If the wt values entered are decimal values then sometimes a flag might appear saying that the sum of wt is greater than 100 Sum 100 as shown below This happens because of the truncation errors and because of the way computers handle numbers E Bad Input The sum of X wtis greater than 1002 Sum 100 2 Would like to Normalize If you run into this situation simply click on Normalize and the values that you entered
19. he secondary gas molar flow rate in Ibmol h The Product Side Tab provides access to the product side panel which is shown above Page 34 Loading Data from a file into the FFGSM Application Data can be loaded from an MS Excel file if the file with the correct template is selected A file with an example case is supplied along with the application package It is called Sample Case O xlsx The file contains three sheets INPUT SHEET OUTPUT SHEET and REPORT SHEET oteps to open load a saved case 1 Click on File Open Case Alternatively the Open Case Icon can also be clicked to open the Select File to Open dialog box 2 Select the correct file and click Open 3 The following Open Case dialog box appears 4 It might take a while for the file to load and fill the input fields in the GUI Once the data is loaded into the GUI the dialog box closes automatically Note If a file is selected which is not an excel file or if an excel file is selected which is not of the correct template the above shown Open Case dialog box will appear and won t close If you ever run into that situation please exit the application and re run it In order to avoid that please make sure that the file you select to open is an excel file and has the correct template basically the excel file that contains the INPUT SHEET and OUTPUT SHEET shown below 5 After you load the file you can click the Run Case Icon to run the case 6 Onl
20. ing error flag Page 15 Temperature below Kelvin Absolute Zera is not allowed Clicking the OK button closes the error message and sets the respective field to empty 4 Percentage Input All input fields that take percentage input only take values from 0 to 100 Any value outside of that range generates the following error flag E Bad Input Clicking the OK button closes the error message and sets the respective field to empty 5 Molar Ratio Input All input fields that take ratio as input only take values from 0 to 1 Any value outside of that range generates the following error flag 00 Please enter value between 0 and 1 Clicking the OK button closes the error message and sets the respective field to empty Page 16 Understanding the Tabs The Tab bar contains a series of Tabs that are aligned beside each other right underneath the Toolbar These tabs provide access to various Panels and Sub Panels A Panel is an area below the Tab bar which is surrounded by a blue rectangle A Sub Panel is an area within a Panel which is surrounded by a green rectangle Model Tab The Model Tab is the default tab in a project Clicking on the Model tab provides access to the Model Panel The Model Panel has the diagram of a gasifier plant along with arrows which indicate the input streams and the output streams The Input Streams are Solid Feed Transport Media Steam Oxidant Secondary Gas The
21. librium Page 19 Solid Feed Input Tab The Solid Feed Input Tab opens the Solid Feed Input Panel This panel has two tabs Feed Input Tab and Fines amp Discharge Tab These tabs provide access to the respective sub panels Feed Input Sub Panel and Fines amp Discharge Sub Panel Feed Input Tab The Feed Input Tab is the default tab and the Feed Input Sub Panel is the default panel and it is shown below C E LB MAIN GASIFIER TRANSPORT MEDIA OXIDANT SECONDARY GAS THERMODYNAMIC S REACTIONS RESULTS Fines amp Solid Discharges SOLID FEED SOLID FEED Number af feed streams 1 STREAM 1 Bituminous LOAD DEFAULT HH Correlation Dulong Feed Specifications Temp Pressure Moisture The explanation of the various input fields are as follows 1 Number of feed streams The number of feed streams can be specified here by selecting a number from the dropdown list 1 is the default number of streams Up to 3 feed streams are supported by the application But for the Trial version only 1 feed stream is available Fines amp Solid Discharges SOLID FEED Number af feed streams 3 STREAM 1 LOAD DEFAULT Type Bituminous HH Correlation Dulong Feed Specifications Pressure Moisture Feed Composition dry feed web wt SOLID FEED STREAM 2 Bituminous LOAD DEFAULT HH Correlation Dul
22. on 9 Feed Specifications 0 OF tion dry feed 0 atm 56 Feed Composit J VALIDATE DATA Page 20 STREAM 3 Bituminous LOAD DEFAULT Type HA Correlation long 0 iomh OF 0 atm Feed Composition dry feed 0 wt TOTAL CLEAR COMP Slo oo VALIDATE DATA 2 Feed Type This drop down list lets the user select the type of feed The following types of 3 feed are available a Bituminous b Sub Bituminous c Anthracite d e Peat f Sludge g Wood Lignite Once the Feed Type is selected you can either specify the wt composition of the various elements in the feed or click on LOAD DEFAULT button to load the default compositions Flow Rate Enter the mass flow of the feed The unit is lIbm hr If a negative feed flow rate is entered the following error flag is generated Page 21 Clicking the OK button closes the error message and sets the respective field to empty 4 Temperature Enter the temperature of the feed 5 Moisture Enter the moisture content in the feed as percentage of the total feed flow 6 Feed Composition dry feed Enter the wt of the seven main species Carbon Hydrogen Oxygen Nitrogen Sulfur Chlorine Ash in the dry feed flow total feed flow moisture The VALIDATE DATA button checks if the data is correctly entered It also checks i
23. on the toolbar It will prompt for a file name A default file name appears which is the combination of username and case number fields You can either use the default file name or give a different file name select the location to save the file and click on Save A dialog box appears EY 5ave Case Please bear with me am writing your valuable data inta 5 file After the excel file is successfully generated it opens automatically in to the OUTPUT SHEET section Page 38 Formal Report Sheet The program also generates a complete formal report which includes a detailed description of all the input and the output streams as a separate tab REPORT SHEET in the MS Excel file A sample of the REPORT SHEET is shown below Page 39 GASIFIER REPORT KK 2K K 2K OK SK SK SK CK OK PE OK OK SK OK SK CK SK CK K K PE K CK CK PE CK PE K PE K K K K K PE K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K KK K K K K K K K K K K K K K K OK K K OK PE K PE K OK CK K OK K K PE K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K GASIFIER OPERATING CONDITIONS Fines Temperature Discharge Temperature 0 000 WGS Equilibrium Temp 0 000 Gasifier Heat Loss 0 00 KK K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K CK K K PE K PE K CK CK K K PE K K K K K K K PE K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K SOLID FEED INPUT Number of Feed Streams STREAM 1 FEED SPECS Feed Type Bituminous HHV
24. ry feed Elemental Conversion in the Discharges Discharges wt TRANSPORT GAS INPUT Flow Rate Pressure Nitrogen TRANSPORT WATER INPUT Flow Rate Temperature Pressure STREAM 3 Amount of Dry Feed to the Fines wt of dry feed Elemental Conversion in the Discharges Discharges wt SECONDARY GAS FEED Flow Rate Pressure Page 36 TRANSPORT GAS zc alim Gas Flow Rate Pressure TOTAL SOLID FEED Total Feed Flow Rate Total Moisture Flow Rate Total Dry Feed Flow Rate TOTAL SOLID FEED COMPOSITION _ Hydrogen Oxygen Water Flow Rate bm Pressure Steam Flow Rate OXIDANT Oxidant Flow Rate Temperature Pressure SECONDARY GAS Secondary Gas Flow Rate Temperature GASIFIER OUTPUT SHEET Carbon Hydrogen Nitrogen Sulfur Chlorine PRODUCT GAS Ibm h mol 6 Ibmol h H2 N2 CHA C2H6 C2H4 C6H6 C7H8 C10H8 C6H50H H2S COS NH3 Ar 02 SOLID DISCHARGES Carbon 0 Hydrogen Nitrogen Sulfur Chlorine Page 37 Saving Data from the FFGSM Application to an MS Excel File Data from the GUI can be saved in an excel file in the correct template shown above Data can be saved only after a case is successfully run In order to save the data 1 2 Select File gt Save Case or click on the Save Case Icon
25. y after the calculations are correctly performed you can view the results by clicking on the RESULTS tab Page 35 User Name Case Num GASIFIER INPUT SHEET SOLID FEED INPUT Number of Feed Streams STREAM 1 Feed Type Bit HHV Correlations Feed Specification Flow Rate Temperature Pressure Moisture Feed Composition dry feed STREAM 2 Feed Type HHV Correlations Feed Specification Flow Rate Temperature Pressure Moisture Feed Composition dry feed GASIFIER OPERATING CONDITIONS System Pressure Bed Temperature Fines Temperature Discharge Temperature WGS Equilibrium Temp Gasifier Heat Loss STREAM 3 Feed Type HHV Correlations Feed Specification Temperature Pressure Moisture Feed Composition dry feed FINES AND DISCHARGES STREAM 1 Amount of Dry Feed to the Fines wt of dry feed Elemental Conversion in the Fines Fines wt Discharges wt Hydrogen Nitrogen Chlorine Ash STEAM INPUT Steam to C molar ratio Temperature Pressure OXIDANT INPUT Please enter the INITIAL GUESS for the O2 to feed C molar ratio O2 to C Molar Ratio Temperature Pressure Nitrogen Oxygen 6 Argon 96 H20 STREAM 2 Amount of Dry Feed to the Fines 96 wt of d

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