SET Proceedings 2978-4387 Caravel Press 10.65582/set.2010.049 2010.049 Potential Application of PEPT in Sustainable Energy FanXianfeng x.fan@ed.ac.uk YangZhufang ParkerDavid J. Institute for Material and Processes, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3JL, UK Department of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, U.K 24082010 9 978-1-995850-04-7 1 8 24 August 2010 © 2010 Copyright WSSET 2010

The positron emission particle tracking (PEPT) technique has been widely used in science and engineering to obtain detailed information on particulate motion in granular materials and flow fields in multiphase systems, for example, solid gas contact, solid mixing in chemical reactors and food processors; dynamic behaviour of granular materials in fluidized beds, granulator, mixers, dryers, rotating kilns. The information obtained by the PEPT technique can be used to optimize the design, operational conditions for a wide range of industrial process systems, and to evaluate modelling work. In sustainable energy, bubbling fluidization and CFB have been extensively used for gasification, combustion and pyrolysis of coal and biomass, and CO2 capture. In this paper, we would like to introduce the PEPT technique to colleagues working in sustainable energy, and outline the potential applications of PEPT for optimising the fluidization operations.

 PEPT fluidization energy flow structure solid motion 24 to 27 August 2010 9th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies SET2010 9 Shanghai, China