Microwave Pyrolysis and Analysis in CFD

By
Srikar Ch
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Guided By Mechanical Engineering
Dr R Anand, Associate Professor
Santhosh (Phd Scholar)
Department Of Mechanical Engineering
National Institute Of Technology Tiruchirappalli

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 Introduction
Literature Survey
Objective
Scope of the Present Work
Overview Problem Definition
Methodology
References
Work Plan

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 Microwave Pyrolysis

 Pyrolysis using Microwave provides a unique way of heating

where heating effect comes by the interaction of
electromagnetic waves with the dipoles within the material[1]
Introduction
 Three mechanisms by which materials are being heated in
microwave pyrolysis
a) Dipole Orientation
b) Polarisation
c) Conduction Mechanism [2]

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Literature Survey
S No Title Author Publication
1 A Review on Waste to Energy Processes Using Su Shiung Lam and Energies
Microwave Pyrolysis Howard A Chase
2 A review on the microwave-assisted pyrolysis F Motasemi, Muhammad Elsevier
technique T. Afzal
3 Microwave-assisted pyrolysis of biomass for Chungen Yin Elsevier
liquid biofuels production

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Objective Scope Of The Present Work

 To find the optimum conditions for The results obtained in the process can be
the temperature and the nitrogen validated in CFD analysis and they can be
flow rate done for different geometries and also by
scaling up the quantities.

Checking the validation using CFD

analysis

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  Cost of the carrying out Experiment for a
limited no of trails is much higher
Problem
Limited shape of the reactor for the process
Definition due to which cost of the entire experimentation
would increase when different shape or scale of
the reactor is used increases

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CFD Analysis
 Equations used
1) Continuity equation
2) Momentum equation
3) Heat balance equations in between solid-gas ,solid-liquid, liquid-gas phases.
The above equations were solved by inputting specific temperature of grains, and
data obtained from kinetics

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Methodology
Pyrolysis

Microwave
Pyrolysis

Reactor
Setup

CFD Analysis
Design Of Experimental
Meshing &
Reactor Result
Boundary Conditions

Error

Error≤10
Yes
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Completes
References

1) F Motasemi, Muhammad T. Afzal , A review on the microwave-assisted pyrolysis

technique Page 321

2) Su Shiung Lam 1,2, and Howard A. Chase A Review on Waste to Energy

Processes Using ,Microwave Pyrolysis Page-4214

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