The freeboard, which is an important region in COREX melter gasifier, has drawn more and more attentions, and as a key parameter for COREX melter gasifier operation, the temperature in freeboard must be within a certain range. In this paper, the temperature field of freeboard is simulated with computational fluid dynamics(CFD). The results show that the temperature in bottom is lower than that in upper. The temperature when oxygen nozzles are open is higher than that when oxygen nozzles are off, and the temperature under different operation conditions is all about 1000 °C.

The cohesive zone plays very important role in the operation of COREX melter gasifier, up to now, definition of the cohesive boundary has always been a challenging task. In this paper, a two-dimensional hot model of melter gasifier, in which paraffin and corn are used to simulate DRI, coke and lump coal respectively, has been established to study the cohesive boundary in this paper. While the whole experimental process is recorded by the high-speed camera, the image processing method is put forward to define the cohesive boundary quantificationally.

The raceway boundary is coarse and fragmentized, but all of previous studies are based on Euclidean geometry, which regard the dimension of raceway as an integer. In this paper, particle velocity contour has been developed to define the raceway boundary. The fractal method of calculating raceway size, which describe boundary with extremely un-regular or fragment characteristic, is brought forward in physical model. The result shows that the precise raceway boundary can be obtained by particle velocity contour, and the surface area of ellipsoidal raceway based on fractal is larger than that based on Euclidean.

In this paper, a two-dimensional hot model of melter gasifier, in which paraffin and corn are used to simulate DRI, coke and lump coal respectively, has been established to study the regional boundary in this paper. While the whole experimental process is recorded by the high-speed camera, the image processing method is put forward to define each regional boundary. By means of this method, the boundary of raceway, cohesive zone can be obtained quantificationally.

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