Bench-scale fluidised bed reactor

The bench-scale fluidised bed reactor at VTT can be used for following studies:

• Characterisation of fuels and sorbents
• Material behaviour
• Reactivity
• Bed agglomeration
• NOx formation
• Sulphur capture
• Oxyfuel combustion in small-scale

Technical information

• Fuel power: 0.25 - 2 kW
• Temperature: 750 - 1050 ?C
• Bed pressure: 150 - 3000 Pa
• Fluidisation velocity: 0.5 - 5 m/s
• Total gas velocity: 0.5 - 5 m/s
• Gas residence time:0.12 - 1.2 s

Additional information
Jouni H?m?l?inen
Technology Manager
VTT, Finland
Tel.  +358 20 722 2529
jouni.hamalainen@vtt.fi