Particles Fluidized Bed Receiver/Reactor Tests with Quartz Sand Particles Using a 100-kW_(th) Beam-Down Solar Concentrating System at Miyazaki

摘要

A window-type, solar fluidized bed receiver with quartz sand particles was tested by a 100-kW_(th) novel beam-down solar concentrating system at Miyazaki, Japan. A compound parabolic concentrator (CPC) was placed above the quartz window of the receiver to increase the concentration of the solar fluxes from the beam-down solar concentrating system. The solar tests were performed in the middle of December, 2015. The central bed temperature of the receiver was reached around 960-1100°C. It was found that only 20 Ndm~3/min of air flow rate was enough to create the uniform fluidization of the particles at the given temperature range. It was predicted that if the central bed temperature could have been higher than 1100°C if solar receiver test had conducted in other seasons than winter. The next solar campaign of the receiver test will be carried out in October, 2016.