Cellular automata simulation of coal combustion

Abstract

Simulation of coal combustion in the kinetic regime was developed using the formal support of cellular automata. The phenomenon was described as a process based on local interactions, with discrete time and space, at a mesoscopic scale level. In order to validate the method, simulation results were checked against both experimental data and traditional numerical models. Materials tested included Spherocarb, marine char and pure graphite. Satisfactory agreement was found.