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Chemical Engineering Science 87 (2013) 173–182 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Chemical Engineering Science journal homepage: /locate/ces Fuel reactor modelling in chemical-looping combustion of coal: 2—simulation and optimization ´ ´ n ´ Francisco Garcıa-Labiano, Luis F. de Diego, Pilar Gayan, Alberto Abad , Juan Adanez ´ ´ Instituto de Carboquımica (ICB-CSIC), Miguel Luesma Castan 4, 50018-Zaragoza, Spain H I G H L I G H T S c A model previously developed is used to simulate the chemical-looping combustion of coal. c A sensitivity analysis on carbon capture and combustion efficiency is done. c The main residence time of char and temperature are the most relevant parameters. c Modelling the chemical-looping combustion of coal is useful to optimize the system. a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Chemical-looping combustion of coal (CLCC) is a promising process to carry out coal combustion with Received 30 July 2012 carbon capture. The process should be optimized in order to maximize the carbon capture and the Received in revised form combustion efficiency in the fuel reactor, which will depend on the reactor design and the operational 1 October 2012 conditions. In this work, a mathematical model of the fu