一个基于双流体理论预测三维流化床内流动特性的数学模型(Ⅰ)气固体系散式或鼓泡流态化特性

将考虑拟平衡状态下颗粒与流体相互作用的附加力添加到基于双流体理论动量方程的数学模型中,用于Geldart A类物料散式流态化和B类物料鼓泡/床层塌落特性的三维数值模拟。该模型主要特点是将表征颗粒离散属性的特征长度视为颗粒直径的同一数量级且只需曳力系数一个关联式来封闭控制方程。在商业软件CFX4.4平台上,通过增加用户自定义子程序模拟了长0.2 m、宽0.2 m和高0.5 m流化床内瞬态流动特性。为了检验数学模型的实用性和数值模拟的可靠性,首先考察了两种A类物料在表观气速为u_mf和1.5u_mf下的散式流态化特性,结果展示出床层均匀膨胀的固有属性。随后,考察了扰动对A类物料在网格尺度上的局部空隙率和固体速度分布以及在设备尺度上床层压降的影响,探索了B类物料在网格尺度上鼓泡和床层塌落以及在设备尺度上鼓泡过程中床层压降和塌落过程中平均床层高度和相界面标准偏差的动态特性。上述模拟结果与经典的Geldart理论、前人的实验或模拟结果相吻合,说明该模型可以用来预报三维气固流化床内A类物料散式流态化和B类物料鼓泡及塌落的时空特性。     

气-固微型流化床压降特性及最小流化速度的实验研究

在内径3~20 mm的4个气?固微型流化床中,分别考察了A类和B类两种类型颗粒的流化特性,同时研究了床几何结构、操作条件、物相性质等各因素对其最小流化速度的影响。结果表明,气?固微型流化床中的床层压降特性与颗粒类型密切相关,不同的流动状态下两种类型颗粒的流动特性存在显著地差异。在固定床阶段,与B类颗粒相比,A类颗粒与壁面间的相互作用更强,导致实验压降值偏离计算值更大;在流化床阶段,较大颗粒粒径和密度的B类颗粒在床层内表现出了更高的气泡聚并和破裂程度,加剧了颗粒间的碰撞,增加了能量损失,从而形成了较高的实验压降。气?固微型流化床的最小流化速度除了与操作条件和物相性质有关外,床内径与静态床层高度对其也会产生显著影响。随着床径减小及静态床高增加,最小流化速度逐渐增加。综合考察各影响的因素,提出了适用于实验考察范围内预测微型流化床最小流化速度的经验关联式。     

纳米级SiO2颗粒流化床的塌落行为

在直径为 35mm的小型流化床中考察了纳米级SiO₂ 颗粒 (商品牌号R972 )的床层塌落行为 .该种经过表面改性的颗粒可以通过自团聚形成稳定、均匀的聚团散式流化 .实验证明 ,这种颗粒的床层塌落行为明显不同于普通的GeldartA类与C类颗粒 ,其塌落过程可分为恒速沉降阶段和减速压实阶段 .通过对塌落速率的分析 ,提出了聚团散式流化的床层塌落机制     

SHANNON ENTROPY ANALYSIS OF DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR OF GELDART GROUP B AND GELDART GROUP D PARTICLES IN A FLUIDIZED BED

Pressure fluctuations resulting from the nonuniform flow behavior of solid particles in a fluidized bed (0.06 m ID × 5.0 m in height) were analyzed using the Shannon entropy analysis method. Particles representing Geldart group B and group D types were employed in the experiments. Results show that with the increase of the superficial gas velocity, transitions between bubbling fluidization, turbulent fluidization, and fast fluidization were effectively detected based on the Shannon entropy of pressure fluctuations in the bed. Meanwhile, a higher static bed height resulted in a larger value of Shannon entropy due to the wall effect of smaller diameter column and the greater resistance to bubble formation affected by the increased weight of the bed. Comparison of the particle types indicated that despite the different details of their behavior, the overall trends were similar.     

磷矿颗粒流态化特性的实验研究

在高1 m、内径42mm的流化床中,对粒径54-600 μm、密度2 252-2 665 kg/m3的磷矿颗粒的流态化特性进行实验研究.实验结果表明:磷矿颗粒粒径和密度对磷矿颗粒流态化行为有较大影响,床层膨胀比随着磷矿颗粒粒径的增大而逐渐减小.当磷矿颗粒属于Geldart B类颗粒时,流化较好;而当颗粒平均粒径为82 ...     

Tomographic imaging of a conical fluidized bed of dry pharmaceutical granule

Hydrodynamics in a conical fluidized bed were studied using electrical capacitance tomography (ECT) for a bimodal and mono-disperse particle size distribution (PSD) of dry pharmaceutical granule. The bimodal PSD exhibited a continuous distribution with modes at 168 and 1288 μm and contained approximately 46% Geldart A, 32% Geldart B and 22% Geldart D particles by mass. The mono-disperse PSD had a mean particle size of 237 μm and contained approximately 71% Geldart A, 27% Geldart B, and 2% Geldart C particles by mass. The granule particle density was 830 kg/m³. Experiments were conducted at a static bed height of 0.16 m for gas superficial velocities ranging from 0.25 to 2.50 m/s for the mono-disperse PSD, and from 0.50 to 3.00 m/s for the bimodal PSD. These gas velocities covered both the bubbling and turbulent fluidization regimes. An ‘M’-shaped time-averaged radial voidage profile appeared upon transition from bubbling to turbulent fluidization. The ‘M’-shaped voidage profile was characterized by a dense region near the wall of the fluidized bed with decreasing solids concentration towards the centre. An increased solids concentration was observed in the middle of the bed. Frame-by-frame analysis of the images showed two predominant bubble types: spherical bubbles with particle penetration in the nose which created a core of particles that extended into, but not through, the bubble; and spherical bubbles. Penetrated bubbles, responsible for the ‘M’ profile, were a precursor to bubble splitting; which became increasingly prevalent in the turbulent regime.     

Computational Fluid Dynamics Study of Heat Transfer in Turbulent Fluidized Beds

The fluidization and heat transfer behaviors of a turbulent fluidized bed were investigated using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The effects of inlet superficial velocity on heat transfer behaviors in a turbulent fluidized bed were analyzed and compared with those operated in other fluidization regimes. The effects of using particles belonging to different Geldart groups in a turbulent fluidized bed on fluidization and heat transfer behaviors were evaluated. For both fluidization regimes investigated, the solids temperature distribution during the heat transfer process became less uniform when the particle size was reduced.     

纳米级SiO2颗粒流化床的塌落行为

在直径为 35mm的小型流化床中考察了纳米级SiO2 颗粒 (商品牌号R972 )的床层塌落行为 .该种经过表面改性的颗粒可以通过自团聚形成稳定、均匀的聚团散式流化 .实验证明 ,这种颗粒的床层塌落行为明显不同于普通的GeldartA类与C类颗粒 ,其塌落过程可分为恒速沉降阶段和减速压实阶段 .通过对塌落速率的分析 ,提出了聚团散式流化的床层塌落机制     

大颗粒流态化特性的实验研究

通过对大颗粒流化曲线及床层高度的测试对大颗粒流化床的流化过程进行了研究。结果显示,大颗粒的流态化过程是一个渐进的过程,整个流化过程可以分为:床层高度恒定、颗粒位置调整、表面颗粒运动、节涌波动和完全流化5个阶段。由于颗粒自身特性的影响,导致大颗粒流化过程中的各个特征速度(如起始鼓泡流化速度和完全流化速度)产生了有别于小颗粒流化床的特性。     

平均粒径对气-固流态化特性的影响

运用一种新型的隔离稀相床层塌落技术,研究了3种不同平均粒径的FCC催化剂流化床层的塌落特性和高表观操作气速条件下床层的乳相结构。实验采用摄像技术,记录了细颗粒床层的塌落过程,获得了床层料面的塌落曲线。考察了颗粒流化床层的乳相和泡相特性,并进一步分析了平均粒径对颗粒床层塌落性质的影响。实验结果表明:在操作气速较高的条件下,在所选用的粒径范围内,平均粒径为30μm左右的FCC催化剂颗粒的塌落时间最长,乳相密度最小,泡相体积分率亦明显高于较粗颗粒的对应值。这些结果表明平均粒径为30μm左右的FCC催化剂颗粒具有比较独特的流化性能。     

气固搅拌流化床压力脉动的小波分析

在内径188 mm、静床高400 mm的搅拌流化床中,采用Geldart D类颗粒为实验物料,通过小波分析研究了不同气速和搅拌桨转速下搅拌流化床的压力脉动行为.实验发现,搅拌桨的转动作用促使在普通流化床中不易散式流态化的D类颗粒形成了散式流态化.随着气速的增加,第1尺度的小波能量特征值在某一个气速范围内发生急剧变化,进而提出了将该气速范围的下限和上限分别定义为临界鼓泡速度和充分鼓泡速度的判据.随搅拌转速的增加,散式流态化的气速操作范围线性增加.在鼓泡流态化状态下,气速是流化床气泡行为的主导因素,搅拌桨转速的增加对气泡产生的频率无明显影响但可使气泡的直径变小.     

Design Parameters for Performing Circulating Turbulent Fluidization with a Single Feed Stage Fluidized Bed Reactor

A fluidization reactor was designed to study the possibility of performing circulating turbulent fluidized bed (CTFB) by using only single feed gas injection. The effect of the design parameters was studied based on the Geldart classification and Archimedes number. Two sizes of sand particles represented Geldart group B, whereas a polyvinyl chloride particle represented the Geldart group A. The effect of the operating parameters was studied by manipulating the solid recirculation rates. Interpretation of the solid fraction profile along riser height could be used to determine the bed front. The appearance of CTFB in the system was indicated by the disappearance of the bed front along the riser height. A suitable riser height was lower than the maximum solid particle bed expansion; this is a crucial design parameter to support the action of CTFB.     

Investigation of Drying Geldart D and B Particles in Different Fluidization Regimes

Drying of nylon (Geldart D) and expanded polystyrene (Geldart B) particles in fixed and fluidized beds were studied experimentally and theoretically. Fluidized bed dryers are sometimes operated at velocities beyond bubbling fluidization to mitigate against de‐fluidization of surface wet particles. It was found that theoretical analysis using three different drying methods could predict the constant‐drying rate at such velocities and also across the entire fluidization regimes (fixed bed, bubbling, slugging and turbulent fluidization) as long as the bed remains completely fluidized. Results also showed that the theoretical predictions were accurate beyond previously reported velocity limits in a laboratory scale dryer. During bubbling fluidization, the cross flow factor method was used effectively to predict the influence of bubble phase on drying rates. In the falling‐rate period, it is demonstrated that the drying behaviour of nylon at different gas velocities can be characterised by a single normalized drying curve.     

The use of peat granules in a fluidized bed bioreactor

This study describes the particle characteristics and fluidized hydrodynamics of peat granules. Peat granules, moistened with water, are a potential packing material in a gas–solid fluidized bed bioreactor used for treating air pollution. Information on the fluidization of wet peat granules is lacking. In order to advance this new type of bioreactor and to scale up its design for industrial use, fluidization studies of suitable packing material are required. Using abiotic experiments, three sizes of peat granules have been fluidized with air and fluidization characteristics were observed at different superficial gas velocities. Relative to other biomass particles, peat granules have a high particle density and sphericity, which contributes to favourable fluidization behaviour, without gas channelling. Fluidization experiments demonstrate that as the mean size of peat particles increased, minimum fluidization velocity increased. Increasing the moisture content of the peat granules resulted in a transition from bubbling bed fluidization to poor fluidization behaviour. Other types of moist biomass particles such as sawdust are difficult to fluidize and typically exhibit Geldart group C behaviour. In contrast, it was observed that wet peat granules could be fluidized in a bubbling bed regime, typical of group B particles.     

Hydrodynamics of gas fluidized beds with mixture of group D and B particles

The dynamics of a gas‐solid fluidized bed containing Geldart Group D particles mixed with a small proportion of Geldart Group B particles are investigated using pressure fluctuations data. Time series analysis, using a variety of nonlinear dynamics tools, shows that the slugging present with Group D particles can be suppressed by the addition of a small proportion of Group B particles. The power spectra and the auto‐correlation function are used for a preliminary evaluation of dominant slug frequencies. It is shown that the bed fluidized with the mixture of Group D and B particles behaves in a less periodic manner and is dominated by more random bubble motion. On the other hand, the correlation integral is used to analyze the chaotic behaviour of the flow, through evaluation of the fractal structure of the reconstructed attractors. It is shown that the bed fluidized with Group D particles is characterized by a combination of steady slug motion and irregular particles motion. The behaviour of the fluidized bed of Group D/B particles mixture is characterized by a single correlation dimension for a wide range of fluidization velocities.     

干法造粒炉黑臭氧氧化流化床技术的开发 (Ⅰ)干法炉黑物料的流动特性评价及流化床床型的选择

采用目前流态化领域常用的方法（Ｇｅｌｄａｒｔ分类法、判断散式、聚式流态化的公式法和流化床床层塌落法）,对干法炉黑物料在流化床内的流动特性进行评价,为干法炉黑臭氧氧化流化床床型的选择提供合理依据     

Axial segregation in bubbling gas‐fluidized beds with Gaussian and lognormal distributions of Geldart Group B particles

Bubbling, gas‐fluidized bed experiments involving Geldart Group B particles with continuous‐size distributions have been carried out. Sand of various widths of Gaussian or lognormal distributions were completely fluidized, then axial concentration profiles were obtained from frozen‐bed sectioning. Similar to previous works on binary systems, results show that mean particle diameter decreases with increasing bed height, and that wider Gaussian distributions show increased segregation extents. Surprisingly, however, lognormal distributions exhibit a nonmonotonic segregation trend with respect to distribution widths. In addition, the shape of the local‐size distribution is largely preserved with respect to that of the overall distribution. These findings on the nature of local‐size distribution provide experimental confirmation of previous results for granular and gas‐solid simulations. Lastly, an interesting observation is that although monodisperse Geldart Group D particles cannot be completely fluidized, their presence in lognormal distributions investigated still results in complete fluidization of all particles. © 2010 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 2010     

流化床内颗粒流体两相流的CFD模拟

采用先进的CFD模拟技术分析流化床内两相复杂体系的非线性流体动力学特征已得到普遍认同,但是由于不同研究者对颗粒与颗粒以及颗粒与流体之间相互作用力认识的差异,导致欧拉-欧拉框架下动量守恒方程的不同表达形式。本文在总结文献中有关颗粒黏性力、固相压力和两相间作用力的基础上,从双流体理论出发,提出了一个考虑拟平衡态下固体颗粒对流体相和固相动量守恒方程均有影响的简捷流体动力学模型。该模型的主要特点是表征颗粒离散属性的特征长度视为颗粒直径的同一数量级。随后在CFX4.4商业化软件平台上通过增加用户自定义子程序,对网格尺度、时间步长和最大颗粒堆积率的无关性进行检验,介绍了作者近年来采用该模型模拟二维/三维流化床内液固体系的散式流态化、气固Geldart A类物料的散式/聚式流态化和床层塌落特性以及Geldart B/D类物料的鼓泡/射流流态化和床层塌落的研究进展。模拟的主要结果与经典理论、本研究实验和文献报道数据相一致,说明该模型可以用来预测流化床内密相颗粒流体体系的动力学特性。     

气固流化床气泡发生频率的研究

在单孔二维气固流化床中(292mm×16mm)用高灵敏度电容探针研究气泡发生频率.以频谱分析仪分析气泡频率分布曲线.考察了一系列参数对气泡频率功率分布密度曲线的影响,其中包括颗粒直径(0.105—0.590mm),颗粒重度(590—2990kg/m~3),颗粒最小流化速度(0.0072—0.481m/s),床层初始高度(205—565mm),探针离孔口垂直距离,孔口气体流率(0.5—35×10~(-4)m~3/s)以及床层辅助流化气速(0—3倍最小流化速度)等.对于重度低的小颗粒流化床,单孔气泡发生频率符合Davidson和Harrison早先推导的模型.随着颗粒直径和重度的增大,实验数据与上述模型呈有规律的偏差.本文提出气体从形成中气泡的顶半球以最小流化速度值向乳浊相泄漏的模型,推导了气泡发生频率的基本方程.以本研究的泄漏模型,用数值计算方法在计算机上计算的气泡发生频率与实验数据相吻合.     

Onset of an innovative gasless fluidized bed—comparative study on the fluidization of fine powders in a rotating drum and a traditional fluidized bed

Geldart group C powders were found to be fluidized in rotating drums without requiring any external fluidizing gas. As a result, a rotating drum was proposed as a new gasless fluidized bed in contrast to a traditional fluidized bed, leading to a considerable amount of energy savings. In addition, the fluidization qualities of a series of Geldart group C powders were found to be further improved with the assistance of drum rotation because of the shearing movement among particles that eliminates channeling and cracks and possibly also breaks agglomerates. There is potential for the new gasless fluidized bed to replace some traditional fluidized beds where the fluidizing gas is not used as a reactant.In the gasless fluidized bed, a boundary layer of compacted powder adjacent to the drum wall was observed. The powder in this layer is carried up to the freeboard and then falls back to the powder bed, forming a powder circulation in the drum. The circulating powder leads to a circulation of internal gas in the drum, which essentially acts as fluidizing gas to realize the fluidization of Geldart C powders in the drum. In contrast to the fluidization of Geldart C powders, Geldart groups B and D powders show cascading and cataracting motions instead in the rotating drum due to their requirement of higher fluidization gas velocities. Geldart group A powders experience a transition of powder behavior between Geldart group B–D powders and C powders.