基于信息熵分析的喷动流化床流动特性

建立了300 mm×30 mm×2000 mm的喷动流化床煤气化炉冷态实验装置和多通道压力信号采集系统,引入压力波动时间序列的Shannon信息熵分析,讨论了不同喷动气速度和流化气流率下各床层区域的Shannon 信息熵,并结合高分辨率数码CCD相机所记录的流动状态,建立了Shannon信息熵与流型之间的联系.床层不同区域的Shannon 信息熵具有较大的差异,不同流型的Shannon 信息熵区分度较好.在较高的喷动气速度或流化气流率下,喷动流化床气固运动周期特性消失,呈现出明显的混沌特性,表现为床层各区域Shannon信息熵的急剧增长和床内不稳定的流动状态的发生.结果表明,Shannon信息熵分析有助于认识喷动流化床复杂的流型及其转变和床内气固两相流动的混沌动力学特性.     

Jet penetration depth in a two-dimensional spout-fluid bed

The jet penetration depth was proposed to be an important parameter to describe the jet action during the chemical process of spout-fluid bed coal gasification. A two-dimensional cold model of a spout-fluid bed coal gasifier with its cross section of and height of 2000 mm was established to investigate the jet penetration depth. Four types of Geldart group D particles were used as bed materials. A multi-channel pressure sampling system and a high-resolution digital CCD camera were employed for experimental investigations. The effects of spouting gas velocity, spout nozzle diameter, static bed height, particle property and fluidizing gas flow rate on the jet penetration depth have been systematically studied by pressure signal analysis and image processing. Experimental results indicate that the jet penetration depth increases with increasing spouting gas velocity and spout nozzle diameter, while it decreases with increasing particle density, particle diameter, static bed height and fluidizing gas flow rate. Additional, a new correlation considered all of the above effects especially static bed height and fluidizing gas flow rate, was developed for predicting the jet penetration depth in spout-fluid beds. The correlation was compared with published experimental data or correlations, which was in well agreement with the present experimental results and some other references.     

喷动流化床流动特性数值模拟

为了捕捉喷动流化床中微观层次上的颗粒运动信息,建立了基于CFD的二维非稳态喷动流化床欧拉-欧拉两相流模型。分析了不同流化气速对喷动流化床气固流动特性的影响,即不同工况下的炉内压力降、颗粒浓度、床内空隙率分布、气体速度分布和固体颗粒速度分布。数值模拟研究结果表明:随流化气速的增大,压降和炉内平均空隙率逐渐增大,密相床层高度逐渐增加,沿着轴向方向的气体流量增大,喷动气的射流深度逐渐增加,同时射流半径也逐渐增加。     

导向管喷动流化床的喷动气旁路分率

在内径为182 mm的喷动流化床中安装内径80 mm的导向管,以平均粒径为2.2 mm的尿素颗粒为物料,对喷动气旁路特性进行了实验研究,分别考察了夹带区高度、导向管长度、喷嘴内径、床层高度、喷动气速和流化气速对喷动气旁路分率的影响,结果表明随着喷动气速的增大,喷动气体旁路分率先增后减。导向管安装高度越高,气体旁路分率越大。床层高度增大喷动气体旁路分率略有降低。而喷嘴直径小于50 mm时气体旁路分率随喷嘴直径增大而提高,在大于50 mm时气体旁路分率随喷嘴直径增大维持不变。当气速较小时,导向管高度增大会引起气体旁路分率增大,引入少量流化气能有效地抑制喷动气旁路。     

喷动流化床的最小喷动流化速度和床层压降

在一喷动流化床（直径 ５０ ｍｍ）实验台上采用 ０．６３～１．６０ ｍｍ的神府原煤颗粒,在连续进料的情况下进行了最小喷动流化速度以及固定流化气、改变喷动气和固定喷动气、改变流化气的床层压降变化的实验研究．结果表明,最小喷动流化速度可以参考鼓泡流化床的临界流化速度的计算方法;床层压降变化证实,喷动流化床具有良好的调节能力．     

Pressure drop and flowrate characteristics of a liquid phase spout-fluid bed at the minimum spout-fluid flowrate

Data on the minimum spout-fluid flowrates and the pressure drop in the annulus at that flowrate are presented as a function of bed height and nozzle diameter for a bed spout-fluidized with water. The column was 62.6 mm. in diameter and contained 3.09 mm. glass particles. The particle Reynolds number at the minimum fluidizing velocity was 91.6. A plot of the annular vs. the nozzle flowrate shows that the minimum spout-fluid flowrates fall on a straight line between the minimum fluidizing and minimum spouting flowrates. The annular pressure drop is explained using an extension of the theory of Mamuro and Hattori.     

基于颗粒流运动论的喷动流化床气固流动行为三维模拟

1 INTRODUCTION Spout-fluid beds have been of increasing interest in the petrochemical, chemical and metallurgic indus-tries since spout-fluid beds can reduce some of the limitations of both spouting and fluidization by su-perimposing the two type of systems[1―4]. In recent years, spout-fluid beds have become an alternative for gas/solid contactors in coal gasification. Spout-fluid bed coal gasifiers have been adopted for APFBC-CC (advanced pressurized fluidized bed combus-tion-combined…     

Analysis of pressure fluctuation signals in the underfeed circulating spouted bed

The underfeed circulating spouted bed (UCSB) was designed as a new dry desulfurization reactor. In this article, pressure fluctuations along the axial direction were measured and time, frequency and Shannon entropy analysis of pressure signals were studied under different operation parameters. The results indicate: the pressure fluctuations express different characteristics at various axial locations. And the operation parameters have significant influence on the flow characteristic in the riser. Advancing the spouting velocity or the circulating ratio, the solid concentration in the riser increases and the amplitude of the pressure fluctuations rises. With higher injecting velocity or nozzle position, the gas–solid turbulence in the bottom bed gets more intense. It shows that the existence of injecting flow near the underfeed nozzle has a distinct effect on strengthening the particle mixing. The power spectrum density acquired from the signals can coincidently reflect the dynamic behavior of the gas–solid flow in the riser. Analysis of Shannon entropy also corresponds to the above summarization of flow characteristic very well.     

串行流化床内气固流动控制

针对化学链燃烧分离CO₂技术特点，在一串行流化床（循环床+喷动床）冷态实验装置上，以CaSO₄载氧体为实验原料（d_p= 0.6 mm），研究串行流化床气固流动特性。基于床内压力分布特征，提出将循环床（空气反应器）沿床高方向划分为鼓泡段和快速流化段2个流型区域，将喷动床（燃料反应器）沿床高方向划分为喷动段、鼓泡段和悬浮段3个流型区域，得出串行流化床内气固流动控制机理。研究并考察了循环床流化风速度、喷动床喷动风速度对串行流化床内反应器间（空气反应器和燃料反应器）气体串混、颗粒循环速率以及床层压降的影响。研究结果表明，流化风是床内颗粒循环的驱动力，流化风速度应控制在 3.77～4.05 m·s^-1；喷动风速度对床内颗粒循环以及系统稳定运行起着关键作用，建议将喷动风速度控制在0.42～0.56 m·s^-1。     

Separation and residence times of larger particles in a spout-fluid bed

Optimum conditions for the separation of added large particles from a spout-fluid bed of Geldart Type B powder have been determined. A shallow bed, 100 mm in diameter, with porous conical distributor was used. Mean and distributions of residence time of the large particles depend on the two gas flow rates, especially that to the distributor, and on spout inlet diameter and large particle size. Bed regimes studied were mainly spouting with aeration and spout-fluidization. In the latter regime an optimum range of fluidizing gas flow rates that minimised mean and spread of residence times was identified. RTD data were correlated by a model incorporating a minimum time supplemented by a distribution for an ideally mixed system.     

DEM simulation of particle mixing in flat-bottom spout-fluid bed

The particle mixing mechanism affects the rate of the process and the achievable homogeneity. This paper presents a numerical study of the particle motion and mixing in flat-bottom spout-fluid bed. In the numerical model, the particle motion is modeled by discrete element method (DEM) and the gas motion is modeled by κ–? two-equation turbulent model. Validation with experiments is first carried out by comparing solid flow pattern and bed pressure drop at various gas velocities. Then, particle velocities, obtained from DEM simulations, are presented to reveal the mixing mechanisms. On the basic, the dependence of mixing index on the time and the effect of gas velocity on mixing and dead zone (stagnant solid) are discussed, respectively. The results indicate that the spouting gas is the driving force for the formation of particle circulation roll, resulting in the mixing. The convective mixing caused by the motion of circulation roll, shear mixing induced by the relative move of circulation rolls and diffusive mixing generated by random walk of particle among circulation rolls are three different mixing mechanisms in spout-fluid bed. The increase of spouting gas velocity promotes the convective and shear mixing. While increasing the fluidizing gas velocity improves significantly the convective mixing and but weakens the shear mixing. Both of them yield a reduction in the dead zone.     

高压浓相粉煤气力输送特性及信息熵分析

在输送压力可达4.0MPa，固气比高达450kg/m3的高压气力输送试验台上，用氮气进行粉煤高压浓相气力输送试验研究。分别在不同的输送差压、浓度和速度等条件下进行了输送试验，考察操作参数对煤粉固气比等气力输送特征参数的影响，用信息熵分析试验过程中采集到的压力波动时间序列，探讨流动稳定性和流型变迁过程中信息化趋势，建立信息熵和流型之间的关系。结果表明在输送差压增大的过程中，固气比和Shannon信息熵均增大；气体流量与Shannon信息熵和固气比之间呈现较好的规律性；不同流动形态的Shannon熵差异较大，不同流型之间的Shannon熵区分度较好。Shannon信息熵分析为研究高压浓相气力输送流型及其转变特性提供了一种行之有效的方法。     

Flow characteristics and dynamic behavior of dense-phase pneumatic conveying of pulverized coal with variable moisture content at high pressure

Experiments of dense-phase pneumatic conveying of pulverized coal using nitrogen were performed in an experimental test facility with the conveying pressure up to 4MPa and the solid-gas ratio up to 500 kg/m³. The influences of the total conveying differential pressure, the moisture content, the superficial velocity and the pressure on the mass flow rate and the solid-gas ratio were investigated. Shannon entropy analysis of pressure fluctuation time series was developed to reveal the flow characteristics. Based on the distribution of the Shannon entropy in the different conditions, the flow stability and the evolutional tendency of Shannon entropy in different regimes and the regime transition processes were obtained. The results indicate that the solid gas ratio and Shannon entropy rise with increase in the total conveying differential pressure. A phase diagram and Shannon entropy reveal preferable regularity with superficial velocity. Shannon entropy is different for the different flow regimes, and it can be used to identify the flow regimes. As the moisture content increases, the mass flow rate, the pressure drop and Shannon entropy decrease. Shannon entropy rises with increase in pressure drop. This work was presented at the 7 ^th Korea-China Workshop on Clean Energy Technology held at Taiyuan, China, June 26–28, 2008.     

Flow Characteristics and Shannon Entropy Analysis of Dense‐Phase Pneumatic Conveying of Pulverized Coal with Variable Moisture Content at High Pressure

Experiments consisting of dense‐phase pneumatic conveying of pulverized coal using nitrogen were carried out in an experimental test facility, with a conveying pressure of up to 4 MPa. The influences of the conveying differential pressure, the coal moisture content, the gas volume flow rate and the superficial velocity, on the solid‐gas ratios, were investigated. The Shannon entropy analysis of the pressure fluctuation time series was developed to reveal the flow characteristics. By investigation of the distribution of the Shannon entropy at different conditions, the flow stability and the evolutional tendency of Shannon entropy, in different regimes and regime transition processes, were revealed, and the relationship between Shannon entropy and the flow regime was also established. The results indicate that the solid‐gas ratio and the Shannon entropy rise with increases in conveying differential pressure. The solid‐gas ratio and the Shannon entropy reveal preferable correlation with the superficial gas velocity. Shannon entropy is different for different flow regimes, and can be used to identify the flow regimes. Both the mass flow rate and the Shannon entropy, decrease with increases in moisture content. Shannon entropy analysis is a feasible approach to researching the characteristics of the flow regime, the flow stability and the flow regime transitions in dense‐phase pneumatic conveying systems, at high pressure.     

Hydrodynamics of a gas-driven gas-liquid-solid spouted bed with a draft tube

A cylindrical gas-liquid-solid spouted bed, driven exclusively by gas flow, has been developed with a high potential for use in biochemical processes, such as a biological wastewater treatment. A plexiglass column with a 152 mm inner diameter was used in combination with a 53 mm inner diameter plexiglass draft tube. Three particle types were studied with densities ranging from 1044 kg/m³-1485 kg/m³ and average particle sizes ranging from 0.7-2.5 mm. Four flow regimes were observed when increasing the gas velocity, including fixed bed, semispouted bed, full spouted bed, and internal circulating fluidized bed. The transition gas velocities between those regimes were experimentally measured and termed as minimum spouting velocity, full spouting velocity, and minimum circulating velocity, respectively. A measurement of the downward particle flux in the annulus was used to identify the minimum spouting velocity, while the particle velocity and dense phase retraction in the annulus were monitored for the full spouting and minimum circulating velocities. All regime transition velocities increased with more dense particles and longer draft tubes. The minimum spouting velocity and full spouting velocity were not affected when varying the nozzle-tube gap, while the minimum circulating velocity increased with longer nozzle-tube gaps. Experiments without a draft tube were carried, though the spouting stability was significantly reduced without the draft tube.     

新颖环形喷动床颗粒喷动特性实验研究

一种新颖的环形喷动床由内外两个不同内径、同心的垂立圆筒组成,在环形空间底部设置多个喷口,在喷口两侧布置倾斜的导流板.研究颗粒在这种喷动床内的流动特性,探讨喷口结构、颗粒种类以及床内载料量对环形喷动床颗粒喷动特性的影响.实验结果表明:颗粒在环形喷动床内分为三个明显不同的区域,即颗粒填充移动区、密相喷动流化区以及稀相夹带区.当颗粒出现分区喷动后,随床内载料量的增多,填充移动区的高度维持不变,始终等于导流板的高度,而密相喷动区的高度不断增加.风量和颗粒种类对床层最大喷动量、密相喷动高度以及床层压力分布规律有着十分重要的影响.采用不同的喷口结构时,在相同的载料量下,直向喷口的密相喷动区高度更大,而且床内各测点的平均压力大于采用斜向喷口时的相应测点压力.     

喷动床中气体停留时间分布的研究

In a spouted bed of 80mm in ID and 1700mm in height, the gas residence time distributions at different radial positions in both spout and annular area were measured with five different kinds of particles as spouting material, air as spouting gas, and hydrogen as tracer. The effects of superficial gas velocity, operating pressure, particle size and its category on gas residence time distribution were discussed. It was found that the gas velocity profile in spout was more uniform than that in annulus. It could be concluded that the gas flow in the spout could be treated as a plug-flow, while that in the annulus inhibited a strong non-ideal flow behavior. Increasing the superficial gas velocity and decreasing the operating pressure, the particle density and its size gave rise to spouting disturbance, thus the measured tracer concentrations vs. time curves fluctuated. The variances of residence time distribution curves could be taken as a measure of the gas fluctuation degree.     

Characterization of Gas Spouted Beds Using the Rescaled Range Analysis

Differential pressure fluctuation measurements were conducted in a gas spouted bed of 120 mm in diameter at different axial and radial positions. Hurst's rescaled range analysis of the differential pressure fluctuation signals was successfully employed to recognize different flow regimes, i.e. packed bed, stable spouting and unstable spouting, and characterize their transitions. Obvious two‐phase behaviour, as suggested by two Hurst exponents, was observed in the stable spouting regime. It had also been found that the spouting behaviour in deeper spouted beds was significantly different from that in shallow spouted beds. The influences of measurement location and bed height on the Hurst exponents were discussed.     

Spouted bed and spout-fluid bed behaviour in a column of diameter 0.91 m

Hydrodynamic measurements were obtained in a half-column of diameter 0.91 m equipped with a conical base using particles of diameter 3.3 to 6.7mm with operation both as pure spouted beds and in the spout-fluid bed mode. Comparison of the experimental results for minimum spouting velocity with equations in the literature generally gave unsatisfactory agreement. On the other hand, the correlations of McNab (1972) and Had?isdmajlovi? et al. (1983) gave reasonable predictions of spout diameters in spouted and spout-fluid beds respectively. Hydrodynamic regimes with auxiliary air present were broadly similar to those determined in smaller columns. However, there were substantial dead regimes at the bottom of the column. A finite difference model based on the vector form of the Ergun equation gave good predictions of air flow distribution and longitudinal pressure profiles.     

HYDRODYNAMICS AND STABILITYOF SLOT-RECTANGULAR SPOUTED BEDS. PART I: THIN BED

Spouted beds of rectangular cross-section with gas entry through bottom slots have been proposed as a means of overcoming scale-up difficulties of conventional spouted beds. A study was undertaken of bed hydrodynamics in a thin slot-rectangular column of width 150 mm and slot width 2 to 20 mm for four types of particles. Flow regimes and bed hydrodynamics are qualitatively similar to those in cylindrical spouted beds, but there are significant quantitative differences caused by the different geometry. Slot width exerts a strong influence on such features as flow regimes, maximum spoutable bed height, minimum spouting velocity, pressure drop and fountain height.