气扫式膜蒸馏传质传热过程

对气扫式膜蒸馏（SGMD）的热量和质量传递机理进行了研究,建立了该过程的热量和质量传递模型,并对模型进行了计算,得出了吹扫气流速、组件长度、进料流速和进料温度对膜通量的影响。通过实验对模型计算结果进行了验证。实验结果表明模型计算值与实验值非常接近。随吹扫气流速的增大,通量先增加然后趋近于平衡。组件长度越短通量越高。进料流速对通量的影响很小,随膜丝内Reynolds数的增加,通量稍有增加,随进料温度的升高,通量呈指数倍增加。     

eat and mass transfer of sweeping gas membrane distillation

对气扫式膜蒸馏（SGMD）的热量和质量传递机理进行了研究,建立了该过程的热量和质量传递模型,并对模型进行了计算,得出了吹扫气流速、组件长度、进料流速和进料温度对膜通量的影响。通过实验对模型计算结果进行了验证。实验结果表明模型计算值与实验值非常接近。随吹扫气流速的增大,通量先增加然后趋近于平衡。组件长度越短通量越高。进料流速对通量的影响很小,随膜丝内Reynolds数的增加,通量稍有增加,随进料温度的升高,通量呈指数倍增加。     

Laboratory‐ and pilot plant‐scale study on the dehydration of cyclohexane by pervaporation

In this work, pervaporation is applied for the dehydration of industrial cyclohexane, used as a solvent and reaction medium in the manufacture of synthetic rubbers. Working with initial concentrations of water in cyclohexane within the range of 0.090–0.110 kg m^?3, an experimental study was performed (i) in the laboratory, using a radial cell with a membrane area of 0.0178 m²; and (ii) in a pilot plant located at the industrial site, with a plate‐and‐frame membrane module and a total membrane area of 3 m 2 . In both cases, the same pervaporation membrane, with a preferential flux of water, was used. The mass transfer coefficient was determined, together with its dependence on the hydrodynamic regime. The higher hydraulic resistance of the plate‐and‐frame module generated a pressure decrease that limited the feed velocity, thus increasing the mass transfer resistance of the pervaporation process in comparison with the bench‐scale system. Copyright © 2005 Society of Chemical Industry     

Sulfur dioxide non‐dispersive absorption in N,N‐dimethylaniline using a ceramic membrane contactor

BACKGROUND: Removal of sulfur dioxide from gas emissions by selective absorption is a common method to separate and concentrate sulfur dioxide and to reduce air pollution and environmental risks. N,N‐dimethylaniline is an organic solvent used in some industrial applications for its sulfur dioxide affinity, leading to a regenerative process. However, the use of scrubbers and equipment in which direct contact between gas and liquid takes place leads to solvent losses due to evaporation and drops dragging. RESULTS: In this work, an innovative procedure based on non‐dispersive absorption in a ceramic hollow fibre membrane contactor was studied in order to avoid drops dragging. The absorption efficiency ranged between 40 and 50%, showing the technical viability of the process. The sulfur dioxide flux through the membrane has a linear relationship with the concentration of SO₂ in the gas stream and an overall mass transfer coefficient K_overall = (1.10 ± 0.11) × 10^?5 m s^?1 has been obtained. CONCLUSIONS: The mass transfer behaviour of a ceramic hollow fibre membrane contactor for sulfur dioxide non‐dispersive absorption in N,N‐dimethylaniline has been studied. The main resistance is found to be the ceramic membrane and the effective diffusivity has been inferred. The mass transfer model and parameters allow the evaluation of equipment design for technical applications. Copyright © 2008 Society of Chemical Industry     

CO2 removal by single and mixed amines in a hollow‐fiber membrane module—investigation of contactor performance

This work investigates CO₂ removal by single and blended amines in a hollow‐fiber membrane contactor (HFMC) under gas‐filled and partially liquid‐filled membrane pores conditions via a two‐scale, nonisothermal, steady‐state model accounting for CO₂ diffusion in gas‐filled pores, CO₂ and amines diffusion/reaction within liquid‐filled pores and CO₂ and amines diffusion/reaction in liquid boundary layer. Model predictions were compared with CO₂ absorption data under various experimental conditions. The model was used to analyze the effects of liquid and gas velocity, CO₂ partial pressure, single (primary, secondary, tertiary, and sterically hindered alkanolamines) and mixed amines solution type, membrane wetting, and cocurrent/countercurrent flow orientation on the HFMC performance. An insignificant difference between the absorption in cocurrent and countercurrent flow was observed in this study. The membrane wetting decreases significantly the performance of hollow‐fiber membrane module. The nonisothermal simulations reveal that the hollow‐fiber membrane module operation can be considered as nearly isothermal. © 2014 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 61: 955–971, 2015     

Experimental study of CO2 absorption/stripping via PVDF hollow fiber membrane contactor

Gas–liquid hollow fiber membrane contactor can be a promising alternative for the CO₂ absorption/stripping due to the advantages over traditional contacting devices. In this study, the structurally developed hydrophobic polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) hollow fiber membranes were prepared via a wet spinning method. The membranes were characterized in terms of morphology, permeability, wetting resistance, overall porosity and mass transfer resistance. From the morphology analysis, the membranes demonstrated a thin outer finger-like layer with ultra thin skin and a thick inner sponge-like layer without skin. The characterization results indicated that the membranes possess a mean pore size of 9.6 nm with high permeability and wetting resistance and low mass transfer resistance (1.2 × 10⁴ s/m). Physical CO₂ absorption/stripping were conducted through the fabricated gas–liquid membrane contactor modules, where distilled water was used as the liquid absorbent. The liquid phase resistance was dominant due to significant change in the absorption/stripping flux with the liquid velocity. The CO₂ absorption flux was approximately 10 times higher than the CO₂ stripping flux at the same operating condition due to high solubility of CO₂ in water as confirmed with the effect of liquid phase pressure and temperature on the absorption/stripping flux.     

Separation of greenhouse gases from gas mixtures using nanoporous polymeric membranes

Removal of greenhouse gases from gas streams using porous membranes was carried out in this work. Theoretical studies were performed in terms of mathematical modeling and numerical simulation of CO₂ capture in a flat‐sheet membrane contactor. Numerical simulation was performed using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) of mass and momentum transfer in the membrane module for laminar flow conditions. Physical absorption was considered in the simulations for absorption of CO₂ in pure water. CO₂ concentration distribution in the membrane module was determined through numerical solution of continuity equation coupled with the Navier‐Stokes equations. The modeling predictions indicated that the CO₂ concentration difference is not appreciable in the membrane direction. Moreover, velocity distribution was determined in the liquid side of membrane contactor. CFD also represents a design and optimization tool for membrane gas separation processes. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 55:975–980, 2015. © 2014 Society of Plastics Engineers     

Determination of mass transfer resistance during absorption of carbon dioxide by mixed absorbents in PVDF and PP membrane contactor

In this study, the absorption of carbon dioxide by the absorbent which was composed of 2-amino-2-methyl-l-propanol (AMP) + piperazine (PZ) or methyldiethanolamine (MDEA) + piperazine (PZ) in polyvinylidinefluoride (PVDF) and polypropylene (PP) membrane contactors werewas examined. Three resistances were considered in each hollow fiber, i.e., liquid-film diffusion, membrane diffusion, and gas-film diffusion. The mass transfer resistance of membrane k_m was influenced by the wetting ratio using an absorbent with higher reaction rate. The wetting ratio was affected by contact angle between the membrane and absorbent and the viscosity of absorbent. The calculated absorption rates considering wetting ratio of membrane and using the modified correlation equation of gas-phase mass transfer coefficient were reasonably agreeable to those of measured ones (standard deviation, 4%). The fractional resistance of each transport step during the experiments was then determined. The rate-controlling step was dominated by the resistance of gas-film diffusion with mixed absorbents. The absorption rates of CO₂ increase with the increasing of gas flow rates in the most experimental cases. The resistance of liquid-film diffusion was only important using an absorbent with lower reaction rate. The rate-controlling step was the membrane diffusion only at higher gas flow rate with the absorbent composed of AMP and PZ in PVDF hollow fiber membrane contactor.     

Gas‐Liquid Mass Transfer in a Bench‐Scale Trickle Bed Reactor used for Benzene Hydrogenation

The gas‐liquid mass transfer coefficients (MTCs) of a trickle bed reactor used for the study of benzene hydrogenation were investigated. The Ni/Al₂O₃ catalyst bed was diluted with a coarse‐grained inert carborundum (SiC) particle catalyst. Gas‐liquid mass transfer coefficients were estimated by using a heterogeneous model for reactor simulation, incorporating reaction kinetics, vapor‐liquid equilibrium, and catalyst particle internal mass transfer apart from gas‐liquid interface mass transfer. The effects of liquid axial dispersion and the catalyst wetting efficiency are shown to be negligible. Partial external mass transfer coefficients are correlated with gas superficial velocity, and comparison between them and those obtained from experiments conducted on a bed diluted with fine particles is also presented. On both sides of the gas‐liquid interface the hydrogen mass transfer coefficient is higher than the corresponding benzene one and both increase significantly with gas velocity. The gas‐side mass transfer limitations appear to be higher in the case of dilution with fine particles. On the liquid side, the mass transfer resistances are higher in the case of dilution with coarse inerts for gas velocities up to 3 · 10^–2 cm/sec, while for higher gas velocities this was inversed and higher mass transfer limitations were obtained for the beds diluted with fine inerts.     

LIX984N为载体的中空纤维更新液膜中铜的传递过程

以LIX984N为载体,煤油为稀释剂,H2SO4为反萃剂,研究了中空纤维更新液膜过程中铜的传递行为。考察了两相压差、铜离子浓度、两相流速、操作方式以及膜丝有效长度等对传质过程的影响。结果表明:膜丝两侧的操作压差对传质过程几乎没有影响;随着料液相中溶质Cu(Ⅱ)浓度的增大传质通量增大,而反萃相中的Cu(Ⅱ)浓度对传质过程几乎没有影响;传质通量会随着壳程料液流速的增大而增大,但管程侧反萃相的流速对传质过程影响很小;逆流和并流两种操作方式对传质过程的影响可以忽略,而膜丝有效长度的增加会导致单位面积平均传质通量的下降。     

Enhancing CO2 absorption efficiency using a novel PTFE hollow fiber membrane contactor at elevated pressure

The internal structure design of membrane module is very important for gas removal performance using membrane contactor via physical absorption. In this study, a novel membrane contactor developed by weaving polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) hollow fibers was applied to remove CO₂ from 60% N₂ + 40% CO₂ mixture (with CO₂ concentration similar to that of biogas) at elevated pressure (0.8 MPa) using water as absorbent. Compared with the conventional module with randomly packed straight fibers, the module with woven PTFE fibers exhibited much better CO₂ absorption performance. The weaving configuration facilitated the meandering flow or Dean vortices and renewing speed of water around hollow fibers. Meanwhile, the undesired influences such as channeling and bypassing were also eliminated. Consequently, the mass transfer of liquid phase was greatly improved and the CO₂ removal efficiency was significantly enhanced. The effects of operation pressure, module arrangement, feed gas, and water flow rate on CO₂ removal were systematically investigated as well. The overall mass‐transfer coefficient (K_OV) varied from 1.96 × 10^?5 to 4.39 × 10^?5 m/s (the volumetric mass‐transfer coefficient K_La = 0.034–0.075 s^?1) under the experimental conditions. The CO₂ removal performance of novel woven fiber membrane contactor matched well with the simulation results. © 2017 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 64: 2135–2145, 2018     

Gas/liquid mass transfer processes in a carbon dioxide/alkane system

A gas/liquid mass transfer process has been studied using carbon dioxide/alkane systems in a stirred vessel. Four linear alkanes (n‐heptane, n‐octane, n‐decane and n‐dodecane) have been used as the liquid phase in the present paper, and they have been employed to study the influence of the carbon length upon the mass transfer velocity. The mass transfer along the liquid phase has been studied using the mass transfer coefficient of the liquid phase, k_L. Pure carbon dioxide has been employed as the phase in all cases for this reason. The effects of the power supplied to the liquid phase and the gas flow rate upon the absorption process have also been analysed. Finally, the equations that allow calculation of the mass transfer coefficients have been applied for these systems, with acceptable results. Copyright © 2005 Society of Chemical Industry     

The effect of membrane pores wettability on CO2 removal from CO2/CH4 gaseous mixture using NaOH,MEA and TEA liquid absorbents in hollow fiber membrane contactor

The present paper renders a modeling and a 2D numerical simulation for the removal of CO₂ from CO₂/CH₄ gaseous stream utilizing sodium hydroxide (NaOH), monoethanolamine (MEA) and triethanolamine (TEA) liquid absorbents inside the hollow fiber membrane contactor. Counter-current arrangement of absorbing agents and CO₂/CH₄ gaseous mixture flows are implemented in the modeling and numerical simulation. Non-wetting and partial wetting modes of operation are considered where in the partial wetting mode, CO₂/CH₄ gaseous mixture and liquid absorbents fill the membrane pores. The deteriorated removal of CO₂ in the partial wetting mode of operation is mainly due to the mass transfer resistance imposed by the liquid in the pores of membrane. The validation of numerical simulation is done based on the comparison of simulation results of CO₂ removal using NaOH and experimental data under non-wetting mode of operation. The comparison illustrates a desirable agreement with an average deviation of less than 5%. According to the results, MEA provides higher efficiency for CO₂ removal in comparison with the other liquid absorbents. The order for CO₂ removal performance is MEA > NaOH > TEA. The influence of non-wetting and partial wetting modes of operation on CO₂ removal are evaluated in this article as one of the novelties. Besides, the percentage of CO₂ sequestration as a function of gas velocity for various percentages of membrane pores wetting ranging from 0 (non-wetting mode of operation) to 100% (complete wetting mode of operation) is studied in this research paper, which can be proposed as the other novelty. The results indicate that increase in some operational parameters such as module length, membrane porosity and absorbents concentration encourage the removal percentage of CO₂ from CO₂/CH₄ gaseous mixture while increasing in membrane tortuosity, gas velocity and initial CO₂ concentration has unfavorable influence on the separation efficiency of CO₂.     

陶瓷膜接触器化学吸收氮氧化物的传质过程与阻力分析

针对选择性催化还原技术(SCR)存在装置大、运行费用高、催化剂中毒失活等问题,将平均孔径为100 nm的Al₂O₃陶瓷膜进行疏水改性并组装成膜接触器,以NaClO₂水溶液为吸收液,开展陶瓷膜接触器在烟气脱硝领域的应用研究。考察了陶瓷膜接触器在化学吸收脱硝中的稳定性,以及气体流量、吸收液浓度、吸收液流量、吸收液pH等因素对NO脱除率和传质通量的影响,基于阻力串联模型,建立总传质系数方程。研究表明,陶瓷膜接触器在连续600 min运行过程中,NO的脱除效率及传质通量分别稳定在99%和0.038 mol·m^-2·h^-1左右。进气流量的增加会促进NO的吸收,吸收液pH=3时具有最高的氧化吸收性能,同时提高吸收液的浓度会增强NO的脱除效果。NO的传质过程同时受气、液、膜三相阻力控制,传质阻力分析结果表明,可以通过增加气体流速减小气相阻力,增加吸收液浓度同时降低pH减小液相阻力。本研究在烟气脱硝领域具有良好的应用前景。     

Gas absorption with wetted-wick column

The newly designed wetted-wick column was constructed by using fiber glass and wire mesh and studied to investigate its feasibility as an alternative to the conventional packed tower in gas purification processes. Absorption of carbon dioxide in water for physical absorption and in aqueous mono-ethanolamine (MEA) solution for chemical absorption were employed for this investigation. A comparison with the packed tower, based on overall mass transfer coefficients (K_OGa) and height of transfer units (HTU_OG) at the same range of operating conditions, feed gas compositions, and gas retention time was made. High mass transfer coefficients (K_OGa) and low heights of transfer unit (HTU_OG) were obtained for the wetted-wick column. The high efficiency of mass transfer was caused by a number of factors: the separate passage of liquid and gas flow, an increased wetting surface, a longer period of residence time of the liquid and gas stream, and an increased interfacial area. The present study shows that the wetted-wick column is a highly recommendable device as an alternative to the packed tower in gas purification processes, either for physical gas absorption or for chemical gas absorption.     

Oxygen mass transfer coefficient in bubble column slurry reactor with ultrafine suspended particles and neural network prediction

The gas–liquid volumetric mass transfer coefficient was determined by the dynamic oxygen absorption technique using a polarographic dissolved oxygen probe and the gas–liquid interfacial area was measured using dual‐tip conductivity probes in a bubble column slurry reactor at ambient temperature and normal pressure. The solid particles used were ultrafine hollow glass microspheres with a mean diameter of 8.624 µm. The effects of various axial locations (height–diameter ratio = 1–12), superficial gas velocity (u_G = 0.011–0.085 m/s) and solid concentration (ε_S = 0–30 wt.%) on the gas–liquid volumetric mass transfer coefficient k_La_L and liquid‐side mass transfer coefficient k_L were discussed in detail in the range of operating variables investigated. Empirical correlations by dimensional analysis were obtained and feed‐forward back propagation neural network models were employed to predict the gas–liquid volumetric mass transfer coefficient and liquid‐side mass transfer coefficient for an air–water–hollow glass microspheres system in a commercial‐scale bubble column slurry reactor. © 2012 Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering     

Hydrodynamics,Mass Transfer and Gas Scrubbing in a Co‐current Droplet Column Operating at High Gas Velocities

The main objective of this work was to propose a new process for household fume incineration treatment: the droplet column. A feature of this upward gas‐liquid reactor which makes it original, is to use high superficial gas velocities (13 m s^–1) which allow acid gas scrubbing at low energy costs. Tests were conducted to characterize the hydrodynamics, mass transfer performances, and acid gas scrubbing under various conditions of superficial gas velocity (from 10.0 to 12.0 m s^–1) and superficial liquid velocity (from 9.4·10^–3 to 18.9·10^–3 m s^–1). The following parameters characterized the hydrodynamics: pressure drops, liquid hold‐ups, and liquid residence time distribution were identified and investigated with respect to flow conditions. To characterize mass transfer in the droplet column, three parameters were determined: the gas‐liquid interfacial area (a), the liquid‐phase volumetric mass transfer coefficient (k_La) and the gas‐phase volumetric mass transfer coefficient (k_Ga). Gas absorption with chemical reaction methods were applied to evaluate a and k_Ga, while a physical absorption method was used to estimate k_La. The influence of the gas and liquid velocities on a, k_La, and k_Ga were investigated. Furthermore, tests were conducted to examine the utility of the droplet column for the acid gas scrubbing, of gases like hydrogen chloride (HCl) and sulfur dioxide (SO₂). This is a process of high efficiency and the amount of pollutants in the cleaned air is always much lower than the regulatory European standards imposed on household waste incinerators.     

Membrane Gas-Solvent Contactor Pilot Plant Trials of CO2 Absorption from Flue Gas

Membrane gas-solvent contactors have received much attention for CO₂ absorption, as the approach incorporates advantages from both solvent absorption and membrane gas separation. This study reports on pilot plant trials of three membrane contactors for the separation of CO₂ from flue gas. The contactors were porous polypropylene (PP), porous polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), and non-porous polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), with the solvent PuraTreatTM F^TM. To enable performance comparison, laboratory measurements based on a gas mixture of 10% CO₂ in N₂ were also undertaken on the same contactor–solvent systems. It was found that the PP contactor experienced significant pore wetting in both laboratory and pilot plant studies. In contrast, the PTFE contactor experienced only minor pore wetting in the laboratory. However, in the pilot plant trial of the PTFE contactor extensive pore wetting was observed, and the overall mass transfer coefficient measured was comparable with the PP contactor. The non-porous PDMS contactor had an overall mass transfer coefficient two orders of magnitude less than the PP contactor, due to the greater mass transfer resistance of the polymeric film. However, the non-porous membrane does not experience pore wetting, which resulted in the overall mass transfer coefficient being similar for both laboratory and pilot plant measurements.     

Carbon Dioxide Mass Transfer into Solvents in a Zeolite Hybrid Device

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) mass transfer processes are analyzed in hybrid equipment which involves a zeolitic membrane and a physical or chemical solvent. This separation device was chosen because the membrane can be used to produce a stream of higher CO₂ concentration to be treated by gas‐liquid absorption. The analysis of the mass transfer behavior of this gas through the solid phase is an important step before more complicated gas streams are applied. The combined use of both techniques can improve the global separation process because they allow performing a previous separation with a positive effect on the cost of the later separation operations. The influence of the liquid phase nature used in one chamber of the membrane contactor upon CO₂ global mass transfer is analyzed. Also the effect caused by the absorption regime, liquid and gas flow rates, and the pressure corresponding to the gas chamber on CO₂ mass transfer is studied to evaluate the importance of each variable.     

Effect of amine degradation products on the membrane gas absorption process

The effect of the presence of monoethanolamine (MEA) degradation products on membrane hollow fibers was investigated using untreated polypropylene (PP) as a model material. Common amine oxidative degradation products were added to MEA to simulate a degraded solution. The effect of these degradation products on the membrane gas absorption process using PP hollow fiber membrane was quantified. When PP membrane which has been exposed to amine degradation products is used in a membrane gas absorption contactor, the mass transfer rate of CO₂ is reduced relative to the use of unexposed PP. It was found that the presence of oxalic acid reduced the mass transfer rate of CO₂ in MEA most significantly followed by formic acid and then acetic acid. These acids are believed to adsorb into the PP, altering the surface properties and reducing the hydrophobicity of the membrane. This in turn increases the degree of wetting of the membrane pores. The membrane was characterized before and after use in a membrane gas absorption contactor containing degraded MEA solvent and studies showed that membrane pore wetting increased by 22-31% after 69 h of use. SEM images and XPS spectra of exposed PP membrane indicate that wetting may be due to both morphological and chemical changes in the membrane due to contact with the solvent. This study highlights the need to consider reductions in the mass transfer rate of membrane gas absorption processes associated with inevitable changes in the solvent composition that comes with prolonged use.