气固搅拌流化床中压力脉动特性

气固搅拌流化床反应器可用于黏结性聚合物颗粒的流态化过程,流化床中通气湍动与搅拌的相互作用关系仍不明确。通过压力脉动的统计分析、功率谱分析和小波分析,考察了搅拌桨型式和搅拌转速对流态化特性的影响规律。实验发现,搅拌转速和搅拌桨型式对床层压力影响较小,但对压力脉动影响显著。搅拌流化床中搅拌与通气湍动对流态化共同作用,双层锚式桨、框式桨等小桨叶面积的搅拌桨在较高转速条件下能强化流态化过程,与普通流化床相比具有更小的气泡尺寸和压力脉动,搅拌可抑制气泡聚并、破碎气泡,维持床层均匀流态化;而新型具有大桨叶面积的自清洁桨的搅拌作用强烈,在较高的转速下易形成桨叶前方的颗粒堆积和桨叶后方的气体短路等非正常流化现象,适宜于中等转速的操作条件。     

气固搅拌流化床内压力脉动特性的数值模拟

在传统气固流化床中引入搅拌桨,可减轻聚合物颗粒的黏附并强化流态化过程。采用计算流体力学(CFD)方法对搅拌流化床内的压力脉动特性进行数值模拟,考察流态化过程中的气泡行为。模拟过程采用多重参考坐标系方法解决搅拌桨区域的运动问题,由欧拉双流体模型和颗粒动力学方法模拟气固两相流。床层压力脉动的统计分析和功率谱分析表明,随着搅拌桨转速的增加,流化床内的压力脉动标准偏差和功率谱幅值变小,床层内的平均气泡尺寸减小,床层可由鼓泡流态化向散式流态化转变。     

气固搅拌流化床的床层压降

通过测定搅拌流化床的压降与表观气速的关系，研究了搅拌转速和桨叶形式对流化状态的影响。发现水平搅拌桨叶更有利于破碎气泡，增强气固接触；垂直桨叶则趋于诱导气泡的产生与长大。在流态化阶段，床层压降保持定值，该定值与搅拌转速和叶片形式没有关系。     

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.     

鼓泡流态化向湍动流态化过渡的判别

通过对流化床床层压力脉动信号的计算机在线分析,对气-固密相流化床中鼓泡流态化向湍动流态化的转变过程进行了研究.在较大范围内考察了颗粒重度、颗粒尺寸和床层结构条件对这一流型转变的影响.给出了鼓泡流化向湍动流化转变速度U_c的计算式:U_c/(gd_ρ)~(1/2)=[k(D_f/d_ρ)·((ρ_ρ-ρ_f)/ρ_f)]~n并察明Geldart的颗粒分类方法亦可反映床层流型转变的特征,从而赋予了Geldart颗粒分类方法以新的内涵.     

方形气固流化床从鼓泡到湍动流态化转变速度预测模型

在368 mm×368 mm的方形气固流化床中对FCC颗粒进行了流态化实验,基于对床内总体压力脉动信号分析了从鼓泡流态化到湍动流态化的转变速度Uc与静床高度H0及床层面位置H的关系.结果表明,床层截面位置H较低或静床高度H0增加都使Uc增加,即鼓泡流态化到湍动流态化的流型转变是由床层上部逐渐向下扩展的递进行为.基于这一...     

流化床内粉煤气固流动特性的实验研究

采用5种不同粒径分布的粉煤对流化床内粉煤气固两相流动形态和压力波动进行了实验研究。确定了不同操作参数下的流动形态,考察了不同操作条件对压力分布和压力波动的影响,采用了一种新方法——通过流化床底部相邻两点压差关于流态化气速的曲线来分析临界流态化速度,通过压力标准偏差最大值对应的流态化速度来确定起始湍动流态化速度,提出了临界流态化和起始湍动流态化雷诺数关于粉煤粒径的关系式,揭示了压力变化与流态演变的内在联系。结果表明,粉煤颗粒粒径越小,各流动形态的临界速度越小;当床内出现节涌流态化或湍动流态化时,细颗粒粉煤的压力波动较小,而粗颗粒粉煤的压力波动比较剧烈;流化床底部相邻两点压差和压力标准偏差均随着流态化速度的增大先增加后减小。     

基于声发射信号递归分析的气固流化床流型转变

利用声发射技术采集不同流化气速下流化床内颗粒与壁面碰撞的声信号,结合声能量及递归分析法研究不同流型下颗粒运动特征,得到鼓泡流态化到湍动流态化的临界转变速度及流型转变规律。特别是针对声能量分析无法准确区分不同床层高度处流型转变的不足,利用递归分析可有效预测系统周期性的特点,将声信号进行递归分析,研究了流化床不同位置的流型转变性质。结果表明,鼓泡流态化下颗粒运动的周期性较湍动流态化强,并能够清晰地检测到由鼓泡流态化向湍动流态化的流型转变速度,而且床层较低处的流型转变速度比床层较高处大。由此获得了一种便捷灵敏、安全环保的非侵入式流化床流型转变速度的测量技术,可用于对整个流化床内不同位置流型转变过程的实时在线监控。     

搅拌流化床的研究与应用

传统流化床中引入搅拌构件具有促进流态化、强化传热、防止颗粒粘结结块等优点,在干燥、造粒、聚合等物理及化学过程显示出优越性,工业应用前景广阔。搅拌桨形式、搅拌转速等操作条件对流化特性和传热过程影响显著,计算流体力学模拟可以为搅拌流化床的设计放大和过程强化提供依据。     

基于声发射信号递归分析的气固流化床流型转变

利用声发射技术采集不同流化气速下流化床内颗粒与壁面碰撞的声信号,结合声能量及递归分析法研究不同流型下颗粒运动特征,得到鼓泡流态化到湍动流态化的临界转变速度及流型转变规律。特别是针对声能量分析无法准确区分不同床层高度处流型转变的不足,利用递归分析可有效预测系统周期性的特点,将声信号进行递归分析,研究了流化床不同位置的流型转变性质。结果表明,鼓泡流态化下颗粒运动的周期性较湍动流态化强,并能够清晰地检测到由鼓泡流态化向湍动流态化的流型转变速度,而且床层较低处的流型转变速度比床层较高处大。由此获得了一种便捷灵敏、安全环保的非侵入式流化床流型转变速度的测量技术,可用于对整个流化床内不同位置流型转变过程的实时在线监控。     

Effect of agitation on the fluidization behavior of a gas–solid fluidized bed with a frame impeller

The effect of agitation on the fluidization performance of a gas–solid fluidized bed with a frame impeller is experimentally and numerically investigated. A 3‐D unsteady computational fluid dynamics method is used, combining a two‐fluid model and the kinetic theory of granular flow. The rotation of the impeller is implemented with a multiple reference frame method. The numerical model is validated using experimental data of the bed pressure drop and pressure fluctuation. Although the minimum fluidizing velocity and bed pressure drop are independent of the impeller agitation, a sufficiently high agitation speed yields higher fluidization performance with reduced bubble diameters and internal circulations of particles. The fluidized bed can be divided into three zones: inlet zone where the gas distribution plays a major role, agitated fluidization zone where the impeller agitation has a positive effect on fluidization, and free fluidization zone where the impeller agitation has no effect on fluidization. © 2012 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 59: 1066–1074, 2013     

Effect of agitation on fluidization characteristics of fine particles in a fluidized bed

The effect of agitation on the fluidization characteristics of fine particles was investigated in a fluidized bed with an I.D. of 6 cm and a height of 70 cm. The agitator used was of the pitched-blade turbine type and phosphor particles were employed as the bed material. The particle size was 22 μm and the particle density was 3938 kg/m³. The effect of the agitation speed on the fluidization characteristics was examined by statistical (average absolute deviation (AAD), probability density function (PDF)), spectral (auto-correlation function, power spectrum) and chaos analysis (strange attractor, Hurst exponent, correlation dimension). The results showed that smoother fluidization was observed with increasing agitation speed, because the agglomeration and channeling were reduced by the mechanical agitation. The signals of the pressure drop fluctuation had the shape of a short-term correlation with different agitation speed. The void fraction increased with increasing agitation speed at the constant fluidizing gas velocity.     

Development of sorbent manufacturing technology by Agitation Fluidized Bed Granulator (AFBG)

Thousands of ppmv of hydrogen sulfide included in coal gas should be reduced to less than a hundred ppmv in the case of IGCC to prevent a gas turbine from being corroded, and few ppmv to prevent the performance of electrodes from declining in the case of MCFC. In the present paper a laboratory scale AEBG (Agitation Fluidized Bed Granulator) is made and improved. The sorbent for the removal of hydrogen sulfide is produced using an agitation fluidized bed granulator (ZnO 1.5 mole+TiO₂ l.0mole+bentonite 5.0 wt%). The techniques for fluidizing fine particles, classified in Geldart C group, in a fluidized bed are developed by installing an agitator blade in a fluidized bed granulator. The fine particles are fluidized and granulated successfully by using the techniques. Statistical, spectral and chaos analyses with granulated sorbent (100-300 Μm) are performed to investigate the hydrodynamics of granulates in a fluidized bed. The average absolute deviation, power spectral density functions, phase space trajectories, and Kolmogorov entropy obtained from pressure fluctuation are plotted as a function of fluidizing velocity. It is shown that the Kolmogorov entropy implying the rate of generation of information can be applied to the control of fluidization regimes.     

Mechanically Agitated Fluidized Bed Drying of Cohesive Particles at Low Air Velocity

The drying of micrometer-sized, cohesive particles belonging to the group C type materials according to Geldart's classification is always challenging. An agitated fluid bed dryer (AFBD) of pilot-scale capacity was designed to study the effect of the type of agitator and its speed, gas velocity, and inlet temperature and feed loading on the hydrodynamic performance of the AFBD. Key hydrodynamic parameters such as pressure drop have a profound influence on determining the fluidization characteristics. The pressure drop across the AFBD system was expressed in terms of flow coefficient, ξ, which can be conveniently used as a design parameter. The choice of agitator has an even greater influence on the drying kinetics and the results have been summarized, paving the way for a more efficient spiral agitator of the helical ribbon type.     

振动流化床中流动结构的混沌分析

在内径90mm、静床高800mm的高床层流化床中,用动态压力传感器检测了不同气速条件下普通流化床和振动流化床中沿轴向的压力脉动信号,通过小波变换对信号除噪后,用混沌理论对信号进行了分析.通过关联维数和Kolmogorov熵定量表征振动流化床中的流动结构特征.结果表明:压力脉动信号的关联维数和Kolmogorov熵能够描述振动流化床中的流化状态;振动流化床中床层的流动结构存在两个区,在近分布板区域为射流区,床层主体部分为均匀流化区.     

纳米TiO2在环隙流化床中流动特性的实验研究

在环隙流化(AFB)床中,应用实验测量技术研究了床层压降和床层膨胀曲线以及最小流化速度的变化规律.研究结果显示,在升速流化时,随着气速增大,床层压降和床层膨胀比也随之增大,当气速超过一定值时,纳米TiO2颗粒完全流化,压降波动和床层膨胀比趋于平稳.最小流化速度随着纳米TiO2质量的增加而增大.     

D类颗粒节涌流态化的实验和数值模拟

应用双流体气固两相流模型,对均一粒径分布的Geldart D类颗粒的节涌流态化过程进行了模拟. 研究了流化过程中流化状态转变、床层膨胀比以及压力脉动功率谱,从Froude准数和颗粒动能的角度分析了模拟结果中的流化特性,并与实验数据进行了对比. 模拟结果准确预测了Geldart D类颗粒的节涌流态化特性,对床层膨胀高度和功率谱的预测与实验基本吻合. Froude准数和颗粒动能随时间的周期性脉动较好地反映了流化床内节涌流态化的气泡行为.     

垂直筛板流化床中FCC催化剂的流化性能

以FCC催化剂颗粒研究垂直筛板流化床内构件对气固两相流化性能的影响,考察了板孔气速、颗粒循环量和帽罩开孔比等筛板结构对流化床压降和提升量强度的影响. 结果表明,气固两相总体逆流流动条件下,帽罩内气速达4 m/s,气固高速并流喷射无气泡,两相接触好、返混小,属快速流态化. 由于没有气泡,床层压力波动小,在塔板上颗粒返混小. 垂直筛板压降随板孔气速、帽罩底隙高度增大而增大,随帽罩开孔比、板孔径增大而减小,颗粒提升量大,床层压降大. 提升量强度随板孔气速、帽罩底隙高度、颗粒循环量增加而增大,随帽罩高度与塔节高度比增大而减少,随帽罩筛孔孔径变化存在最大值. 当帽罩开孔比为1.2~2.5、板孔面积与帽罩截面积比为0.42、帽罩底隙高与板孔孔径比为0.36~0.64时帽罩流化性能较好.