三相环流反应器中的局部相含率

将压差法与气-液相间滑移速度相结合,提出了利用压差法测量三相区局部相含率的新方法,将测得的局部固含率进行轴向平均并与由颗粒装填量计算所得的固含率进行比较,证明了此方法的可靠性. 利用所提出的测量方法,考察了三相环流反应器中气含率和固含率随操作条件的变化规律. 结果表明,气含率随表观气速的升高而增大,且随轴向位置的升高而增大;大颗粒具有破碎气泡的作用,能够增大反应器内的气含率;固含率随表观气速的增加而降低,且沿轴向变化较大. 表观气速较高时,固含率沿轴向近似呈S形分布.     

强制浆液外循环三相气升式内环流反应器的气含率特性

在有机玻璃制成的组合反应器(φ0.284×3.0 m)内,采用空气、水和玻璃微珠(密度为2420 kg/m3和平均粒径为5.92×10-4 m)的气液固三相体系考察了不同表观气速下环流反应器内不同流动区域的径向局部气含率和内、外环轴向平均气含率分布特性.局部气含率采用电导探针法测定,轴向平均气含率由局部气含率的截面积分得出.结果表明气含率均随表观气速的增大而增大;外环循环流入内环的气泡量少;在相同条件下外环的气含率远远低于内环的气含率.浆液外循环的引入和新型气体分布器的采用可以增大导流筒内气体与浆液两相的接触面积和湍动强度,从而使传递过程得到了强化.     

高长径比气液固三相内环流反应器的流体动力学

在高径比为22的三相内环流反应器中,常温常压下,根据动量平衡原理建立了空气-水-石英砂三相物系的循环液速模型,并建立了上升区气含率、上升区固含率和底部换向区阻力系数模型;考察了在不同颗粒粒径下,表观气速对上升区固含率和液体循环速度的影响。结果表明:当粒径(ds)≤0.3mm时,上升区固含率随表观气速的增加变化呈平缓趋势,当0.3mmds≤1.2mm时,上升区固含率随表观气速的增加而呈先下降后增加的趋势;不同粒径下上升区循环液速均随表观气速的增加而增加;气含率、固含率和循环液速的计算值和实验值吻合较好,其平均相对误差分别为6.32%、4.56%和11.97%。     

加压环流反应器气含率分布实验研究

在Φ600mm×6000mm的中心气升式不锈钢环流反应器内,选用水、氮气、氩气作为实验介质,在连续进料的操作条件下,表观液速UL为0.008m·s-1,表观气速Ug范围是0.02~0.12m·s-1,在体系压力0~2.0MPa的压力条件下进行实验,测量了各个区域的气含率。结果表明环流反应器各个区域的气含率各不相同,但均随空塔气速以及体系压力的增加而增大。相同的工况下,添加正丁醇的体系气含率明显高于纯水体系,对于确定体系的环流反应器,循环液速不会随体系压力和空塔气速增大而一直增大,当体系压力和空塔气速大过某一个值时,循环液速基本不再变化。     

高长径比三相内环流反应器中细颗粒相含率和循环液速的分布研究

在高径比为22的三相内环流反应器中,在常温常压下以空气-水-石英砂为物系,研究了在不同粒径下上升区固含率、下降区固含率和上升区循环液速随表观气速的变化规律和不同粒径下轴向固含率的分布情况,以及在固体体积分数不同的条件下,平均气含率和上升区气含率随表观气速的变化情况。结果表明:当粒径(ds)≤0.3 mm时,上升区固含率随表观气速的增加呈平缓变化趋势,下降区固含率随表观气速的增加而增加;当0.3 mm相似文献   

浆态鼓泡床新型锐孔分布器气含率分布

在空气-水系统中,应用双头电导探针法,测量了采用新型锐孔分布器时浆态鼓泡床中气含率的轴向分布和径向分布规律,考察了表观气速、分隔板和液体循环等因索对床层气舍率分布的影响.结果表明,在实验范围内,气含率随轴向高度的增加而增加,表观气速较大时,主体区径向气含率分布比较均匀;气含率随表观气速的增加几乎成直线上升;加入分隔板,局部气含率增大且分布均匀.在主体区,对多组实验数据进行回归分析,得出了不同表观气速下气含率分布的关联式,关联式计算值与实验值吻合良好.     

气液固三相流化床局部相含率

在以焦末为固相、空气为气相、水为液相的三相流化床中研究了局部气含率和局部固含率径向分布。实验用流化床内径100 mm,高1.7 m,焦末粒度1.07 mm。分别采用电导探针法和光纤法测定局部气含率和局部固含率。结果表明:表观气速为0.35—0.71 cm/s,表观液速为2.12—3.54 cm/s时,局部气含率在流化床中沿径向r/R=0—0.8处分布较均匀,在靠壁面处下降至约0.5%,且随表观液速增加而减小,随表观气速增加而增大,且在距分布板轴向高度分别为370 mm和470 mm时趋势一致,大小沿轴向增加,在表观气速一定时,液速小于2.12 cm/s时,气含率沿径向减小的趋势较明显。局部固含率沿径向分布较均匀,基本不随表观气速变化而变化,随表观液速增大而增大,且在距分布板轴向高度分别为370 mm和470 mm时趋势一致,大小沿轴向减小。     

连续内环流三相反应器局部流动特性

在φ200 mm×2500 mm连续内环流三相反应器内,考察了空气 水 玻璃珠体系反应器内局部流动参数随操作条件的变化规律。结果表明,导流筒内截面平均气含率随表观气速的增大而增大,较之气液两相流,在低固含率时,加入固体对气含率影响不明显,而在较高固含率下,气含率有明显降低,但固体再增加时对气含率变化影响不大。在较低表观气速下,进料浆速对导流筒内气含率轴向分布趋势有一定的影响,但在较高表观气速下影响不大,导流筒内的气含率大于环隙内的气含率且随气速增大差别更加明显,浆相连续有利于气相分散并增大环隙内的气含率。导流筒内循环浆速径向分布呈抛物状,中心高、近壁处低,受进料浆速和入口固含率影响都不大。浆相循环强度最低为20,高可达180。固含率轴、径向分布受表观气速和进料浆速的影响,固含率轴、径向分布基本均匀,随进料浆速增加,反应器内固含率降低。     

高长径比三相内环流反应器中相含率的分布研究

在长径比为22的三相内环流反应器中,常温常压下,以空气-水-石英砂为物系,根据无因次准数建立了气含率、固含率的预测模型,考察了在不同粒径下上升区气含率、下降区气含率和上升区固含率、下降区固含率随表观气速的变化规律和不同固体体积分数下轴向固含率的分布情况。结果表明：不同粒径下上升区和下降区气含率均随表观气速的增大而增大;当粒径（ds）≤0．3mm时,上升区固含率随表观气速的增加呈平缓趋势,下降区固含率随表观气速的增加而增加,当0．3mm〈d。≤1．2mm时,上升区固含率随表观气速的增加而呈先下降后增加的趋势,下降区固含率随表观气速的增加而下降;不同固体体积分数下的固体颗粒的固含率随着轴向高度的增大而变化平缓,能够均匀的分布在反应器中;气含率和固含率的计算值和实验值吻合较好,其平均相对误差分别为6．32％、4．56％。     

固体装载率对局部相含率与液体速率的影响

在高径比(H/D=22.2)的气升式内环流反应器中,以空气-水-石英砂为物系,研究了固体装载率和表观气速对导流筒内局部固含率、下降区固含率、下降区液体速率的影响,以及导流筒内局部气含率、固含率随轴向高度的分布规律。结果表明,固体体积分数小于或等于1.0%时,导流筒内局部固含率和下降区固含率与表观气速无关;下降区液体速率随表观气速和固体装载率的增加而下降;固定表观气速,在固体体积分数小于或等于2.0%时,导流筒内气含率在轴向是均匀分布的。     

Hydrodynamic Behavior and Residence Time Distribution of Industrial‐Scale Bale Packings

The hydrodynamic behavior of bale packing was tested in a catalytic distillation column. Models and empirical equations for predicting pressure drop and dynamic liquid holdup were proposed and compared with experimental results. The examination of residence time distribution (RTD) relied on the pulse method and a conductivity meter which deduced the axial Péclet number, axial dispersion coefficient, and dynamic liquid holdup. The relations of dynamic liquid holdup obtained from gravimetric draining experiments and RTD studies were discussed with static and total liquid holdup. Potential impacts of the liquid distributor and conductivity cell were also assessed. The results prove that models and empirical equations fit well and are reliable in design and scale‐up.     

Radioisotope tracer study in trickle bed reactors

The residence time distribution (RTD) of liquid phase in trickle bed reactors has been measured for air‐water system using radioisotope tracer technique. Experiments were carried out in a glass column of internal diameter of 0.152 m packed with glass beads and actual catalyst particles of two different shapes. From the measured RTD curves, mean residence time of liquid was calculated and used to estimate liquid holdup. The axial dispersion model was used to simulate the experimental data and estimate mixing index, ie. Peclet number. The effect of liquid and gas flow rates on total liquid holdup and Peclet number has been investigated. Results of the study indicated that shape of the packing has significant effect on holdup and axial dispersion. Bodenstein number has been correlated to Reynolds number, Galileo number, shape and size of the packing.     

TRANSFERABLE TRACER ANALYSIS FOR MULTIPHASE REACTOR

In order to determine the mixing and transfer parameters of a multiphase reactor, we present here a dynamic method involving the injection of a pulse on the gas inlet concentration, and the detection of the dissolved gas in the liquid at two levels in the column. The two phase dispersion model is used involving four parameters: the liquid holdup (or mean residence time), the liquid and gas Peclet numbers, and the volumeric mass transfer coefficient. They can be identified by deconvolution of the two signals using Fast Fourier Transform. The detection is performed by electrochemistry, the same electrodes being able to detect oxygen, the transferable tracer, but also ferricyanide as a tracer of the liquid phase. The coupling of these two methods gives satisfactory results. Different combinations have been tested; the best results, for both accuracy and optimization convergence, are obtained when Pe₁ is derived from liquid RTD and the other three parameters, t, Pe_g and k₁a are optimized from transferable tracer experiments.     

Experimental Study on a Co-current Gas–Liquid Down Flow Contactor with Gas Entrainment by a Liquid Jet

Two-phase flow co-current vertical downflow reactor with gas entrainment by a liquid jet is investigated in an air–water system. Experiments are carried out in order to clarify the flow behavior of the reactor under various conditions. Gas entrainment flow rates and gas holdup are quantified experimentally and their dependency on the liquid jet flow rates are shown. The experimental program also included determination of liquid phase residence time distribution (RTD) characteristics for different liquid jet flow rates. The result of the analysis of the liquid phase RTD curves justified the tank-in-series model flow for the liquid phase. On the basis of these analyses, the reactor hydrodynamics are modeled by the tank-in-series model including dead zones. Good agreement is obtained between theoretical and experimental results assuming the reactor is operating as perfectly mixed. The volumetric mass transfer coefficient k_La_Lis determined experimentally by a “gasing out” method. The interfacial area is deduced from the bubble diameter measurements which are determined by visualization experiments.     

PHASE DISTRIBUTION AND MIXING IN A JET BUBBLE COLUMN

This paper describes the results of an experimental study to evaluate phase holdups and RTD for a jet bubble column. The experimental data were obtained in a 61 cm diameter jet bubble column with a conical inlet. Air and water were used as a two-phase system. The ranges of gas and liquid velocities examined were 0 to 9 cm/sec and 0 to 0·6 cm/sec respectively, both based on the cylinder diameter. The experimental data indicate that in the conical section of the column, the gas holdup first decreases with an increase in distance away from the cone inlet, achieves a minimum and then increases until it reaches a somewhat constant value within the cylinder. Gas holdup varies radially with the maximum at the center and the minimum near the wall. Radially-averaged gas holdup increased with gas velocity and remained essentially unchanged with liquid velocity. The RTD measurements were correlated by a two-dimensional dispersion model. The axial dispersion coefficient increased linearly from the cone inlet to the cylinder. It also increased with the gas velocity. The radial dispersion coefficients were considerably smaller than the axial dispersion coefficients.     

气液两相流段塞流持气率快关阀法优化设计

快关阀法(quick closing valve,QCV)是气液两相流流动实验中常用持气率标定手段。特别是由于段塞流中气塞与液塞表现为随机可变流动特性,不合理的快关阀间距及截取次数选择将会导致持气率测量误差增大。提出了一种持气率快关阀法优化设计方案。首先,采用环形电导传感器上下游阵列信号计算流体相关流速,根据相关测速结果提取上游传感器信号对应流动工况的气塞与液塞间隔长度序列,采用Maxwell方程提取液塞中含泡持气率;在此基础上,再依气塞在管道内占比模拟计算不同快关阀间距时捕获的持气率波动序列。通过分析持气率序列波动,从统计学角度指出了95%置信度及5%允许误差情况下所需最低截取次数。最后,在快关阀门间距为1.55 m的条件下对段塞流所需截取次数进行了实验验证。通过对快关阀法持气率测量误差进行统计分析,证明了设置两个快关阀门间距的充分条件。     

Characteristics of the reactive distillation column with a novel internal

A new catalyst loading method, in which catalyst particles are packed in a reactor with a novel internal, has been studied by measuring pressure drop, RTD, liquid holdup and mass transfer. It can be inferred from experimental results that the internal changes the conventional gas and liquid counter-current flow into a new cross-current flow, so the problems of excessive pressure drop and “flooding” are avoided. When pressure drop, liquid holdup, RTD and mass transfer coefficient are similar, the catalyst loading fraction of the new method is much higher than that of conventional methods. Furthermore, the reactive distillation reactor with the novel internal has advantages such as simple structure, low operating cost, and convenience for installation and removal of the catalyst.     

Experimental and numerical investigations of scale-up effects on the hydrodynamics of slurry bubble columns

Experiments and simulations were conducted for bubble columns with diameter of 0.2 m(180 mm i.d.), 0.5 m(476 mm i.d.) and 0.8 m(760 mm i.d.) at high superficial gas velocities(0.12–0.62 m·s-1) and high solid concentrations(0–30 vol%). Radial profiles of time-averaged gas holdup, axial liquid velocity, and turbulent kinetic energy were measured by using in-house developed conductivity probes and Pavlov tubes. Effects of column diameter, superficial gas velocity, and solid concentration were investigated in a wide range of operating conditions. Experimental results indicated that the average gas holdup remarkably increases with superficial gas velocity, and the radial profiles of investigated flow properties become steeper at high superficial gas velocities. The axial liquid velocities significantly increase with the growth of the column size, whereas the gas holdup was slightly affected. The presence of solid in bubble columns would inhibit the breakage of bubbles, which results in an increase in bubble rise velocity and a decrease in gas holdup, but time-averaged axial liquid velocities remain almost the same as that of the hollow column. Furthermore, a 2-D axisymmetric k–ε model was used to simulate heterogeneous bubbly flow using commercial code FLUENT 6.2. The lateral lift force and the turbulent diffusion force were introduced for the determination of gas holdup profiles and the effects of solid concentration were considered as the variation of average bubble diameter in the model. Results predicted by the CFD simulation showed good agreement with experimental data.     

EFFECT OF OPERATING CONDITIONS ON GAS HOLDUP IN SLURRY BUBBLE COLUMNS WITH A FOAMING LIQUID

This work presents experimental data on gas holdup in slurry bubble columns with a foaming liquid. The effects of solids concentration, solid particle size, superficial phase velocities and column dimensions on the gas holdup are analyzed. At low superficial gas velocities (less than 4cm/s), for which the liquid does not foam, the presence of solids with small particle size does not affect the gas holdup whereas solids with large particle size induce foam formation and thus their presence increases the gas holdup. In the foaming regime, an increase of solids concentration decreases the gas holdup. The operating mode has a strong effect on the gas holdup: the semi-batch operating mode (stagnant liquid-solid suspension) increases the ability of the liquid to foam with respect to the continuous mode. Regarding the effect of column dimensions, the results presented show that the height of the bubble column does not affect at an appreciable extent the gas holdup in the range 6 < LID < 12. At high gas velocities (greater than 6 cm/s) the gas holdups obtained in a 30 cm-internal diameter column are the same as those measured in a 10 cm-internal diameter column.     

Effect of particles on hydrodynamics and mass transfer in a slurry bubble column: Correlation of experimental data

The effects of particle concentration and size on hydrodynamics and mass transport in an air–water slurry bubble column were experimentally studied. When the particle concentration α_s increased from 0% to 20%, the averaged gas holdup decreased by ~30%, gas holdup of small bubbles and gas–liquid volumetric mass transfer coefficient decreased by up to 50%, while the gas holdup of large bubbles increased slightly. The overall effect of particle size was insignificant. A liquid turbulence attenuation model which could quantitatively describe the effects of particle concentration and size was first proposed. Semi-empirical correlations were obtained based on extensive experimental data in a wide range of operating conditions and corrected liquid properties. The gas holdup and mass transfer coefficient calculated by the correlations agreed with the experimental data from both two-phase and three-phase bubble columns, with a maximum error <25%.