水平液固循环流化床换热器传热性能研究

通过对管内插入Kenics静态混合器的水平液固循环流化床换热器进行数值模拟和实验研究,考察了静态混合器扭率对颗粒分布、传热性能和流阻性能的影响。结果表明:水平管内安装Kenics静态混合器的扭率越小,管内颗粒分布均匀距离越长。当雷诺数在10 000—45 000之间,扭率为1.5,2.5,4,6的Kenics静态混合器的综合性能评价指标PEC均大于1,说明了水平流化床换热器插入Kenics静态混合器能够改善传热。当流速大于1.5 m/s,在2 m长的水平流化床换热器内安装一个扭率为1.5的Kenics静态混合器能够达到改善颗粒分布和提高传热性能的效果。     

Kenics型静态混合器的结构优化与数值模拟

基于三维有限元数值模拟方法,对应用于高黏聚酯熔体直纺工业丝过程中熔体管道输送的Kenics型静态混合器进行结构优化;对静态混合器内示踪粒子的流动轨迹进行统计学处理,通过停留时间分布、分离尺度、面积伸展率以及时间平均效率表征流动特性与混合性能。结果表明:相比传统静态混合器,当静态混合器的元件旋转角度为120°时,静态混合器的分离尺度降低,分散混合能力增强,拉伸作用增强,混合特性提高;相同管径下元件长径比为0.75时,静态混合器的混合能力较长径比为1.00或1.25时都有明显的提高;随元件长径比增加,混合效果逐渐变差,流动方式趋近于理想平推流动。     

数值模拟静态混合器结构对PS/CO_2熔体温度的影响

利用专用CFD软件Polyflow对SMX型和Kenics型静态混合器中PS/CO_2发泡溶液进行数值模拟计算,分析比较不同板厚在不同元件个数条件下两种静态混合器消耗的压力损失,以及不同CO_2浓度对静态混合器压力损失的影响;并引入"离散系数"分析比较两种静态混合器出口温度均匀性的变化.数值模拟的结果表明:SMX型静态混合器冷却效果优于Kenics型静态混合器,并且SMX型静态混合器出口温度均匀性高于Kenics型静态混合器.     

水平液固循环流化床换热器传热性能评价

对管内插入Kenics静态混合器的水平液固循环流化床换热器进行实验研究,实验考察了静态混合器扭率、静态混合器安装方式、液体流速、颗粒体积分数对传热性能和流阻性能的影响,并运用综合强化传热性能评价指标（PEC）对其进行分析。实验发现,传热性能和阻力系数均随扭率增加而减小。当雷诺数在10000~45000之间时,扭率为1.5、2、2.5、3.5的Kenics静态混合器的PEC指标均大于1,说明了水平流化床换热器插入Kenics静态混合器能够改善传热。在雷诺数达到25000左右、Kenics静态混合器扭率为2.5、颗粒体积分数为4%时,水平流化床换热器的PEC指标最高达到1.18。当两个扭率均为2.5的Kenics静态混合器安装间距为200mm时,水平流化床换热器的PEC指标最高。     

用Kenics静态混合器来强化强制流动沸腾传热

Kenice静态混合器可用于增强内径为0.0127米,长度为1.016米电加热垂直管内强制对流单相流动和过冷泡核沸腾之间过渡区的传热速率。本文就静态混合器在管内的五种不同排列方式对传热率和压力降的影响,进行了研究。其结果表明,这种混合器对增强单相流动中的传热速率是十分有效的,如当流动接近过冷泡核沸腾状态时,其影响渐减。结果也表明,在过冷泡核沸腾状态时,空管内压力降的增加速率要比装有静态混合器的管子快。每单位传热速率所需之泵功率值系随雷诺数的增加而增加,然而,在一定的雷诺数时,此值随管内混合元件数的增加而减少。     

非牛顿流体在叶片式静态混合器中的传热强化特性

非牛顿流体在化学、食品和材料等领域具有关键作用,但高表观黏度使其通常具有低传热特性。叶片式静态混合器作为一种高效的传热强化设备,在化工过程强化中具有鲜明的技术特色。本文针对非牛顿流体在Kenics静态混合器（KSM）和Lightnin静态混合器（LSM）内的流动和传热特性进行了比较研究。重点分析了体积流量、元件长径比及流体浓度等参数对羧甲基纤维素（CMC）幂律流体的流动及传热影响。结果表明,在相同工况下,随着CMC溶液的体积流量增大,管道内的换热系数和压降均增大。静态混合元件的插入使得换热系数和压降显著提高且Lightnin元件产生的影响更明显。元件长径比和CMC溶液浓度影响流体在管道内的流动和换热。随着长径比的减小,传热性能得到提高,但其增大的阻力系数影响占据主导地位,综合换热性能系数（PEC）降低。溶液浓度的增大使得管道换热能力逐步削弱,并对管道内压降的提升有显著影响,综合换热性能降低。总结得出,在体积流量为4.5×10-4m3/s,质量分数为0.374%、长径比为3.0时,KSM的PEC最大为2.114。     

带有Kenics静态混合器的水平液固两相流化床换热管的压降研究

以饱和硫酸钙为介质,在安装Kenics静态混合器的水平液固两相流化床换热管上进行实验研究,考察介质流速、Kenics静态混合器扭率、颗粒体积分数及颗粒尺寸对压降的影响,并与冷态实验条件下的压降变化规律进行比较。结果表明：同等操作条件,安装Kenics静态混合器后压降比安装前提高20%～140%;压降随雷诺数的增大而增大,随Kenics静态混合器扭率的增大而减小;颗粒体积分数对压降也有影响。根据实验数据,得出了稳定操作条件下压降与上述影响因素之间的经验关联式,为带有Kenics静态混合器的水平液固两相流化床换热器的设计提供计算依据。     

水包油型乳化液油滴的管内节流破碎行为与机理

实验研究了水包油型乳化液油滴在管内节流元件处的破碎行为,分析了破碎机理. 结果表明,液滴破碎主要发生在节流元件内壁及下游附近,其概率是施于液滴上湍流应力与液滴表面能之比的递增函数,是流体韦伯数及节流元件两侧最大压差的递增函数;在湍流状态(Re>4000)下,液滴充分振荡且受到较大的水流惯性力和速度梯度剪切力,更易破碎;由苏丹红IV染色的正庚烷体系界面张力由非染色时的47 mN/m降到23.6 mN/m,黏性力对液滴破碎的影响程度下降,受流速、压差等影响的惯性力起决定性作用,液滴破碎程度更大;流速决定流体对分散相油滴的湍流剪切破碎力,流速增大则油滴粒径破裂程度加大,而流速取决于流量和节流比;注入染色正庚烷油相体积增大(0.5~5 mL),削弱了节流元件的液滴破碎作用,两相流体系倾向于形成更大直径的液滴,中位径一般为20~35 mm.     

旋转式混合器内流场数值模拟及研究

通过对旋转式Kenics混合元件、间断螺纹混合元件和交错平板混合元件引入CFD数值模拟,比较了高黏度不可压缩流体在不同流量、转速、元件单元数、机筒间隙、长径比下三种旋转式混合器内的应变速率.结果表明,增大入口处流量和转动轴转速,增加元件单元数,减少混合元件与机筒间间隙以及长径比,都有利于提高混合器内的平均应变速率,增强混合效果,在相同条件下间断螺纹元件混合效果最好;不同结构的混合元件存在最优结构参数组合.     

Kenics静态混合器的流体力学性能

用激光测速仪(LDV)测定了φ50mm Kenics静态混合器的流场、压力降和液滴平均直径。着重讨论了流量和混合单元数对轴向速度、切向速度和湍流强度的影响,并对静态混合器内液滴粉碎的机理进行了探讨。研究结果对消化吸收引进技术和合理地设计大型静态混合器具有参考价值。     

Performance of Kenics static mixer over a wide range of Reynolds number

The present study deals with the numerical simulation of flow patterns and mixing behaviour in Kenics static mixer over a wide range of Reynolds number. Three different sets of Kenics mixer (aspect ratio = 1.5) comprised of 3, 9 and 25 elements each have been characterized. The Reynolds number was varied in the range of 1 to 25,000 (i.e., from laminar to turbulent flow regime). The numerical approach takes into account the aspects of the fluid flow at higher Reynolds number values including circumferential velocity profiles at different cross-sections within the Kenics mixer, which were neglected in previous studies. It was observed that cross-sectional mixing in the turbulent flow regime takes place up to 30% of each element length at element-to-element transition; beyond that velocity profiles were uniform. The experiments were also carried out to measure the circumferential and axial velocity profiles and pressure drop in three different Kenics Mixers using air as fluid. The pressure drop per unit element (ΔP/η) was found to be independent of the number of Kenics mixing elements used in the system. The total pressure drop across Kenics mixer obtained by CFD simulations were compared with the experimental pressure drop values and correlations available in the literature. The numerical results were found in good agreement with the experimental as well as the results reported in the literature. A new pressure drop correlation in the Kenics static mixer has been developed.     

Kenics静态混合器在水平液固循环流化床中的研究

为了解决水平液固循环流化床中颗粒分布不均匀问题,在内径29 mm、长4 m的水平有机玻璃管流化床内放入Kenics静态混合器,采用CCD图像测量与数据处理系统考察静态混合器的结构、个数、安装位置对液固二相流中颗粒分布的影响;同时,利用U型管压差计考察不同条件下静态混合器的压降。实验结果表明:Kenics静态混合器能明显地改善管内颗粒分布情况;单个扭率Y=3.5的Kenics静态混合器压降最小;2个扭率Y=3.5的Kenics静态混合器间距为40 mm时对颗粒分布影响长度是最长的。     

Effects of geometry and flow rate on secondary flow and the mixing process in static mixers—a numerical study

A method based on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for the characterization of static mixers using the Z factor, helicity and the rate of striation thinning is presented. These measures were found to be well-suited for the characterization of static mixers as they reflect the pressure drop, the formation of secondary flow, i.e. vortices, and their effect on the mixing process. Two commercial static mixers, the Kenics KM and Lightnin Series 45, have been characterized. In the mixers investigated, secondary flow is formed in the flow at the element intersections and due to the curvature of the mixer elements. The intensity of the vortices is higher in the Lightnin than the Kenics mixer due to edges in the middle of the Lightnin mixer elements. The formation of vortices affects the Z factor by an increase in the power requirement, and the rate of striation thinning by an increase in the stretching of the striations. The formation of vortices was observed at a Reynolds number of 10 in both mixers with aspect ratios of 1.5. However, the intensity of the vortices was greater in the Lightnin than the Kenics mixer, which was observed in not only the magnitude of the helicity, but also the Z factor, rate of striation thinning and the distribution of striation thickness.The distribution in striation thickness is shifted towards thin striations as the flow rate is increased from below to above the Reynolds numbers of which vortices were first observed, but some striations still pass the mixer elements almost unaffected, which can be seen in the skewness of the distribution of the striation thickness, which shifts from being negative to positive.     

Relationship between droplet size and fluid flow characteristics in miniemulsion polymerization of methyl methacrylate

Static mixer (SM) can be applied for emulsification, but the fundamental understanding of the nature of fluid flow and mixing in static mixers, is however poor. Droplet size is a very important parameter in miniemulsion systems and affects strongly the mechanism of particle formation in polymerization reactions. In this study, static mixer was used as homogenization device for emulsification of methyl methacrylate (MMA). Re number (Re) was obtained for SM inserted tube in different flow rates. It was demonstrated the nature of fluid flow was turbulent under our experimental conditions. The relationship between droplet size—the most important variable in our study—and Weber number (We) was investigated. The results showed that the ratio of the droplet size to the pipe diameter was fit as an exponential function with an order of −0.35. The polymerization of created droplets under certain We values by SM showed that it is possible to obtain a reasonable 1 : 1 copy of droplets to the particles. All these, indicate that using relationship between We and droplet size allow one to obtain acceptable condition of droplet nucleation in miniemulsion polymerization. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2011     

CFD modeling of immiscible liquids turbulent dispersion in Kenics static mixers: Focusing on droplet behavior

The present study is concerned with the computational fluid dynamics(CFD) simulation of turbulent dispersion of immiscible liquids, namely, water–silicone oil and water–benzene through Kenics static mixers using the Eulerian–Eulerian and Eulerian–Lagrangian approaches of the ANSYS Fluent 16.0 software. To study the droplet size distribution(DSD), the Eulerian formulation incorporating a population balance model(PBM) was employed. For the Eulerian–Lagrangian approach, a discrete phase model(DPM) in conjunction with the Eulerian approach for continuous phase simulation was used to predict the residence time distribution(RTD) of droplets.In both approaches, a shear stress transport(SST) k-ω turbulence model was used. For validation purposes, the simulated results were compared with the experimental data and theoretical values for the Fanning friction factor, Sauter mean diameter and the mean residence time. The reliability of the computational model was further assessed by comparing the results with the available empirical correlations for Fanning friction factor and Sauter mean diameter. In addition, the influence of important geometrical and operational parameters, including the number of mixing elements and Weber number, was studied. It was found that the proposed models are capable of predicting the performance of the Kenics static mixer reasonably well.     

幂律流体在Kenics型静态混合器中流动特性分析

为了探究Kenics型静态混合器内扭旋叶片剪切作用对幂律流体流动的影响,利用旋转流变仪测量了浓度为0.5wt%, 0.7wt%, 0.9wt%的羧甲基纤维素(CMC)水溶液的流变参数,采用数值模拟与实验研究了扭旋叶片作用下幂律流体流动阻力和剪切稀化特性。对流场研究表明,扭旋叶片诱导产生了内流涡旋、绕流涡旋和近壁面涡旋,有效强化了静态混合器内流体流动的剪切作用。受多个纵向涡旋分布的影响,扭旋叶片局域流场中周向45°位置速度最高,周向30°位置涡量与剪切应力最高而黏度最低。径向0.4倍半径位置速度最高,0.7倍半径位置黏度最高。静态混合器有效提高了流体的二次流流动速度和剪切应力,降低了幂律流体的黏度和流动阻力系数。     

Q型静态混合器内液滴群分散特性

静态混合器因具有结构紧凑、强化性能优异和连续性生产等优点被广泛应用于过程工业中,但Q型静态混合器(QSM)内多相流分散混合强化机理不完善制约了其在精细化工和原料药绿色生产中的应用。采用计算流体力学(CFD)耦合群体平衡方程对QSM内相含率α≤5%时液滴分散特性进行数值模拟,分析液液界面张力、动力黏度和相含率对液滴群d32的分散行为的影响。标准旋流静态混合器内的d32数值预测结果与实验结果有良好的一致性。模拟结果表明,在z/l=11.5处不同分散相d32减小73%~96%,RL-90-QSM对不同物性介质的分散混合具有高效性和普适性;在高雷诺数和低相含率下,不同分散相流过z/l=0~2时d32破碎速率最大,在z/l=2.5处d32减小51%~90%,d32随混合时间的增加逐渐减小且在z/l=10后趋于稳定;界面张力对混合结果的影响大于动力黏度。     

Residence Time and Concentration Distribution in a Kenics Static Mixer

Static mixers, often referred to as motionless mixers, are in-line mixing devices that consist of mixing elements inserted into a length of pipe. Most of the experimental works in this field have concentrated on establishing design guidelines and pressure drop correlations. Due to experimental difficulties, few articles have been published on the investigation of the flow and mixing mechanisms. In this work, a Kenics KMX static mixer was utilized to study concentration and residence time distribution (RTD) and effect of Reynolds number on mixing. The static mixer had six mixing elements arranged in-line along the length of the tube, and the angle between two neighboring elements was 90°. The length of the mixer was 0.98 m with internal and external diameters of 5.0 cm and 6.0 cm, respectively. The main continuous fluid was water, and NaCl solution was used as a tracer. All experiments were conducted with three replications at three Reynolds numbers, Re = 1188.71, 1584.95, and 1981.19. A dispersion model was used to model the RTD data. The experimental results were compared with the model results and reasonable agreement was achieved.