陶瓷膜过滤细微颗粒悬浮体系的数学模拟

通过对陶瓷膜过滤悬浮液过程中单颗粒的受力分析,获得了可沉积颗粒临界粒径(xcrit)的计算公式.计算的xcrit值与实验测定的沉积层内的粒径分布一致:随颗粒粒径的增大, xcrit呈先增大后减小的趋势. 在讨论xcrit与颗粒粒径(dp)、膜孔径(dm)关系的基础上,将微滤过程按dp/dm的比值分为三种类型:dp/dm≤1, 颗粒迅速阻塞膜孔;1＜dp/dm≤10 ,颗粒在膜表面形成连续滤饼;dp/dm》10,颗粒对膜孔口覆盖,在膜表面形成不连续滤饼.并以此为基础建立了预测陶瓷膜过滤不同粒径和粒径分布的颗粒悬浮液渗透通量的数学模型.计算结果与实验结果的比较表明:本模型对文献模型的改进之处是适用范围从1＜dp/dm≤10扩展到0.48≤dp/dm≤120;在操作压力对渗透通量的影响计算中,假设滤饼层孔隙率不变的计算结果与实验结果一致,说明此体系的滤饼是不可压缩的;在错流速率对渗透通量的影响计算中,假定滤饼层孔隙率随错流速率成指数变化的计算结果比假定沉积层孔隙率随错流速率不变的计算结果好,说明错流速率的变化同时影响滤饼层内颗粒的粒径分布和其形成的滤饼层的结构.     

低渗透油田注水井井底滤饼渗透性影响因素研究

针对低渗透油田注水井井底滤饼堵塞,本文通过模拟井底滤饼的形成过程,根据达西定律,测定在高温高压滤失仪中形成的滤饼的渗透率,研究了固相颗粒中值粒径、滤饼厚度及压力对注入井井底滤饼渗透率的影响。结果表明:固相颗粒粒径中值越大,形成的滤饼渗透率越大;形成的滤饼厚度越大,滤饼渗透率越小;滤饼随注入压力的增大,滤饼渗透率降低。     

膜生物反应器中膜污染滤饼层渗透模型的研究

在膜生物反应器中,活性污泥在膜表面沉积形成滤饼层是造成膜污染的主要因素.采用扫描电镜和自动图像分析技术研究了膜过滤滤饼层的微观结构,并以分形理论和Darcy定律为基础,推导出用于预测膜污染滤饼层渗透性能的数学模型,验证了该渗透模型的可靠性,并利用该渗透模型进行了膜生物反应器中污泥浓度对滤饼层渗透性能影响的研究.结果表明,活性污泥颗粒沉积形成的柔性滤饼层具有明显的多孔结构,并且具有很好的分形特征;膜污染滤饼层的分形维数能够真实反映滤饼层的孔隙率大小;用该渗透模型得到的渗透系数K'可以作为有效预测滤饼层渗透性能的参数;滤饼层渗透系数K'随污泥浓度的增大而递减,污泥浓度低于10000 mg·L-1时,K'的变化趋势较小,污泥浓度达到10000 mg·L-1以上时,K'急剧下降.     

浸渍剂沥青和黏结剂沥青渗透性对比研究

选择两类具有相近流变性能的黏结剂沥青和浸渍剂沥青,模拟炭材料的微孔分布测定了两类沥青的渗透率,对比研究了浸渍剂沥青和黏结剂沥青的渗透性能差异。结果表明,浸渍剂沥青的渗透性能远优于黏结剂沥青,浸渍剂沥青的渗透率为黏结剂沥青相应值的3.54~22.13倍,两类煤沥青的渗透性差异是由于其QI含量不同造成的,浸渍剂沥青极低的QI含量(0.2%以下)大大降低了煤沥青向多孔滤材中的渗透阻力,为提高浸渍效果创造了有利条件。     

陶瓷微滤膜过滤超细粉体系的分析

通过计算可沉积在膜表面的临界（最大）粒径，确定了膜表面滤饼层结构与颗粒粒径的关系，并采用不同操作条件下渗透通量的数据进行验证，确定不同粒径的超细粉体系所适合的操作压力和错流速率。     

喹啉不溶物类型中间相炭微球结构性能的影响

以中温沥青、针状焦副产中温沥青和精制沥青为原料,热缩聚法制备中间相炭微球(MCMB)。通过对比喹啉不溶物(QI)和中间相的显微结构,研究QI类型对MCMB形成过程的影响。结果表明不同的沥青由于QI类型不同,中间相的形成过程存在差异,并影响MCMB的粒径、收率和性能。     

压力对溶剂法脱除焦油沥青中固体颗粒物的影响

精制沥青是制备各种功能炭材料的前体,焦油沥青需要预处理脱除其中的固体颗粒物（称为喹啉不溶物,QI）以得到精制沥青,压力是脱除QI的重要条件。本文以煤焦油沥青和添加生物质沥青的混合沥青为原料,研究压力对溶剂法脱除固体颗粒物的影响,测试不同压力下精制沥青的QI含量及产率,利用纳米粒度分析仪、扫描电子显微镜和高温黏度测定仪对QI颗粒形貌、粒度及脱除体系黏度进行表征和测定,分析压力对固体颗粒物絮凝沉降的影响规律。研究结果表明,增加压力对沥青收率升高有明显影响,使精制煤焦油沥青的收率由常压的64.6%（质量分数）提升至1MPa时的84.3%（质量分数）,精制沥青的QI含量维持在0.06%~0.1%（质量分数）之间。添加15%生物质沥青的混合沥青,产率则由常压时的55.7%（质量分数）提升至1MPa时的72.5%（质量分数）。压力对精制沥青的QI含量影响较小,压力增大,溶剂对沥青组分尤其是重质组分的溶解能力增强,使精制沥青产率升高。较高压力也使体系的黏度略微增大,造成部分QI颗粒沉降困难,不过影响较小。中间相沥青制备的结果表明,精制沥青可以制备出具有流域型结构的中间相沥青,添加生物质沥青更好地改进了流域型的显微结构。     

土体标度分布参数与其物理力学性质的关系研究

土体标度分布参数可以客观地表达土体颗粒组成的整体特征,便于建立其与土体物理力学性质之间的定量关系,具有重要的理论意义和实际应用价值。以土体的标度分布理论为基础,结合土体渗透实验和直剪实验,研究了土体标度分布参数与其渗透系数、抗剪强度指标(黏聚力、内摩擦角)的关系,结果表明:土体渗透系数K与标度分布参数μ呈负对数关系,与特征粒径D_(c)没有明确的相关关系;土体的黏聚力(c)随标度分布参数μ的增加而增大,土体的内摩擦角(φ)随特征粒径D_(c)的增大而减小;D_(c)-c、μ-φ之间的拟合关系较差。     

滤饼孔隙率的模拟研究

采用计算机模拟方法,对滤饼中颗粒的凝聚机理进行简化,将所过滤的物料外形形态简化为球形颗粒,进行计算机程序设计,模拟物料在纤维过滤介质中过滤形成滤饼的过程,模拟得出滤饼结构,并进行孔隙率计算,在简化模型的基础上,分析滤饼孔隙率,滤饼厚度以及固体颗粒粒径的相关关系,探索滤饼结构研究的新方法及新途径。     

焦油和沥青中喹啉不溶物的测定

研究了用压滤代替真空过滤来测定焦油和沥青中喹啉不溶物(QI)的一种新方法。绘出了设备图,给出了工艺梗概。由于省去了附加的助滤剂和用甲苯洗涤滤饼,从而简化了工艺。     

操作温度对褶皱型不锈钢编织型过滤器阻力特性的影响

Effect of working temperature on the resistance characteristic including the permeability coefficient and the pressure drop evolution of a pleated stainless steel woven filter with a nominal pore size of 0.5 μm has been studied. The permeability coefficient was obtained based on the pressure drop data and the Darcy’s law. In three filtration experiments, pure carbon dioxide at 283 K, nitrogen at 85 K and liquid helium at 18 K are adopted, respectively. It is found that the permeability coefficient decreases at the working temperature due to the cold shrink of the filter element at cryogenic temperature. Then, two kinds of feed slurries, mixture of liquid nitrogen and solid carbon dioxide at 85 K, and mixture of liquid helium and solid nitrogen at 18 K, flow into the filter cell. The solid particles are deposited on the filter surface to form a filter cake and the purified liquid flows through the filter. It is found that the pressure drop evolution shows the same trend on these two temperatures, which can be divided into three stages with high filtration efficiency, indicating the feasibility of the filter for cryogenic application. However, variant cake resistances are obtained, which is resulted from the different interactions between solid particles in the feed slurry at lower working temperature.     

Hydraulic behavior of synthetic non-woven filter fabrics

The filtration performance of non-woven thick synthetic membranes used as filter fabrics is predicted from a proposed analytical method. The morphological analysis of many commercial fabrics has been utilized to identify internal structure parameters responsible for their hydraulic properties and also to predict the water permeability and the retention of particles in these fabrics. Experimental filtration tests were performed to gather data on the water permeability used in predicting clogging level. Also fibres' density and pore size histograms of fabrics were measured with an Image Analyser and a relationship was developed between the water permeability and the fibres' density. Finally it was found that the pore size histogram of non-woven fabrics of thickness greater than 1.5 mm could be calculated simply by measuring its water permeability and using an empirical correlation.     

A power-law model of electrostatic interactions of colloidal particles in cake layer on membrane surface

The permeability of cake on membrane surface is a crucial factor affecting the efficiency of low pressure membrane process. In this study, a power-law model was suggested for better understanding of the effect of solution chemistry on cake permeability. The model equation was derived from the classical Derjaguin-Landau-Verwey-Overbeek (DLVO) theory and the dimensional analysis of parameters affecting the chemical interactions of colloidal particles. Experimental results from unstirred filtration of submicron latex particles at various ionic strengths were used for model application. The permeate flux as well as specific cake resistance and cake porosity was sensitive to ionic strengths. Different behaviors of cake permeability were observed for non-aggregated and aggregated particles. The proposed model aids to interpret complicated relations of cake permeability in terms of the characteristic ratio, which is defined as the ratio of electrostatic repulsion to van der Waals attraction.     

Application of Enhanced Vacuum Filtration to Dewatering of Fine Coal Refuse

Abstract

It is difficult to reduce the moisture content of fine coal refuse to a satisfactory level because of the high mineral content and the large capillary forces associated with small particle sizes. An experimental investigation of important operating variables on dewatering of fine coal refuse is reported. The cake permeability, cake formation time and final moisture content are used to measure the efficiency of moisture removal. Factors that were studied are the addition of coarse particles, level of vacuum, pH and the use of coagulants, flocculants and surfactants as additives. Addition of a flocculant was the most effective single means of improving dewatering and the permeability could be increased by more than an order of magnitude and the moisture content lowered by as much as 0.05 kg water/kg dry cake. It was found that the ionic nature and molecular weight of the flocculant, the flocculant dosage, the mixing time and the mixing intensity must be carefully studied to obtain optimal performance.     

Effect of Hydrodynamics During Crystallization on Mechanical Dewatering of Salicylic Acid

Mechanical cake dewatering is always desired to reduce the load on thermal dewatering (drying). Any change in the upstream process such as crystallization can have a significant influence on the filtration as well as cake dewatering characteristics. The present study deals with the effect of hydrodynamics (mixing intensity) during salicylic acid crystallization on the air dewatering characteristics in the subsequent pressure filtration. The mixing conditions during crystallization were varied by using three different types of agitators (anchor impeller [AI], curved blade turbine [CBT], and bar turbine [BT]) and by varying the speed of agitation. The effect of operating pressure and dewatering time on the final moisture content of the cake was also studied.

The crystal properties (crystal size and size distribution) were found to vary with the mixing intensity, which further influenced the cake dewatering kinetics as well as the residual moisture content. An AI, which is a laminar flow impeller, produced crystals with a wide size distribution and higher mean particle size, which resulted in cake with high porosity and hence higher moisture content. The high porosity (as well as high cake permeability) caused early air breakthrough, which resulted in ineffective dewatering of cake. Therefore, in this case the residual moisture in cake was found to be higher (27%) even at higher dewatering pressure (1.5 bar gauge) and longer dewatering time (90 s). A BT creates high turbulence during mixing and produced crystals with a relatively narrow size distribution and lower mean particle size, which provided low-porosity cakes. Such cakes could be efficiently dewatered and the final cake moisture content was found to decrease to about 15%, a significant improvement in the filterability of the cake. The dewatering data were modeled according to the correlation between irreducible cake saturation and capillary number for predicting the cake dewatering characteristics (residual moisture as well as dewatering kinetics) and the results were compared with the experimental data.     

Dewatering of coal plant tailings: Flocculation followed by filtration

A sustainable alternative to tailings dam disposal of coal refuse is mechanical dewatering of tailings, which provides fast production of dry solids and water reuse. In this study, flocculation followed by filtration of coal plant tailings, a new concept in tailings dewatering is investigated in detail. This paper focuses on the effect of preconditioning tailings with varying flocculants and dosages on filtration kinetics and the resultant moisture content of the filter cake. The results show that the cationic flocculant, MAGNAFLOC LT 425, requires a high dosage to produce a low moisture content filter cake and clear filtrate. Optimal sized flocs were produced with the anionic flocculant, MAGNAFLOC 5250, even though the particles are negatively charged. The kinetics of the filtration was dependent on the composition of process water as indicated by supporting sedimentation tests. The concentration of divalent alkali earth metals such as Ca²⁺ and Mg²⁺ allow for large floc growth by a bridging mechanism, which involves binding of the polymer and the negativity charged particle. Filtration and settling curves at this dosage were also supported by filter cake analysis using Darcy plots. It was found that the large floc size significantly increases the permeability of the filter cake. Floc size measurements and fractal dimension showed that while the large flocs were produced with anionic flocculant, the flocs produced with the cationic flocculant were small and weak. The results indicate that the optimum dosage and flocculant type for effective and efficient filtration of coal plant tailings is approximately 350 g/t of anionic flocculant at a 35% solids content and 40 kPa filtration pressure.     

Modelling the Effect of Particle Size in Microfiltration

Abstract

Particle deposition at the filter surface in microfiltration is studied to better understand the effect of particle size on cake morphology and permeability reduction. Numerical simulations are carried out on a Hele Shaw cell which consists of a representative unit element of a two dimensional spatially periodic flat plate with pores. The particle concentration in the fluid is assumed to be low so that particles enter one by one into the computation domain. Particles follow the flow streamlines under creeping flow conditions from a random initial location until they are subjected to physico‐chemical interactions near the filter surface or a particle already deposited. The computational domain consists of two regions: a fluid region and a porous medium region, i.e. the particle cake. The flow over the two regions of the Hele Shaw cell is computed using the Darcy model, including the variations of the permeability field due to the cake formation. Results show that both the permeability and the filtration efficiency are affected significantly by particle size.     

Effect of cake layer structure on colloidal fouling in reverse osmosis membranes

A series of reverse osmosis (RO) membrane filtration experiments was performed systematically in order to investigate the effects of various hydrodynamic and physicochemical operational parameters on a cake layer formation in colloidal and particulate suspensions. Bench-scale fouling experiments with a thin-film composite RO membrane were performed at various combinations of trans-membrane pressure (TMP), cross-flow velocity (CFV), particle size, pH, and ionic strength. In this study, silica particles with two different mean diameters of 0.1 and 3.0 μm were used as model colloids. Membrane filtration experiments with colloidal suspensions under various hydrodynamic operating conditions resulted that more significant permeate flux decline was observed as TMP increased and CFV decreased, which was attributed to the higher accumulative mass of particles on the membrane surface. Results of fouling experiments under various physicochemical operating conditions demonstrated that the rate of flux decline decreased significantly with an increase of the ionic strength as well as particle size, while the flux decline rate did not vary when solution pH changed. The experimentally measured cake layer thickness increased with a decrease in particle size and solution ionic strength. Furthermore, the model estimation of cake layer thickness by using a cake filtration theory based on the hydraulic resistance of membrane and cake layer was performed under various ionic strength conditions. The primary model parameters including accumulated mass and specific cake resistance were calculated from the cake layer resistance. This result indicated that the formation of cake layer could be closely related with solution water chemistry. The model estimated cake layer thickness values were in good agreement with the experimentally measured values.     

原生QI结构和性质的研究

采用扫描电镜、能谱分析和X射线衍射对武钢煤焦油所含原生QI杂质的结构组成进行了研究，证实了原生QI杂质主要由微米级炭位构成，解释了有机QI和无机QI的来源，为煤焦油净化脱除再生QI杂质处理提供了依据。