滚筒端面对颗粒物料轴向流动特性影响的离散模拟研究

针对碎渣工艺中仅一个端面可随侧壁转动的短滚筒体系，采用离散单元法模拟研究了滚筒轴径比和转动速度对颗粒物料轴向流动特性的影响。模拟结果表明，系统内形成了显著的轴向对流结构：物料层顶部处颗粒物料会朝向滚筒固定端面一侧运动，而物料层趾部区域颗粒则朝向滚筒转动端面一侧运动。低转速条件下，沿物料自由表面由顶部到趾部，颗粒轴向速度呈非对称分布，顶部区域颗粒轴向速度绝对值显著小于趾部区域颗粒轴向速度绝对值；两部分区域颗粒轴向速度绝对值分别在y/R=±0.725处达到极大值，且轴向速度为0的位置并不出现在切向的中间位置。改变滚筒的轴长对这种非对称分布的影响近似可忽略，但是增大滚筒转速会增大颗粒轴向运动速度并逐步减弱这种非对称性。改变滚筒转速，对物料顶部区域颗粒的轴向流动的影响要大于对趾部区域颗粒轴向流动的影响。当滚筒轴径比达到1.2后，滚筒转动端面对物料轴向流动的影响区域不会随滚筒转速的增大而呈现显著变化。这些结果为实际滚筒碎渣工艺的结构优化提供了理论指导。     

颗粒物料在半封闭式回转鼓内的混合特性

采用DEM离散单元法,对不同转速与倾角下半封闭式回转鼓内颗粒物料的混合过程进行了模拟。通过“颗粒接触数”定义的分离指数S,分析了不同转速和倾角对回转鼓内颗粒物料径向与轴向混合特性的影响。结果表明：转速与倾角对回转鼓内颗粒物料径向与轴向混合特性有显著的影响;倾角不变,转速分别为15r/min、30r/min、45r/min时,颗粒物料的径向与轴向混合速度随转速的增加而增加,当转速超过30r/min后,增加转速对径向与轴向混合速度的影响越来越小;转速不变,倾角分别为0°、17°、34°时,增大倾角能有效的增加轴向混合速度,但对径向混合速度没有促进作用,当倾角超过17°后,轴向混合速度的增幅随着倾角的增加而逐渐变小,而径向混合速度随着倾角的增大而减小,但增加转速可以减小径向混合速度下降幅度。     

单孔射流流化床内颗粒混合特性的数值模拟

在欧拉-拉格朗日坐标系下,采用离散单元法对单孔射流流化床内颗粒混合特性进行了数值模拟。引入混合指数对床内轴向及径向布置的颗粒混合质量进行定量分析,并研究了不同表观气速、不同弹性系数对颗粒混合特性的影响。模拟得到了颗粒轴向及径向混合序列图、气体和颗粒速度分布、整床颗粒混合指数分布、参量变化时整床颗粒混合指数分布。结果表明：流化床床层内颗粒混合速度受颗粒内循环能力和颗粒扩散能力的综合作用。单口射流喷动流化床颗粒轴向混合速度主要由颗粒内循环速度决定,颗粒径向混合速度主要由颗粒扩散能力决定。表观气速增大时,颗粒内循环速度增加,从而加快了颗粒轴向混合进程,但对颗粒径向混合影响微弱;弹性系数增大时,颗粒混合速度及混合质量均下降,并且弹性系数增大对颗粒径向混合进程影响小于颗粒轴向混合。     

单孔射流流化床内颗粒混合特性的数值模拟

在欧拉-拉格朗日坐标系下,采用离散单元法对单孔射流流化床内颗粒混合特性进行了数值模拟。引入混合指数对床内轴向及径向布置的颗粒混合质量进行定量分析,并研究了不同表观气速、不同弹性系数对颗粒混合特性的影响。模拟得到了颗粒轴向及径向混合序列图、气体和颗粒速度分布、整床颗粒混合指数分布、参量变化时整床颗粒混合指数分布。结果表明:流化床床层内颗粒混合速度受颗粒内循环能力和颗粒扩散能力的综合作用。单口射流喷动流化床颗粒轴向混合速度主要由颗粒内循环速度决定,颗粒径向混合速度主要由颗粒扩散能力决定。表观气速增大时,颗粒内循环速度增加,从而加快了颗粒轴向混合进程,但对颗粒径向混合影响微弱;弹性系数增大时,颗粒混合速度及混合质量均下降,并且弹性系数增大对颗粒径向混合进程影响小于颗粒轴向混合。     

回转干馏炉内二组元颗粒混合机理及混合度分析

采用非等径二组元颗粒,用圆形滚筒模拟回转干馏炉,研究回转干馏炉转速对颗粒径向混合的影响。以滚筒径向颗粒Lacey指数作为混合指数,对5种不同转速下滚筒侧表面颗粒的混合指数与混合机理进行研究,对比分析了混合指数的变化趋势。结果表明：在圆形滚筒混合器内1/6填充率、倾角为0°的情况下,在转速为13.3 r/min时混合度优于其它转速,以对流混合与扩散混合为主;通过对混合质量与混合机理综合分析,得颗粒混合呈现“双振荡趋势”。     

低速回转圆筒内磷铵颗粒粒度分布规律研究

利用取样－筛分－称重的实验方法,提出固体颗粒在倾斜回转圆筒内的径向、沿弦长（料面）方向及轴向粒度分布规律,并得出混合粒径固体颗粒在倾斜回转圆筒内发生径向偏析和轴向偏析的结论。研究所用回转圆筒直径为６００ｍｍ,实验物料为不同粒度配比的磷酸一铵。研究结果对内分级内返料喷浆造粒干燥机的设计有指导意义。     

超短接触旋流反应器混合腔结构优化试验研究

针对超短接触旋流反应器混合腔内催化剂颗粒径向分布不均匀的现象,提出了一种新型结构的混合腔,在反应器的冷态试验装置上测量了该结构下混合腔内催化剂颗粒浓度场及速度场,并与基准结构进行了对比。试验结果表明:这种新型的优化结构可以有效改善混合腔内催化剂颗粒的径向分布不均匀现象,对边壁存在的催化剂轴向返混现象也有明显改观。     

下行床入口段流体力学及混合行为

针对工业快速反应对气固进料混合过程的特殊需求,在内径140mm,高4.7m的并流下行循环流化床中,采用双光路光纤密度测量技术及磷光颗粒示踪技术,对两种不同的气固并流下行床分布器结构的流动及颗粒混合行为进行了研究．分别考察了人口段颗粒浓度径向分布沿轴向的变化规律及颗粒轴径向混合行为．实验结果表明,下行床入口段颗粒浓度随轴向位置的变化可划分为分布器影响区及湍流控制区．分布器结构对入口段颗粒密度分布有较大影响,利用侧向喷嘴并降低入口处颗粒的射流可以获得较好的径向均布效果．侧向喷嘴的分布器结构更有利于颗粒的径向混合．还考察了入口结构对颗粒混合的影响因素,给出了对Pe_a及Pe_r的关联式．     

滚筒内柱体内构件对二元颗粒体系混合的影响

针对滚筒内二元颗粒体系在混合过程中产生的混合死区现象,提出在混合死区位置设置柱体内构件的增混方式,以接触数作为混合评价指标,采用离散单元法研究柱体内构件对二元颗粒体系运动混合的影响,并分析其增混机理。研究结果表明:柱体内构件很大程度上破坏了聚集小颗粒的混合死区,强化了二元颗粒间的对流和扩散机制,同时抑制了颗粒的离析作用,提高了颗粒体系整体混合程度,同时,柱体内构件提高了二元颗粒体系的混合效率,改变了颗粒体系混合的稳定性;在一定的范围内,柱体内构件的数量越多,颗粒体系的混合效果越好,但如果数量过多,反而不利于二元颗粒间的混合;在滚筒开始转动的短暂时间内,柱体内构件反而抑制颗粒体系的混合,滚筒继续转动,才起到增混的效果。本研究可为二元颗粒物料增混设备的改进提供参考和依据。     

内构件对于提升管中颗粒混合行为的影响

对加设了钝体式内构件的提升管内颗粒的轴径向混合为进行了研究。研究结果表明，内构件的存在并不能明显减少提升管内颗粒的轴向返混，这与提升管内稳定的微观两相结构密切相关，但颗粒的径向混合能力却可大大加强，而且在越高的气速和固含条件下，这种加强作用越明显，其原因是内构件的存在加强了边壁区颗粒的脉动，有利于破坏提升管边壁区的颗粒浓环，促进颗粒的径向交换与混合。     

Granular flow in a rotating drum with gaps in the side wall

This paper presents a numerical investigation of the motion of bi-sized particles in a short rotating drum by using Discrete Element Method (DEM). The side wall of the drum has equally spaced gaps whose width is just between the two particle diameters. One end wall of the drum is fixed while the other rotates with the side wall. Small particles are fed into the drum continuously at the center region in the axial direction. The effect of rotating speed on the volumetric holdup and residence time of small particle is investigated. A critical rotating speed is found, below which the decrease of rotating speed will increase the volumetric holdup and the residence time of the small particles sharply. A jump in the axial distribution of the outflow rate of the small particles is observed at the region adjacent to the fixed end wall. The flow pattern inside the drum is analyzed. In the region between the fixed end wall and the feeding point, all small particles, on average, move towards the fixed end wall. While in the region between the rotating end wall and the feeding point, the small particles curve away the rotating end wall in the upper part of the charge and return to this wall in the lower part. The particle temperature distributions at different rotating speeds are explored to understand the flow behavior observed in these simulations.     

Characterization of Mixing and Size Segregation in a Rotating Drum by a Particle Tracking Method

The mechanisms of segregation in solids mixing, even in simple rotating drums, are not clearly understood. Although most past studies have focused on binary mixtures, this work investigates the effect of polydispersity on granular flow, mixing, and segregation in a rotating drum operated in rolling regime through particle trajectories obtained from the radioactive particle tracking technique. Velocity profiles, radial segregation, and axial dispersion coefficients for monodisperse and polydisperse systems of glass beads are analyzed with respect to rotational speed and particle size. A model is introduced to predict the residence times along streamlines and evaluate the rate at which the material renews at the free surface and within the inner layers of the bed. Our results reveal similar velocity profiles and residence times for monodisperse and polydisperse systems. They also indicate that the particles distribute along the radial direction of the drum, although not necessarily in a core/shell configuration. © 2012 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 59: 1894–1905, 2013     

A study of the axial and radial competition segregation in a rotating drum with internal diameter changing

A binary mixture is mixed in a rotating drum composed by 19 rings with different inner diameters. It is found that the larger particles are concentrated in the rings with smaller inner diameters. The collection of the larger particles in these rings is due to the particle dynamic angle of repose. The transition from the particle segregation core pattern at the end wall to the good radial mixing rings is through a transient turning comet segregation pattern. This transition is closely related to the distance from the ring with the smallest inner diameter to the ring with the largest inner diameter. Having a higher fraction of larger particles in a ring requires both the collection ring having a smaller inner diameter and a smoother inner diameter transition to the neighboring rings.     

Improvement of granular mixing of dissimilar materials in rotating cylinders

We have found that periodic flow inversions of free-flowing materials may be used to effectively eliminate both size and density segregation in free-surface flows. In a rotating cylinder, these inversions may be induced by placement of an axially located baffle within the flow. In this work, we report on an experimental study of radial mixing and segregation for binary mixtures of granular materials in a rotating cylinder both with and without an axially-located baffle. Qualitative and quantitative measures of the segregation/mixing are shown via digitized images and the intensity of segregation, respectively. We define a mixing improvement factor (ψ) to quantify the relative impact of the axial baffle for a variety of baffle placements and geometries. We find that the maximum extent of mixing is achieved when the baffle size is equal to the radius of the cylinder and fixed either at the free surface or within the shear layer. In contrast, we show that segmenting the baffle, baffle placement outside the shear layer (in fixed bed), or placement at the periphery of the cylinder resulted in an insignificant increase in mixing. Mixing was found to be independent of the shape of a baffle.     

Segregation behavior of binary mixtures of cylindrical particles with different length ratios in the rotating drum

Particle shape impacts the flow behavior of granular material but this effect is still far from being fully understood. Using discrete element method, the current work explores the segregation phenomena of the binary mixtures of cylindrical particles (differing in length but with the same diameter) in the three-dimensional rotating drum operating in the rolling regime, with each cylindrical particle fully represented by the superquadric equation. The important characteristics and the effect of length ratio on the flow dynamics of the binary mixtures are discussed. Some trends are in sync with those of binary mixtures of spherical particles. Unique to nonspherical particles is the orientation of particles, with results indicating that the cylindrical particles align their major axes perpendicular to the drum axis and this behavior becomes more significant for large particles when the length ratio increases. The length-induced radial segregation causes the orientation of large cylindrical particles to be less uniform.     

Longitudinal mixing of granular material flowing through a rotating cylinder— Part I. Descriptive and theoretical

The types of motion, relative displacements and mixing of solid particles moving radially and longitudinally in a partly filled rotating cylinder under various operating conditions are treated. Ball mills, rotary driers, kilns, cereal steamers and drum mixers are discussed. A short survey of the theory of longitudinal mixing is given and the applicability of the general diffusion model to the continuous flow of granular solids through a rotating cylinder is indicated.