搅拌反应器内气液两相流的CFD研究进展

搅拌式气液反应器因其操作灵活、适用性强等优点,在过程工业中应用广泛.综述了采用计算流体力学CFD技术对搅拌反应器内气液两相流动行为的数值模拟研究.Euler-Euler双流体模型作为主要方法用于描述气液两相流动,在其基础上耦合相对简单的气泡数密度函数模型或复杂的群体平衡模型,可较为准确地预测搅拌反应器内气泡尺寸和局部气含率及其分布规律.CFD模拟结果可用以分析和评价不同搅拌桨叶、搅拌桨组合和气体分布器的气液分散性能,对气液反应器的结构优化和过程强化提供了有效手段.     

搅拌槽内气液两相混沌混合及分散特性

传统Rushton刚性桨常应用于过程工业中搅拌反应器内的气液分散过程,但由于桨叶背后易形成较大的气穴,气液混合效果较差。为了提高搅拌槽内气液两相的混合效果,提出了一种刚柔组合桨强化气液两相的分散过程。利用LabVIEW软件处理刚性桨和刚柔组合桨体系中气液混合过程的压力脉动信号,通过Matlab软件编程计算最大Lyapunov指数（LLE）,分析气液混合体系的混沌混合行为,同时,对刚性桨和刚柔组合桨体系中的相对搅拌功耗、整体气含率、局部气含率进行测量。结果表明,在功耗为170 W,通气量为10 m³·h^-1条件下,与刚性桨相比,刚柔组合桨能够通过刚-柔-流的耦合作用促进桨叶能量的传递过程,提高搅拌体系的混沌混合程度,刚柔组合桨体系的LLE提高了8.89%。同时,在相同操作条件下,与刚性桨相比,刚柔组合桨能够有效提高相对搅拌功耗以及搅拌槽内的整体气含率和局部气含率,且搅拌槽内气体分散更为均匀。     

搅拌器在工业合成醋酸反应器中的应用

详细分析了工业合成醋酸反应器中的机械搅拌过程,描述了气液分散搅拌过程中搅拌桨叶的选择和计算。对醋酸反应器这样复杂的气-液反应混合过程,必须采用合适的机械搅拌器。目前采用最多的是径向流和轴向流相结合的多层搅拌桨叶组合形式的搅拌器。搅拌桨的计算和设计对保证醋酸反应中充分的气-液分散混合并达到良好的气-液传质过程十分重要。不同大小醋酸反应釜的搅拌器必须根据不同生产处理量和醋酸装置的工艺条件进行设计和选型。     

轴流式翼型-透平组合桨在搅拌釜内的流动

<正>搅拌反应器是化工、医药、食品工业中广泛应用的基础设备之一,当搅拌釜内液深与搅拌釜直径相比较大时(通常比值大于1),往往采用双层或多层桨,以保证顶部到底部的循环流动。 透平桨产生的是径向流,形成以桨叶为中心线的上、下2个循环区,桨叶附近剪切速率高,气体分散能力强。翼型桨产生的流型是轴向流,形成全釜循环,混合均匀,剪切温和。为充分利用两者优势,加强全釜混合,剪切适度,特别是在粘稠物系中,可采用组合桨。目前尚未看到对翼型-透平组合桨流动状况的研究,而对于非牛顿流体中的组合桨流动状况则了解     

生物反应器内不同桨叶组合计算流体力学模拟

运用计算流体力学(CFD)数值模拟方法研究在相同工况下(搅拌桨转速为400 r/min、通气速度为0.86 vvm和操作温度为15 ℃),4种不同桨叶组合方式对5 L气液生物反应器流场、氧传质系数kLα、空气体积分数、气含率(体积分数)和功率的影响,评判各桨叶组合综合性能.计算结果表明:1号方案上下档均为径向桨,具有最...     

新型双层桨气液搅拌釜内功耗性能的实验研究

对新型双层桨气液搅拌釜的自吸分散机理进行分析,考察介质浓度、桨叶间距、桨叶组合对功耗性能的影响,并与表面充气分散时的功耗性能进行比较。结果表明:桨叶间距增大,下层桨向上层桨泵送的液体量减少,泵送液体所需的功耗增大;P型桨叶背后形成的气穴尺寸较DT桨的小,相对功率消耗更接近于1,更有利于气体在搅拌釜中分散与混合;自吸分散时,P∝N~2,即自吸分散较表面充气分散省功,在搅拌转速或输入功率相同时,气含率更高,气液分散性能更好。     

搅拌槽内气液两相混沌混合及分散特性

传统Rushton刚性桨常应用于过程工业中搅拌反应器内的气液分散过程,但由于桨叶背后易形成较大的气穴,气液混合效果较差。为了提高搅拌槽内气液两相的混合效果,提出了一种刚柔组合桨强化气液两相的分散过程。利用Lab VIEW软件处理刚性桨和刚柔组合桨体系中气液混合过程的压力脉动信号,通过Matlab软件编程计算最大Lyapunov指数(LLE),分析气液混合体系的混沌混合行为,同时,对刚性桨和刚柔组合桨体系中的相对搅拌功耗、整体气含率、局部气含率进行测量。结果表明,在功耗为170 W,通气量为10 m3?h-1条件下,与刚性桨相比,刚柔组合桨能够通过刚-柔-流的耦合作用促进桨叶能量的传递过程,提高搅拌体系的混沌混合程度,刚柔组合桨体系的LLE提高了8.89%。同时,在相同操作条件下,与刚性桨相比,刚柔组合桨能够有效提高相对搅拌功耗以及搅拌槽内的整体气含率和局部气含率,且搅拌槽内气体分散更为均匀。     

射流鼓泡反应器的研究进展

射流鼓泡反应器通过耦合射流与鼓泡两种作用机制实现了气液理想混合,避免了甲醇羰基化制醋酸工艺中搅拌内构件的腐蚀。射流、鼓泡的耦合加剧了混合过程的复杂性,阻碍了对该反应器气液流动、传质、混合的认识。文章分别综述了均相体系射流混合、鼓泡反应器流动规律及喷射式气液反应器流动规律。结果表明,混合时间、气泡直径及气含率分别用于表征射流和鼓泡混合效果,气液顺流喷射反应器性能需同时考虑液相体积传质系数。因此,射流鼓泡反应器的研究需以上述所有参数作为特征参数,通过实验和模拟剖析反应器内部气液传质及射流与鼓泡的协同机制。     

翼形桨在气液固三相搅拌反应釜中的混合性能

<正>机械搅拌槽中高速旋转的叶轮产生的排出流中,径向速度主要用于气体的剪切分散,而其轴向速度是固体悬浮和液相轴向混合的主要动力。三相体系的混合不仅要求叶轮具有较强的径向剪切分散能力,而且要有一定的轴向混合能力,以此达到对气体和固体的同时分散。理想的混合水平不仅要求达到二者在宏观上的均匀,而且在微观混合上也要达到一定的均匀度,为此对搅拌桨的设计提出了较高的要求。在气液二相的混合操作中比较多的采用了盘式涡轮桨,而在液固二相的混合操作中比较多的使用螺旋桨,这都是为了利用各自不同的混合优势。涉及到气液固三相混合,由于气体和固体的分散是一个相互制约的问题,完全的径向     

弹性搅拌桨强化液-液两相混沌混合及液滴分散特性的研究

传统的混合澄清槽一般采用刚性搅拌桨来实现液-液两相的混合萃取，普遍存在效率低、能耗高等问题。将一种弹性搅拌桨应用在混合澄清槽中，以强化液-液两相混沌混合及分散特性。以最大Lyapunov指数（LLE）和多尺度熵（MSE）表征体系混沌状态，以分散相液滴粒径分布、Sauter平均粒径（D₃₂）等表征分散效果，分别研究了桨叶类型（弹性搅拌桨、刚柔组合桨及刚性桨）、弹簧长度、线径、外径等因素对混沌混合效果和分散特性的影响。结果表明，相比较刚性搅拌桨和刚柔组合搅拌桨，弹性搅拌桨通过弹簧的形变和储能作用，强化了搅拌能量的传递方式，提高了分散相的分散效果，有利于液液两相的混沌混合，在搅拌转速N=200 r/min、弹簧线径为0.6 mm、弹簧相对长度为1.2、弹簧外径为7 mm时，弹性搅拌桨体系的LLE和MSE更大，且MSE值波动最强；同时，各搅拌体系内分散相平均粒径D₃₂与转速呈对数线性关系，弹性搅拌桨体系内分散相液滴尺寸更小且数量更多。     

错位桨搅拌槽内污泥与固体颗粒混合过程的数值模拟

以直径1 m的搅拌槽为模型、含水率92%的污泥和粒径0.1 mm的固体颗粒为工作介质,采用Fluent软件对错位六叶螺旋桨搅拌下污泥与固体颗粒的混合过程进行数值模拟,通过与普通六叶螺旋桨对比,分析了2种桨型的浓度场分布、混合时间及单位体积混合能,并将计算的固体颗粒浓度分布与实验结果进行了比较. 结果表明,固体颗粒浓度分布计算结果和实验结果吻合较好,流动场分布对混合过程有一定影响,相同条件下错位桨搅拌的浓度场分布更快趋于稳定. 当转速N=4 r/s时,错位六叶螺旋桨的混合时间为27 s,比六叶螺旋桨的混合时间缩短9 s. 采用错位桨单位体积混合能仅为普通桨的79.6%,节能效果显著.     

三叶后掠-HEDT组合桨搅拌釜内流场的模拟及实验

对应用于聚乙烯聚合反应中的三叶后掠-HEDT组合桨的搅拌釜内流场进行了模拟研究,分析组合桨的离底距C ₁、桨间距C ₂以及转速N的变化对搅拌釜内流场的影响,利用PIV实验对模拟结果进行了验证;将该组合桨与三叶后掠-六直叶圆盘涡轮组合桨进行了模拟对比研究。结果表明：当桨间距与釜内径的比为0.35时,釜内桨叶间的流体流动效果最好,该条件下能够改善搅拌釜上层流体的速度分布;当离底距与釜内径的比值为0.29时,组合桨下方出现了整体的环流,有利于釜底流体的混合;桨叶转速N=90 r/min时釜内流体速度分布均匀,同时上层HEDT桨叶产生的射流方向趋于水平。两种组合桨的对比研究表明：二者流型相近,但前者搅拌功率能够得到明显降低。研究结果可为三叶后掠-HEDT组合桨在聚乙烯聚合反应釜中的工程应用提供参考。     

泰勒流反应器的流动及反应特性

利用由静态混合器、喷嘴和分气盒组成的新型布气装置在搅拌釜式反应器中诱导生成泰勒流,对反应器流动特性及反应特性进行了实验研究。结果表明,与常规搅拌釜式反应器相比,泰勒流反应器内物料流动更加接近于平推流流型,泰勒流的生成在反应器内构建出局部平推流区域,降低了物料返混程度。反应器反应性能因流动特性改变而得以增强,相同实验条件下,在泰勒流反应器中进行的蔗糖水解反应转化率比在常规搅拌釜式反应器中高出26.7%。在一定操作范围内,局部平推流区域和反应转化率均随搅拌转速或进气量的增加而增大。泰勒流反应器可简化为平推流区和全混流区并联的流动模型,推导出了反应转化率与平推流区域占反应器总体积比率之间的关联关系。     

On the residence time distribution in reactors with non-uniform velocity profiles: The horizontal stirred bed reactor for polypropylene production

Horizontal stirred bed reactors for polypropylene production have a typical axial powder mixing pattern which is unique for polyolefin gas-phase reactors. The polymer, although adhering to the catalyst particles, has a shorter mean residence time and a broader residence time distribution than the catalyst. Both polymer and catalyst residence time distributions, strongly depend on the temporal catalyst activity profile. The powder mixing pattern in a horizontal stirred bed reactor results from two transport effects: the continuously increasing powder net flow in the downstream direction caused by the particle growth, and the simultaneous stirring flows with equal intensity in the up- and downstream directions. Both together lead to a residence time distribution of the reacting catalyst particles between fully backmixed and plug flow. A modelling approach is proposed which describes the axial flow contributions of stirring and polymerisation separately, and which is more accurate and flexible than simple cells-in-series models used in most papers so far. For large-scale reactors, residence time distributions are predicted from experimental pulse-response curves obtained in a miniaturised mixing model without reaction. Residence time distributions equivalent to “three to five” well-mixed reactors in a series reported in the literature are experimentally accessible only with difficulties under polymerising conditions. With the modelling approach proposed in this paper, the “reacting” RTD can be calculated on the basis of the cold-flow experimental data. We compare the proposed modelling concept with simple cells-in-series models by simulating catalyst yields, particle size distributions and catalyst transitions using two model catalysts with different activity profiles. The selection of the right modelling approach has indeed a significant influence on the simulation results, especially if the throughput or the axial velocity profile is changing and the catalyst is not deactivating.     

机械搅拌流场中制备闭孔泡沫铝过程的数值模拟

描述了机械搅拌条件下应用吹气发泡法制备新型功能材料闭孔泡沫铝的过程. 在双流体模型基础上,引入多重参考系法预测水平轴机械搅拌池内的气液两相流动. 应用RNG k-e模型模拟湍流效应,考察了桨叶转速及孔口气速对流场特性和局部气含率的影响,进而应用体积积分的方法预测平均气含率. 计算结果表明,预测结果与文献中的实验数据定性一致.     

Investigations of fluid dynamics in mechanically stirred aerated slurry reactors

The fluid dynamics of stirred aerated slurry reactors with A-310® propeller, 4-blade 45° pitch turbine and 6-blade Rushton disc turbine were studied over a wide range of gas flow rates. With respect to power consumption, gas hold-up, and fluid dynamically limiting cases, viz., suspension and flooding, the Rushton disc turbine was found to be the best in stirred aerated slurry reactors. The influence of particle density, shape and mass fraction and of liquid properties on gassed critical stirrer speed, N_jsg, and of gassed power input per unit volume, P_jsg, on particle suspension and gas dispersion, were investigated. Empircal correlations in combination with that of Zwietering were established for scale-up design in three-phase slurry reactors.     

Mixing performance comparison of milliscale continuous high‐shear mixers

Mixing performance of two continuous flow millilitre‐scale reactors (volumes 9.5 mL and 2.5 mL) equipped with rotor‐stator mixers was studied. Cumulative residence time distributions (RTD) were determined experimentally using a step response method. Distributions were measured for both reactors by varying impeller speed and feed flow rate. The mixing effect was determined by measured RTDs. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) were used to verify that the residence time distribution in the measurement outlet agreed with the outlet flow. The mixing power of both reactors was determined using a calorimetric method. The reactor inlet flow rate was found to affect mixing performance at 1–13 s residence times but the effect of impeller speed could not be noted. Both milliscale reactors are close to an ideal continuous stirred‐tank reactor (CSTR) at the studied impeller speed and flow rate ranges. The specific interfacial area was found to depend on the reactor inlet flow rate at constant impeller speed for the case of copper solvent extraction.

     

Euler–Lagrange modeling of a gas–liquid stirred reactor with consideration of bubble breakage and coalescence

Simulations of a gas–liquid stirred reactor including bubble breakage and coalescence were performed. The filtered conservation equations for the liquid phase were discretized using a lattice‐Boltzmann scheme. A Lagrangian approach with a bubble parcel concept was used for the dispersed gas phase. Bubble breakage and coalescence were modeled as stochastic events. Additional assumptions for bubble breakup modeling in an Euler–Lagrange framework were proposed. The action of the reactor components on the liquid flow field was described using an immersed boundary condition. The predicted number‐based mean diameter and long‐term averaged liquid velocity components agree qualitatively and quantitatively well with experimental data for a laboratory‐scale gas–liquid stirred reactor with dilute dispersion. Effects of the presence of bubbles, as well as the increase in the gas flow rate, on the hydrodynamics were numerically studied. The modeling technique offers an alternative engineering tool to gain detailed insights into complex industrial‐scale gas–liquid stirred reactors. © 2011 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 2012     

Chaotic mixing performance and mass transfer enhanced by rigid-flexible impeller with pulse jet

Conventional stirred reactors generally use rigid impeller for mechanical stirring, which leads to the easy creation of isolation mixing regions in the reactor and reduces the efficiency of fluid mixing. The use of multi-flow field coupling to induce chaos and promote more fluids into a chaotic state is one of the effective ways to improve fluid mixing efficiency. In this work, the largest Lyapunov exponent(LLE) and multi-scale entropy(MSE) are investigated with the Matlab compile pressure pulsation signals. The effects of duty ratio, paddle type, flexible paddle thickness, paddle height from the bottom and pulsed air jet flow rate on the chaotic mixing of fluids in a stirred reactor under different pulse periods are explored. In addition, the effects of different impeller types, jet types and air jet flow rate on the volume oxygen mass transfer coefficient K_La are compared and analyzed. When T=0.4 s and D=80%, the results show that the LLE of the rigid-flexible RT impeller compared with the rigid RT impeller increases 11.58% and the MSE of the rigid-flexible RT impeller is also larger than that of rigid RT impeller. It was showed that the pulsed jet rigid-flexible impeller system can better enhance fluid chaos, increase the fluid mixing efficiency and homogenize the system energy distribution. In addition, pulse jet coupling RF-RT impeller system enhances the turbulent characteristics of the fluid, promotes the reduction of the thickness of the liquid film, strengthens the mass transfer and increases the K_La value of the system. When power consumption per unit volume is 360 W/m³, the K_La of the PJ-RF-RT system compared with the PT-R-RT system increases 13.46%, and the K_La of the PJ-R-RT system compared with the SJ-R-RT system increases 11.86%.     

半弧面斜叶桨的流体力学性能与氧传质特性

氧传质系数是气液搅拌反应器设计的关键参数,研究新型搅拌桨的氧传质性能对气液两相搅拌反应器的强化有着重要的意义。本文实验研究了气体分布器、搅拌转速、气量对氧传质系数、搅拌功耗及气含率的影响,结果表明,氧传质系数随搅拌转速和气量的增加而增加;并建立了氧传质系数与搅拌功耗和表观气速的经验公式,为进一步放大应用提供了基础。采用欧拉-欧拉多相流模型及群体平衡模型对半弧面新型斜叶桨进行了计算流体力学（CFD）数值模拟研究,模拟研究了不同结构、搅拌转速、气量下的流体力学性能和氧传质系数,模拟计算结果与实验值的相对偏差在20%以内;这为研究这一半弧面新型斜叶桨提供了一种可靠的数值模拟方法;优化了半弧面新型斜叶桨的结构,提高了搅拌釜的氧传质效率。