一串上升气泡周围流体的湍动特性(英文)

The turbulence behavior of gas-liquid two-phase flow plays an important role in heat transfer and mass transfer in many chemical processes. In this work, a 2D particle image velocimetry (PIV) was used to investigate the turbulent characteristic of fluid induced by a chain of bubbles rising in Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids. The instantaneous flow field, turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) and TKE dissipation rate were measured. The results demonstrated that the TKE profiles were almost symmetrical along the column center and showed higher values in the central region of the column. The TKE was enhanced with the increase of gas flow and decrease of liquid viscosity. The maximum TKE dissipation rate appeared on both sides of the bubble chain, and increased with the increase of gas flow rate or liquid viscosity. These results provide an understanding for gas-liquid mass transfer in non-Newtonian fluids.     

气-液-固三相气升式环流反应器中牛顿型及非牛顿型流体局部液相传质模型

A small scale isotropic mass transfer model was developed for the local liquid side mass transfer coefficients in gas-liquid-solid three-phase flow airlift loop reactor for Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids. It is based on Higbie‘s penetration theory and Kolmogoroff‘s theory of isotropic turbulence with kl=3√2D∈11/3/π(η1^-1/3-λf^-1/3)where e1 is local rate of energy dissipation, Af is the local microscale, r/l is the local Kolmogoroff scale and D is the diffusion coefficient. The capability of the proposed model is discussed in the light of experimental data obtained from 12 L gas-liquid-solid three-phase flow airlift loop reactor using Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids. Good agreement with the experimental data was obtained over a wide range of conditions suggesting a general applicability of the proposed model.     

INTERPRETATION OF FLOW NONUNIFORMITY AND HYSTERESIS WITH A CAPILLARY ARRAY MODEL

A novel capillary array model is proposed to shed light on the development of themaldistribution of cocurrent downward gas-liquid flow and the hysteretic performance behavior in apacked column.The model is based on the principle of nonequilibrium thermodynamics and incombination with lateral random walk of elemental liquid rivulets.The liquid distribution over aone-dimensional array of capillaries is simulated and the basic features of gas-liquid flow in packedbeds are demonstrated.With proper correspondence of hysteresis branches with nonuniformity of flowdistribution assumed,the experimentally observed hysteresis in pressure drop,liquid holdup and masstransfer rate can be qualitatively simulated.Strenuous efforts are still required for further developingthis model into a predictive tool for the evaluation of performance of packed-bed type devices.     

周期操作全回流间歇精馏的动态模型(英文)

Cyclic total reflux (CTR) batch distillation is a promising mode of the process but lacking of appropriate modeling for the period of filling the reflux drum. A new dynamic modeling method for the simulation of CTR batch distillation is proposed in this work, in which the changes in column holdup and liquid flow rate during the filling of the drum, and the consequent change in valid number of theoretical plates are considered. The effect of drum holdup on operation time is investigated and the optimal drum holdup is obtained from the simulation. The dynamic modeling is compared to the conventional modeling without consideration of change in liquid flow rate. The experimental result shows that the present modeling is more reliable and more accurate, especially for the col-umn with large liquid holdup.     

垂直管内气液两相弹状流含气率研究

In order to investigate the influence of the entrance effect on the spatial distribution of phases, the experiments on gas-liquid two-phase slug flow in a vertical pipe of 0.03m ID were carried out by using optical probes and an EKTAPRO 1000 high speed motion analyzer. It demonstrates that the radial profile of slug flow void fraction is parabolic. Influenced by the falling liquid film, the radial profile curve of liquid slug void fraction in the wake region is also parabolic. Since fully turbulent velocity distribution is built up in the developed region,the void fraction profile in this region is the saddle type. At given superficial liquid velocity, the liquid slug void fraction increases with gas velocity. The radial profiles of liquid slug void fraction at different axial locations are all saddle curves, but void fraction is obviously high around the centerline in the entrance region. The nearer the measuring station is from the entrance, the farther the peak location is away from the wall.     

气-液-固三相气升式环流反应器中牛顿型及非牛顿型流体局部液相传质模型

A small scale isotropic mass transfer model was developed for the local liquid side mass transfer coefficients in gas-liquid-solid three-phase flow airlift loop reactor for Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids.It is based on Higbie's penetration theory and Kolmogoroff's theory of isotropic turbulence with k1 = 3√2Dε1/3 1/π(η-1/3 1 -λ-1/3 f),where ε1 is local rate of energy dissipation,λf is the local microscale,η1 is the local Kolmogoroff scale and D is the diffusion coefficient.The capability of the proposed model is discussed in the light of experimental data obtained from 12 L gas-liquid-solid three-phase flow airlift loop reactor using Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids.Good agreement with the experimental data was obtained over a wide range of conditions suggesting a general applicability of the proposed model.     

低含液率多相管路平均持液率

The experimental study on average holdup in multiphase pipelines with low loads of liquids was conducted on a large multiphase flow loop. The average holdup increased with increasing liquid load and decreased with increasing gas velocity, and also depended on the undulation of pipeline and flow patterns in the pipeline. The effects of eight dimensionless parameters on average holdup were seriated with grey relational degree analysis so as to find the most important factors affecting the average holdup in multiphase pipelines with low loads of liquids. An average holdup correlation based on low liquid loads was also developed and the correlation related the most important three factors including superficial gas velocity number (Ngw), superficial liquid velocity number (Nlw) and liquid Reynolds number (Rel) to the average holdup. Finally the correlation was tested with the field data and the result was satisfying.     

高温高压浆态鼓泡床反应器中的气-液传质

The gas-liquid mass transfer of H2 and CO in a high temperature and high-pressure three-phase slurry bubble column reactor is studied. The gas-liquid volumetric mass transfer coefficients kLa are obtained by measuring the dissolution rate of H2 and CO. The influences of the main operation conditions, such as temperature, pressure,superficial gas velocity and solid concentration, are studied systematically. Two empirical correlations are proposed to predict kLa values for H2 and CO in liquid paraffln/solid particles slurry bubble column reactors.     

采用不同流场的质子交换膜燃料电池内部传递现象模拟

A numerical model for proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell is developed, which can simulate such basic transport phenomena as gas-liquid two-phase flow in a working fuel cell. Boundary conditions for both the conventional and the interdigitated modes of flow are presented on a three-dimensional basis. Numerical techniques for this model are discussed in detail. Validation shows good agreement between simulating results and experimental data. Furthermore, internal transport phenomena are discussed and compared for PEM fuel cells with conventional and interdigitated flows. It is found that the dead-ended structure of an interdigitated flow does increase the oxygen mass fraction and decrease the liquid water saturation in the gas diffusion layer as compared to the conventional mode of flow. However, the cathode humidification is important for an interdigitated flow to acquire better performance than a conventional flow fuel cell.     

液膜性质的小尺度研究

Structured packing is a good candidate for CO₂ capture process because of its higher mass transfer efficiency and lower pressure drop.Now,the challenging problem of CO₂ capture and storage demands more and more efficiency equipment.The aim of the present study is to investigate the liquid film characteristics under counter current gas phase and throw some insight into the enhancing mechanism of mass transfer performance in structured packing.A high speed digital camera,non-intrusive measurement technique,was used.Water and air were working fluids.Experiments were carried out for different gas/liquid flow rates and different inclination angles.The time-average and instantaneous film widths for each set of flow parameters were calculated.It is shown that the effects of gas phase could be neglected for lower flow rate,and then,become more pronounced at higher flow rate.According to instantaneous film width,three different stages can be distinguished.One is the constant width of liquid film.The second is the slight decrease of film width and the smooth surface.This kind of character will lead to less interfacial area and deteriorate the packing mass transfer performance.For the third stage,the variation of film width shows clearly chaotic behavior.The prediction model was also developed in present work.The predicted and experimental results are in good agreement.     

提升管三相流化床内流动特性研究

在以牛顿和非牛顿流体为液相的提升管三相流化床内研究了粒子循环条件、床层气含率和液体循环速率等变化规律.考察了中心管和环隙气含率的差别及其对液相循环的影响,并引入广义雷诺数,得出计算气含率的关联式.     

鼓泡反应器中幂律型流体流动与传质特性

很多废水处理装置涉及非牛顿型流体中的多相流动和传质问题,研究其中的气液传质过程有助于实现装置的优化设计和高效节能运行。以鼓泡反应器内清水和不同质量分数的羧甲基纤维素钠（CMC）水溶液为实验对象,分别研究气相表观气速和液相流变特性对气泡尺寸分布、全局气含率和体积氧传质系数的影响。实验结果表明,液相的流变特性对其传质特性参数均有较大影响。与清水相比,CMC水溶液中气泡平均直径和分布范围更大;清水和CMC水溶液的全局气含率均随表观气速的增加而增大;CMC水溶液的体积氧传质系数随CMC水溶液质量分数的增加而减小。基于实验研究,得出修正的体积氧传质系数公式和适用于幂律型非牛顿流体流动体系氧传递过程的无量纲关联式,可很好地实现非牛顿流体流动的废水处理装置中气液传质参数的计算。     

低气速条件下CO_2在牛顿及非牛顿流体中气含率

实验测定了低气速下CO2气泡群在牛顿流体、剪切变稀流体及黏弹性流体中的气含率。讨论了流体的流变性、质量分数及表观气速对气含率的影响。结果表明:在3种不同性质的流体中,气含率均随表观气速的增大而增大。同时发现流体性质对气含率具有不同的影响:对于牛顿流体,表观气速较低时,质量分数对气含率影响可忽略;对于非牛顿流体,气含率随着流动指数n的减小而减小,即剪切变稀效应对气含率有负作用,而黏弹性对气含率的影响可忽略。气含率是气液传质过程设计中最重要的参数,因此研究结果为进一步研究CO2气泡群在非牛顿流体中的传质奠定了一定基础。     

THEORETICAL PREDICTION OF GAS HOLDUP IN BUBBLE COLUMNS WITH NEWTONIAN AND NON-NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS

A simple model based on an energy balance which takes into account the friction losses at the gas-liquid interface and the slip velocity of single bubble is used to simulate the gas holdup in bubble columns containing Newtonian and non-Newtonian liquids which circulate in both laminar and turbulent flows. Experimental data available from the literature for bubble columns up to 7 m height and 1 m diameter with water and glycerol as Newtonian liquids and different solutions of CMC in a wide range of concentrations as non-Newtonian liquids are simulated with good agreement despite the simplifications made to describe the gas liquid flow regimes. Most of the differences between experimental and calculated gas holdup are justified on the basis of the simplifying assumptions.     

LOCAL OVERALL GAS-LIQUID VOLUMETRIC MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS IN A GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE REVERSED FLOW JET LOOP REACTOR

Local overall gas-liquid volumetric mass transfer coefficient profiles at the specified point were experimentally investigated in a gas-liquid two-phase reversed flow jet loop reactor with Newtonian and non-Newtonian systems. It was observed that the local overall gas-liquid volumetric mass transfer coefficient profiles of this reactor with Newtonian and non-Newtonian systems increase with increase in gas jet flow rates and liquid jet flow rates, and with decrease in nozzle diameter and CMC concentration.     

Hydrodynamics of power-law fluids in trickle-flow reactors: Mechanistic model, experimental verification and simulations

A fully predictive one-dimensional mechanistic model was developed for describing the hydrodynamics of power-law fluids in trickle-bed reactors. The model is a generalization of the slit approach to the case of non-Newtonian fluids obeying Ostwald-deWaele rheological behavior. Without recourse to adjustable parameters, the proposed model enabled prediction of the experimental values of (i) total two-phase total pressure drop and total liquid holdup in the trickle flow regime, (ii) frictional pressure drop in single-phase flows through packed beds, and (iii) total liquid holdup in gravity driven liquid downflow and stagnant gas through packed beds. Parametric simulations guided by knowledge of the behavior of highly viscous Newtonian liquids in trickle beds highlighted the capability of the model in the simulation and design of trickle flow operation using power-law fluids.     

Liquid or slurry holdup in the flow of gas-liquid and gas-slurry mixtures in vertical tubes

In a support study for the development of the Synthoil coal liquefaction process, liquid (or slurry) holdups resulting from the flow of gas-liquid and gas-coal slurry mixtures in vertical tubes were measured. The effect of the viscosity of the liquid phase, the density of the gas phase, and the tube diameter on holdup values were investigated. The results showed that slurries of coal particles (up to 27.1 wt.%) in a white mineral oil behave as homogeneous Newtonian fluids. Therefore, the results obtained for the flow of gas-liquid mixtures are equally applicable to the flow of the type of gas-slurry mixtures that exist in the Synthoil coal liquefaction process.     

Trickle bed hydrodynamics and flow regime transition at elevated temperature for a Newtonian and a non-Newtonian liquid

Despite the hydrodynamics of trickle beds experiencing high pressures has become largely documented in the recent literature, trickle bed hydrodynamic behavior at elevated temperatures, on the contrary, largely remains terra incognita. This study's aim was to demonstrate experimentally the temperature shift of trickle-to-pulse flow regime transition, pulse velocity, two-phase pressure drop, liquid holdup and liquid axial dispersion coefficient. These parameters were determined for Newtonian (air-water) and non-Newtonian (air-0.25% Carboxymethylcellulose (CMC)) liquids, and the various experimental results were compared to available literature models and correlations for confrontation and recommendations. The trickle-to-pulse flow transition boundary shifted towards higher gas and liquid superficial velocities with increasingly temperatures, aligning with the findings on pressure effects which likewise were confirmed to broaden the trickle flow domain. The Larachi-Charpentier-Favier diagram [Larachi et al., 1993, The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering 71, 319-321] provided good predictions of the transition locus at elevated temperature for Newtonian liquids. Conversely, everything else being kept identical, increasingly temperatures occasioned a decrease in both two-phase pressure drop and liquid holdup; whereas pulse velocity was observed to increase with temperature. The Iliuta and Larachi slit model for non-Newtonian fluids [Iliuta and Larachi, 2002, Chemical Engineering Science 46, 1233-1246] predicted with very good accuracy both the pressure drops and the liquid holdups regardless of pressure and temperature without requiring any adjustable parameter. The Burghardt et al. [2004, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 43, 4511-4521] pulse velocity correlation can be recommended for preliminary engineering calculations of pulse velocity at elevated temperature, pressure, Newtonian and non-Newtonian liquids. The liquid axial dispersion coefficient (D_ax) extracted from the axial dispersion RTD model revealed that temperatures did not affect in a substantial manner this parameter. Both Newtonian and power-law non-Newtonian fluids behaved qualitatively similarly regarding the effect of temperature.     

Effects of viscosity and relaxation time on the hydrodynamics of gas–liquid systems

Effects of liquid properties on the hydrodynamics of gas–liquid systems were investigated in lab-scale bubble column (BC) and internal loop airlift (ILA). Alginate solutions, a glycerol solution and a Boger fluid were adopted to separately address the effects of viscosity and of surface tension for Newtonian fluids, and the effects of relaxation time for non-Newtonian fluid characterized by approximately constant viscosity (low shear thinning). Hydrodynamic regimes were characterized in terms of overall gas holdup, gas–liquid mass transfer coefficient, drift-flux and liquid circulation velocity. The superficial gas velocities at the transition between hydrodynamic regimes (homogenous regime–vortical-spiral regime–heterogeneous regime) as a function the liquid viscosity was characterized by a maximum. The same behavior was observed for the maximum stable gas holdup and gas–liquid mass transfer coefficient in BC. Viscosity enhances homogeneous regime stability for μ<4.25 mPa s, in BC, and μ<7.68 mPa s, in ILA. For non-Newtonian fluids the transition velocity increases with liquid elasticity. The stabilization mechanism related to the relaxation time of Boger fluids has been discussed.