灰斗抽气对旋风分离器分离性能影响数值模拟研究

 利用计算流体动力学软件FLUENT对旋风分离器内气固两相流动特性进行三维数值模拟,模拟气相流场采用雷诺应力模型,应用随机轨道模型模拟湍流流场中颗粒的运动轨迹,同时给出了不同抽气率下旋风分离器的速度、压力分布,计算出旋风器分级效率,模拟结果与文献实验数据吻合较好.结果表明,灰斗抽气可以提高锥体内旋转气流切向速度,轴向速度减少能够降低气流携带颗粒返混能力,并减小排气芯管下口短路流,提高旋风分离器分离效率.对于给定的旋风分离器,抽气率应有一最优值.     

旋风分离器减阻杆对流场的影响

在研究发现旋风分离器减阻杆的基础上，研究了减阻杆对流场的影响，发现了减阻杆使切向速度分布趋于平缓、轴向速度上升峰值内移、径向上压力梯度减小、轴向上中心区从逆压梯度变为顺压梯度等重要规律，从而为分析旋风分离器减阻杆的减阻机理提供了依据。同时本文还首次发现旋风分离器入口附近有近２４％的短路流量，提出设法减小这部分短路流量是提高分离效率的一个研究方向。     

高温高压旋风分离器流场模拟及性能试验

提出一种圆形径向进口、筒体段扩径的拱顶旋风分离器新结构;并与PV型分离器进行了流场和分离性能对比。结果表明:在相同处理气量下,新型分离器外旋流区切向速度显著大于PV型,中心涡核区轴向速度小于PV型;用中位粒径为9μm的滑石粉进行冷模试验,新型旋风分离器分离效率比PV型高约1%;新型旋风分离器结构强度和分离性能优良,适合高温、高压的工况下应用。     

不同侧向入口旋风分离器流场数值分析

利用雷诺应力模型(RSM)对直切单入口、直切双入口、斜切单入口、斜切双入口、斜切螺旋面单入口、斜切螺旋面双入口6种不同侧向入口旋风分离器内部气相流场进行了计算分析。结果表明:双入口结构旋风分离器内部压力场和速度场具有更好的对称性与稳定性;仅改变入口斜切角度对旋风分离器内部速度场和压力场的分布影响不大;当本文中6种分离器内部具有相近的切向速度径向分布时,斜切螺旋面入口结构分离器压力损失减少约25%,入口所需总压降低17%,处理相同气体量的能耗约下降17%;斜切螺旋面双入口(XS-L型)分离器是一种综合性能比较优的旋风分离器。     

灰斗对旋风分离器气相流场的影响

本文采用fluent数值模拟的方法研究了中国石油辽河石化分公司聚丙烯装置在用旋风分离器内气相流场,将改造前和改造后两种结构旋风分离器内部流场进行了对比,研究发现,旋风分离器不设计灰斗时分离空间内最大切向速度减小,轴向速度中心上行流速度增大,旋转气流延伸到收料罐,大大降低了分离旋风分离器效率。     

旋风分离器减阻杆对流场的影响

在研究发现旋风分离器减阻杆的基础上，研究了减阻杆对流场的影响，发现了减阻杆使切向速度分布趋于平缓，轴向速度上升峰值内移，径向上压力梯度减小，轴处中心区从逆压梯度变为顺压梯度等重要规律，从而为分析旋风分离器减振阻杆的减阻机理提供了依据。同时本文还首次发现旋风分离器入口附近有近２４％的短路流量，提出设法减小这部位短流流量是提高分离效率的一个研究方向。     

基于熵产法的旋风分离器排气管半径优化

为提高旋风分离器对细颗粒的捕集效率,对其排气管半径进行优化,利用RSM模型和DPM模型对缩口型排气管的旋风分离器进行模拟,确定其内部流场的能量分布状况,利用熵产理论对其湍动能、湍流熵产及壁面熵产进行分析。结果表明:随着缩口半径的减小,湍流熵产及壁面熵产更加集中在排气管及捕集口处,当缩口半径与排气管半径比值为0.6时,分离器有较高的分离效率,且熵产只有小幅度增加,分离器能耗变化较小。     

直切单双进口旋风分离器流场及颗粒分离特性的数值模拟

采用计算流体力学(CFD)方法对Stairmand高效旋风分离器气相流场进行数值模拟,获取旋风分离器不同截面上的切向和轴向速度分布,与试验结果进行比较,两者能够较好吻合;采用此方法对直切单双进口旋风分离器颗粒分离的过程进行数值模拟。结果表明:双进口型改善了单进口型流场的不对称性,在进气量相同的条件下,双进口型的切向速度增大,径向速度明显减小,粒径分离效率提高了6%~30%。     

高效、低阻分离器入口结构改进及测试分析

为了改进旋风分离器的分级除尘效率和压力损失等性能指标,通过对SLK型高效低阻分离器的分级过程和不同入口形式的旋风分离的颗粒切向速度和沉降速度的分析计算,重点研究SLK型分离器入口形式对旋风分离器内气流速度的影响及其对分级除尘效率和压力损失的影响,通过试制SLK样机并利用粉煤灰进行测试分析,定性验证SLK型分离器高效低阻的性能特点。结果表明:该分离器能获得较高的分离效率,并且压力损失比同型号分离器减小100～400Pa。     

基于PV型旋风分离器的结构优化实验

设计了一种新型旋风分离器。相对于PV型旋风分离器,新型旋风分离器采用弧形导流板分隔进气的入口结构、分流型排气的出口结构、加长型的筒体和锥体的结构,有锥顶过渡段的灰斗结构,并匹配了合理的尺寸。为了验证新型分离器的性能,设计并搭建新型结构和基准PV型旋风分离器的冷模对比实验装置,在入口气速为14. 4～26. 1 m/s、入口含尘质量浓度为0. 01 kg/m~3时,同时测量2种分离器的效率和压降。对比实验结果表明:相对于基准PV型分离器,新型旋风分离器能够减小压降约32. 36%,同时保证新型分离器的效率与基准效率相当。     

Performance evaluation of industrial large-scale cyclone separator with novel vortex finder

This paper presents an experimental and numerical study on an industrial large-scale tangential-inlet cyclone separator with a novel and easy-to-implement vortex finder. The vortex finder was designed with slots on the side wall to improve cyclone performance. The collection efficiency, pressure drop, and interior flow field were analyzed. The proposed device provides an effective gas flow pathway and a coupled swirl-inertia separation mechanism, which eliminates short circuit flows under the bottom inlet of the slotted vortex finder to reduce the swirling intensity and minimize the flow instability in the separator. The pressure drop was reduced up to 27.9% compared to the conventional separator and the maximal increase in collection efficiency was 5.45%. The results presented here may provide a workable reference regarding the effects of vortex finders on improving flow fields and corresponding performance in industrial large-scale cyclone separators.     

导叶式旋风管内短路流颗粒夹带的研究

采用数值模拟方法,结合试验与理论分析,研究Shell型导叶式旋风管内短路流颗粒夹带问题。结果表明:Shell型旋风管直筒芯管下口存在短路流现象,计算得知短路流量占进口总流量的39.3%。理论分析发现,短路流主要夹带粒径小于9μm的颗粒,短路流夹带颗粒临界粒径为9μm。另外,数值模拟跟踪颗粒逃逸的轨迹证明,Shell型旋风管能将粒径大于9μm的颗粒全部除尽;粒径小于9μm的颗粒既有经排尘口返混逃逸,又有短路流夹带逃逸,其中短路流夹带逃逸占主要部分,且随着粒径的增加,经芯管下口短路夹带逃逸的数目减小。     

Effect of Vortex Finder Diameter on Flow Field and Collection Efficiency of Cyclone Separators

In this study, aerocyclone separators, with five different vortex finder diameters are simulated using commercially available computational fluid dynamics code Fluent 6.3.26 to analyze flow field pattern and the collection efficiency. It is found that a decrease in vortex finder diameter results in an increase in pressure drop by 47.84% and an increase in the collection efficiency by 9.54%, whereas, the increase in vortex finder diameter leads to a reduction in pressure drop by 23.87% and a decrease in the collection efficiency by 7.70% as compared to the Stairmand high efficiency cyclone. It is also observed that a decrease in vortex finder diameter leads to about 33% increase in axial velocity and about 25% increase in tangential velocity, whereas, an increase in vortex finder diameter results in about 23% decrease in axial velocity and about 12% decrease in tangential velocity as compared to the Stairmand high efficiency cyclone.     

一种新型的旋风分离器

介绍了旋风除尘器的一种新的改进方法,即在旋风除尘器的排气管处加二次流,通过控制二次流的大小及进风方向,可以改变旋风分离器内部流场分布,从而减少上灰环和短路流的产生,提高旋风除尘器的分离效率,尤其是提高其对微细粉尘的分离能力。     

Effect of the inlet angle on the performance of a cyclone separator using CFD-DEM

Hydrodynamic characteristics in a cyclone separator are simulated by means of DEM-CFD. Reynolds stress turbulence model (RSM) is used to capture gas turbulence. By changing the inlet angle, the distributions of pressure drop, tangential and axial velocity of gas phase are obtained within the cyclone. Simulated results indicate that the flow pattern consists of two regions: loss-free vortex region and forced vortex region. The negative inlet angle brings about a larger pressure drop comparing to positive inlet angle. The separation efficiency and trajectory of particles from simulation are obtained. The effects of inlet angle and particle size on separation efficiency are quantified. The separation efficiency is increased with an increase of particle size, while the separation efficiency firstly increases and then declined as inlet angle changes from negative to positive. An agreement between the numerical simulation and experimental results has been achieved in a cyclone separator.     

Experimental and CFD study on effects of spiral guide vanes on cyclone performance

This paper presents an experimental and numerical study on a tangential inlet cyclone separator with a spiral guide vane which is not often researched. Numerical pressure drop results were in close agreement with the experimental data. The spiral guide vane was also found to considerably influence the velocity distribution, turbulence intensity, pressure drop and collection efficiency in the cyclone. A critical value of spiral guide vane turns appeared below or above which there was a marked increase in collection efficiency, pressure drop, and tangential velocity. Compared to a cyclone with zero spiral guide vane turn, the maximal decrease in collection efficiency in the cyclone with the critical spiral guide vane turns (one turn) was 2% approximately. The maximum-efficiency inlet velocity appeared to exist independent of spiral guide vane turns, as inlet velocity affected the radial distance traveled by the rebounded particles from the inner wall. The analysis of flow field in cyclones indicated that the flow field was improved with the spiral guide vanes employed to some extent. The results presented here may provide a workable reference for the effects of spiral guide vanes on the flow field and corresponding performance in cyclone separators.     

旋转直流内循环式旋风分离器流场测定与分析(Ⅱ)

在流场测定的基础上，着重分析了旋转直流内循环式旋风分离器内三维速度分布和压力分布随入口气速的变化规律，回归了分离段切向速度计算的无因次经验方程，探求了压降性能的放大效应。结果表明该新型旋风分离器的流场规整，放大效应小，阻力系数比常用的反转式旋风分离器降低约30％。     

Influences of inlet height and velocity on main performances in the cyclone separator

Aiming at improving collection efficiency in the cyclone separator, the effects of inlet height and velocity on tangential velocity, static pressure and collection efficiency were studied. A three-dimensional model including gas-flow, and particle-dynamics fields was built by the Reynolds stress turbulence model, and the numerical simulation was achieved using the FLUENT software. The static pressure distribution, tangential velocity distribution, and particle trajectory of the cyclone were obtained, and the variation law of the collection efficiency with inlet height and velocity as well as particle diameter was analyzed. Numerical results indicate that both the static pressure and the tangential velocity in the cyclone basically present the axial symmetrical distribution, the static pressure shows a nonlinear increasing trend in the radius direction and the distribution of the tangential velocity is in the shape of a “hump.” The increase of inlet height in a certain range reduces the rotation numbers of particles in the cyclone and shortens the residence time, which results in the improvement of trapping performance. Furthermore, the appropriately increasing inlet velocity in a reasonable range can make the collection efficiency increased.     

Study and optimization of flow field in a novel cyclone separator with inner cylinder

This paper presents a study of gas-solid flow in a novel cyclone separator with inner cylinder, compared with that in a conventional cyclone. The Reynolds stress model (RSM) is used to simulate fluid flow, and the discrete phase model (DPM) is selected to describe the motion behavior of particles. The experimental data measured by particle image velocimetry (PIV) is used to verify the reliability of the numerical model. The results show that in the novel cyclone, the cleaned gas can be quickly discharged from the vortex finder, the movement distance and residence time of fine particles are prolonged, the short-circuit flow and vertical vortex under the vortex finder are eliminated, the mutual interference between upflow and downflow in the cylinder is eliminated, and the region of quasi-free vortex in the cone is enlarged. Compared with the conventional cyclone, the novel cyclone has higher collection efficiency and lower pressure drop.     

The impact of cylinder vortex stabilizer on fluctuating turbulence characteristics of a cyclone separator based on Large Eddy Simulation

The main purpose of present study is to comprehensively clarify the impact of cylinder vortex stabilizer on fluctuating turbulence structure of a Stairmand cyclone separator on basis of Large Eddy Simulation. The cylinder vortex stabilizer is easy and could be applied to any existing cyclone model without any major replacement. This novel modification in cyclone body is considered to alleviate the negative effect of entrainment of particles from the ash hopper and swing of the vortex end in swirling flow. The numerical simulations were conducted based on Stairmand cyclone separator and three new models with variation of vortex stabilizer length and diameter. The results showed that the cylinder vortex stabilizer could enhance flow instability and improve fluctuating turbulence structure to some extent. It is confirmed that cylinder vortex stabilizer could significantly reduce the tangential velocity in the inner quasi-forced vortex region of the cyclones. Comparing with Stairmand cyclone, the swirling first and second peak frequency of cyclone model with vortex stabilizer (Length L/D: 6.5, diameter d/D: 0.12) have been confirmed to get considerable reduction of 11.54% and 10.86%, respectively. This modified cyclone model is comparatively better for enhancement of flow stability, providing about 18.4% maximum reduction of normalized flow angle, 24.8% of rotational kinetic energy in dust collector and 14.2% in the main body of cyclone.