THE EFFECT OF STATIC CHARGES ON DRAG REDUCTION IN DILUTE GAS-PARTICLE SUSPENSION FLOW

This is an experimental study on the drag reduction phenomenon in a gas-particle suspension two-phase flow system. The purpose of the research was to examine the effect of static charges carried by the conveyed particles on the drag reduction characteristics of a flowing suspension in horizontal and vertical tubes. A specifically designed experimental loop was used to perform simultaneous pressure drop and particle charge measurements. The charge on the particles flowing in the system was artificially increased using high voltage rod-in-cylinder Corona chargers mounted in the closed loop. The particle charge was measured in a Farraday cage sampling device and the effective current generated by particle impact on a specially designed spherical nickel probe mounted in the two-phase flow was also recorded.

It was found during the measurements that the pressure drop in the vertical test section was not significantly influenced by the charge build-up on the flowing particles, while the results obtained in the horizontal test section showed a significant effect on the drag due to charged particles. The electric charge on the particles was shown to have a negative contribution on the drag reduction: the higher the value of the effective charge, the higher the drag increase, i.e., the smaller the drag reduction.     

Experimental study of drag reduction by a polymeric additive in slug two-phase flow of crude oil and air in horizontal pipes

In this study the effect of the presence of a drag reducing agent (DRA) on the pressure drop in cocurrent horizontal pipes carrying slug two-phase flow of air and crude oil is investigated. An experimental set-up is erected. The test section of the experimental set-up is consisted of: a smooth pipe of polycarbonate with 10.3 m long and 2.54 cm ID, a rough pipe of galvanized iron with 8.8 m long and 2.54 cm ID and a rough pipe of galvanized iron with 8.8 m long and 1.27 cm ID. The employing DRA is a Polyalpha-olefin (Polyisobutylene). The percent drag reduction (%DR) is calculated using the obtained experimental data, in presence of the DRA. The results show that addition of DRA could be effective up to some doses of DRA after which the pressure drop is kept constant. A %DR of about 40 is obtained for some experimental conditions.     

预热器输送提升管内阻力损失的试验研究

以旋风预热器的输送提升管为研究对象,按气固运动状态和输送管道的结构特征,将输送提升管道分为气固加速运动段、匀速运动段和弯管段。对各区域的阻力损失的构成及影响进行了试验研究。结果表明,各区域的阻力损失在不同操作参数下所占比例也不相同,空载时弯管段的阻力损失最大,荷料时加速段的阻力损失最大,所占比例超过60％,对提升管阻力损失起着决定性的作用。同时以研究结果为依据,研究了入料点的变化对提升管阻力损失的影响。     

Drag reduction in co-current down flow packed column using xanthan gum

Drag reduction is one of the most important techniques for reducing energy consumption in a packed bed contactor. The present work involves an experimental investigation on flow regime transition for air-water system with and without drag reducing agent (DRA), two-phase pressure drop, friction factor and drag reduction using xanthan gum as DRA. Drag reduction was quantified from the two-phase pressure drop data. Based on the present observations it was found that the percentage drag reduction increases with an increase in the concentration of DRA and it is only effective in the range of 300 ppm to 800 ppm. The experimental results indicate that a maximum of 80% drag reduction was achievable using xanthan gum (800 ppm) as DRA. Furthermore, the experimental data were validated with the available literature correlations.     

水平管稠油掺气减阻模拟实验

依托流体可视化环道装置,设计并加工稠油掺气减阻模拟装置,实验研究水平管内两种稠油模拟油掺气流动阻力特性,拍摄不同气液流量比下的管流流型,分析不同实验条件下气相对稠油的减阻效果并建立相应的压降预测模型。结果表明：在气液比0~15范围内,共观察到六种流型,分别是泡状流、弹状流、分层流、段塞流、环状流、雾状流。220^#与440^#模拟油所对应的管路减阻率分别在气液比1.17和0.96时达到最大值48.19%和33.76%,当掺气比为0.9~1.2时,减阻率均可维持在20%以上。其机理可归结为空气使油-油接触转变为油-气-油接触,降低了混合相的层间剪切应力。Dukler法不适用于高黏气液两相流,所建立的稠油-气两相压降模型预测值与实测值吻合良好,平均相对误差在20%以内。     

纳米流体对空气与水通过水平管道迟缓两相流的减阻作用的实验研究（英文）

This study investigates the effect of injecting nanofluids containing nano-SiO2 as drag reducing agents (DRA) at different concentrations on the pressure drop of air–water flow through horizontal pipe. The test fluid used in this study was air–water with nano-SiO2 particles at 0.1%–1%mass concentration. The test sections of the experi-mental set-up were five pipes of the same length of 9 m with ID from 0.0127m–0.03175m (0.5 to 1.25 in). Air–water flow was run in slug flow regime under different volumetric flow rates. The results of drag reduction (η%) indicated that the addition of DRA could be efficient up to some dosage. Drag reduction performed much better for smal er pipe diameters than it did for larger ones. For various nanosilica concentrations, the maximum drag reduction was about 66.8%for 0.75%mass concentration of nanosilica.     

气－固－固循环流化床填料层中压降及细颗粒含率的轴向分布

在气－固－固循环流化床中，尺寸较大的固相（通常作为催化剂）被固定在床中形成一段填料层，较小的固相一般为细颗粒（通常用作吸附剂或热载体）被气流携带穿过填料层。本文从讨论此类流化床中气－固两相并流流过填料层时压降的数学模型入手，应用实验测得的填料段的压降，细颗粒的平均动含率及细颗粒的循环流率等实验结果，回归了数学模型中的有关参数。在此基础上，应用这一数学模型对细粉的截面平均动含率在填料层轴向的分布行为进行了研究     

水平管路水环输送稠油减阻模拟实验

随着石油开采的增加，黏度较大的稠油输送受到越来越多的关注。基于自主设计的两相流水环输送稠油实验系统，模拟并开展了水环输送稠油实验。拍摄了水环发生器在不同间隙尺寸下的流动流型，分析了不同实验条件下的水环输送稠油减阻效果。结果表明：水环输送可以大大降低管道输送过程中压降；结合实验和模拟，水环发生器间隙尺寸在0.9～1.4 mm时，水环的减阻效果最好；流速增加会增大单位管道上的压降，降低水环输送的减阻效果。     

TWO-DIMENSIONAL TRANSIENT NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF SOLIDS AND GAS FLOW IN THE RISER SECTION OF A CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED

A computational fluid dynamics software (CFX) was modified for gas/particle flow systems and used to predict the flow parameters in the riser section of a circulating fluidized bed (CFB). Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) particles and air were used as the solids and gas phases, respectively. Two-dimensional, transient, isothermal flows were simulated for the continuous phase (air) and the dispersed phase (solid particles). Conservation equations of mass and momentum for each phase were solved using the finite volume numerical technique. Two-dimensional gas and particle flow profiles were obtained for the velocity, volume fraction, and pressure drop for each phase. Calculations showed that the inlet and exit conditions play a significant role in the overall mixing of the gas and particulate phases and in the establishment of the flow regime. The flow behavior was analyzed based on the different frequency of oscillations in the riser. Comparison of the calculated solids mass flux, solids density and pressure drop with the measured pilot-scale PSRI data (reported in this paper) showed a good agreement.     

Two-dimensional transient numerical simulation of solids and gas flow in the riser section of a circulating fluidized bed

A computational fluid dynamics software (CFX) was modified for gas/particle flow systems and used to predict the flow parameters in the riser section of a circulating fluidized bed (CFB). Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) particles and air were used as the solids and gas phases, respectively. Two-dimensional, transient, isothermal flows were simulated for the continuous phase (air) and the dispersed phase (solid particles). Conservation equations of mass and momentum for each phase were solved using the finite volume numerical technique. Two-dimensional gas and particle flow profiles were obtained for the velocity, volume fraction, and pressure drop for each phase. Calculations showed that the inlet and exit conditions play a significant role in the overall mixing of the gas and particulate phases and in the establishment of the flow regime. The flow behavior was analyzed based on the different frequency of oscillations in the riser. Comparison of the calculated solids mass flux, solids density and pressure drop with the measured pilot-scale PSRI data (reported in this paper) showed a good agreement.     

Visual analysis of particle bouncing and its effect on pressure drop in dilute phase pneumatic conveying

During the pneumatic conveying of plastic pellets, it has been observed that materials with similar physical characteristics may develop substantial difference in pressure drop, whose cause is not fully understood. This experimental study focused on the dynamic behavior of the particles during conveying and its influence on pressure drop.The bouncing of the particles during pneumatic conveying in dilute phase was visually analyzed by means of a high speed video camera. The experiments included two different plastic pellets of similar size and density but different modulus of elasticity. The conveying trials were carried out in a 0.052 m I.D. aluminum pipe conveying system approximately 35 m long. The loading was controlled by an airflow control valve and a variable speed drive rotary valve. For each material, a series of tests were performed creating a matrix of six solids rates for five different air velocities. During the conveying trials a high speed video camera was used to record the actual particle motion in a horizontal section with fully accelerated flow. The videos showed significant difference in bouncing between the soft and the hard pellets. The soft pellets showed very random and intense bouncing with strong rotation, which affected the rebound considerably. In fact, some particles bounced even backwards. On the other side, the hard pellets showed significantly less bouncing and rotation.In addition to the high speed videos, in each test the pressure drop was measured in the horizontal and vertical directions. As expected, a significant difference in pressure drop was recorded for the same conveying settings when using the different materials. The pressure drop showed a close relation to the bouncing of the particles, being much higher for the soft pellets.It can be concluded that the increased pressure drop, developed by the soft polyethylene pellets, is in part due to the multiple times the particles must be reaccelerated during their transit through the conveying system. Additionally, the reduction in the average particle velocity increases the drag force. All of this resulted in up to 3-fold increase in pressure drop across the conveying line compared to the hard polyethylene pellets that showed significantly less bouncing.     

Laminar Drag Reduction in Hydrophobic Microchannels

The apparent slip effects of laminar water flow in smooth hydrophobic microchannels and patterned hydrophobic microchannels were investigated. A series of experiments were performed to demonstrate the drag reductions for laminar water flow in hydrophobic microchannels. These microchannels were fabricated from silicon wafers using photolithography and were coated with hydrophobic octadecyltrichlorosilane (OTS). To generate a larger drag reduction, the patterned hydrophobic microchannels were fabricated to allow the liquid to flow over a region of trapped air in the cavity between the microridges. With the geometrical dimensions used, pressure drop reductions ranging from 10 to 30 % were found in the smooth microchannels and patterned microchannels. The pressure drop reduction was shown to increase with increasing microridge spacing and decreasing microchannel width. Using micro‐particle image velocimetry (PIV), we measured an apparent slip velocity at the wall of approximately 8 % of the centerline velocity, yielding a slip length of approximately 2 μm in the smooth hydrophobic microchannel. Theoretically, the analytical solution derived for three‐dimensional flow in a rectangular duct is presented to predict the slip velocity and slip length at the wall based on the pressure drop measurement. These results are in agreement with the experimental data obtained using micro‐PIV.     

基于抛物线形气-液界面的超疏水微通道减阻特性

针对超疏水表面微通道中的流动减阻特性,基于抛物线形气-液界面假设,采用VOF模型模拟了微通道中的二维层流流动,分析了流动和结构参数对减阻效果的影响。结果表明,含矩形微坑的超疏水表面微通道具有显著减阻作用,fRe随Reynolds数增大而略有提高,量纲1压降比随入口速度增大而略有下降。当增大微坑面积比或减小微通道高度时,fRe减小,量纲1压降比增大;且微通道高度越小,微坑面积比对fRe的影响越显著。随抛物线形高度增加,压降比和滑移长度均线性减小,而fRe则线性增加。当微坑深度大于其宽度的40%时,压降比和滑移长度趋于定值。微坑形状对减阻效果的影响依次是燕尾形、矩形、梯形和三角形。     

水平管内水环输送模拟稠油减阻特性

基于自主设计加工并搭建的水环输送稠油减阻模拟管路系统,采用500^#白油模拟稠油,试验研究了稠油在水环作用下的水平管流阻力特性,分析了油相表观流速（0.3～1.0m/s）、水相表观流速（0.11～0.72m/s）及入口含水率（0.13～0.49）对水润滑管流流型特征及减阻效果的影响。结果表明：环状水膜可有效隔离并润滑油壁界面,油-水两相流流型总体上呈稳定的偏心环状流结构;水环输送可大幅降低管道输送过程中的压降,其压降值仅为相同油流量下纯油输送压降的1/55～1/27;当入口含水率为0.13～0.27时,水环输送的效能显著,输油效率均高于40;油相表观流速和入口含水率的增加会增大单位管长压降,降低水环输送的减阻效果和输油效能。     

不同充气条件下密相输运床返料系统气固流动数值模拟

采用计算颗粒流体力学对密相输运床返料系统内的气固流动行为进行了数值模拟,分析了曳力模型和颗粒最大堆积浓度等参数对模拟结果的影响,确定了合适的模型参数。通过对比3组工况的模拟结果,获得了与实验结果基本一致的立管压力分布和固体循环流率随充气条件的变化规律,并分析了立管内压力梯度分布、气体流动方向、颗粒浓度分布等。结果表明立管充气口处压力梯度绝对值为局部最大值;当立管充气口气量为零时,会使充气口上方一段距离的压力梯度绝对值较小;充气量增大到一定值时会在充气口附近形成明显的气泡。当缺少立管高位充气时,会导致立管下部区域形成大的压力梯度,增加颗粒下落阻力。充气松动颗粒的作用仅对充气口附近区域有一定影响,更大的作用是在立管内形成均匀的压力梯度分布,使立管内气固流动状态保持上下一致。在制定充气方案时,应根据固体循环流率确定立管压降,补充合适气体量以维持气体下行速度均衡,使得各段的平均压力梯度相同。     

Hydrodynamics of a flowing gas-solids suspension in a tube at high angles of inclination

A study was made of pneumatic transport of particles of sand suspended in air in a 31.8 mm diameter Plexiglas tube inclined at either 72 or 90 degrees with respect to the horizontal plane. The solids holdup, pressure gradient and pressure drop fluctuations over a 4.55 m test section were measured as functions of the air velocity and the solids flux. Previously observed sudden changes in slope of plots of solids holdup versus solids flux at constant gas velocity in a vertical tube (Mok et al., 1989), which were identified as transition points between dilute and dense phases, were confirmed and extended to inclined tubes. Breaks were also found in plots of pressure drop fluctuations versus solids flux at constant gas velocity.     

Resistance Properties of a Bend in Dense‐Phase Pneumatic Conveying of Pulverized Coal under High Pressure

Experiments of high‐pressure dense‐phase pneumatic conveying of pulverized coal with different mean particle sizes using nitrogen were carried out in an experimental test facility with a conveying pressure of up to 4 MPa. The effects of three representative operating parameters (solids‐to‐gas mass flow ratio, conveying pressure, mean particle size) on the total pressure drop were examined. The pressure drops across the horizontal and vertical bends were analyzed by experimental and analytical calculation. The results show that the pressure drop due to gas friction is of much less significance, while the pressure drop due to the solids friction component of the total pressure drop dominates. There exists a relationship between the pressure drop due to solids kinetic energy loss and mass flux of solids.     

Analysis of model parameters affecting the pressure profile in a circulating fluidized bed

This study focuses on continuum model validation of the flow of air and small catalyst particles in a circulating fluidized bed. Comparison with available experimental data of pressure drop and solids circulation rate in the riser clearly demonstrates the need to modify the homogeneous drag model to accurately predict the formation of clusters of particles, which are typically observed in the fluidization of small particles. The need to correct the drag law is also demonstrated in simulations of polydisperse powder flows wherein three solids species are used to represent a typical catalyst size distribution. Finally, particle‐wall friction is found to have the most significant effect on the vertical gas pressure gradient while particle–particle friction has only a minor effect. Published 2011 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 58: 427–439, 2012     

聚合物添加剂对流动沸腾传热与减阻的研究

研究了两种不同相对分子质量 (2 5 6× 10 4 和 85 5× 10 4 )的聚合物添加剂聚丙烯酰胺 (简称PAM )在垂直铜管内对水的流动沸腾传热的强化情况 ,研究了添加剂水溶液浓度、质量流率、热通量等对流动沸腾传热的影响 ,根据测得的稀溶液在垂直铜管内流动沸腾的总压降 ,用Martinelli分离流模型求得了相应的摩擦压降。结果表明在低热通量下 ,在适当的浓度范围内 ,两种不同分子量的PAM不仅可提高流动沸腾传热系数 ,还可降低流动沸腾的阻力。研究还表明 ,在相同操作条件下 ,在同样质量浓度下 ,两种不同分子量的PAM对水流动沸腾具有较为相近的强化传热与减阻作用     

气－固－固循环流化床中填料层内细颗粒的质量流率和平均动含率

在气－固－固循环流化床中，尺寸较大的固相被固定在床中形成一段填料层，较小的固相一般为细颗粒被气流携带穿过填料层。本文在此类流化床流体力学实验的基础上，推导了气－固两相并流流过填料层时压降的数学模型，回归了气－固之间的滑落速度与表观气速之间的关系。最后应用压降及滑落速度的经验关系式，联立求解得到通过填料层的细颗粒的质量流率以及填料层内细颗粒的平均动含率。