射流鼓泡反应器的混合特性

射流鼓泡反应器以液体射流代替搅拌实现液相混合,具有结构简单、制造及维护费用低等诸多优点,研究其混合特性对于反应器的设计、优化及放大具有重要意义。以空气-水作为模拟介质,采用KCl电解质溶液为示踪剂考察了表观气速和射流Reynolds数的大小对液相宏观混合时间的影响,并从能量输入的角度对射流鼓泡反应器的混合机制进行分析。研究发现,在实验条件下(表观气速变化范围为0.0006～0.0343 m·s^-1,射流Reynolds数的变化范围为1.75×10⁴～7.00×10⁴),鼓泡的加入使得均相射流反应器内的液相混合得到改善;随着表观气速增大,液相宏观混合时间先缩短后延长;当气体输入功率或液体输入功率不变时,混合时间随总输入功率的增大而缩短。通过对多组实验数据的回归分析,提出了液相宏观混合时间与液体输入功率和气体输入功率的经验关联式,计算值与实际值吻合较好。最后基于提出的关联式,发现当总输入功率一定时,混合时间随气体输入功率的增加先缩短后延长,临界转变点在气体输入功率为总功率的61%处,此时气液两相协同作用最强。     

喷嘴结构对射流鼓泡反应器混合和传质性能的影响

喷嘴结构对射流鼓泡反应器的混合和传质性能具有重要的影响。以空气-水作为模拟介质,使用双探头电导探针、电解质示踪法和动态溶氧法,对比研究了缩径式圆形喷嘴和旋扭三角形喷嘴对射流鼓泡反应器中气泡尺寸分布、平均气含率、液相混合时间和气液传质系数的影响规律。实验发现,随着气速或液体射流Reynolds数的增大,两种喷嘴对应的平均气含率、液相混合时间和气液传质系数具有相同的变化规律;与缩径式圆形喷嘴相比,采用旋扭三角形喷嘴的射流鼓泡反应器中气泡尺寸更小,平均气含率更高,宏观混合时间更短;当气体输入功占总输入功比例超过20%时,喷嘴结构对气液传质系数的影响较小,当气体输入功占总输入功比例小于20%时,旋扭三角形喷嘴的气液传质性能优于缩径式圆形喷嘴。研究结果可为工业射流鼓泡反应器喷嘴结构的优化提供理论指导。     

喷嘴结构对射流鼓泡反应器混合和传质性能的影响

喷嘴结构对射流鼓泡反应器的混合和传质性能具有重要的影响。以空气-水作为模拟介质,使用双探头电导探针、电解质示踪法和动态溶氧法,对比研究了缩径式圆形喷嘴和旋扭三角形喷嘴对射流鼓泡反应器中气泡尺寸分布、平均气含率、液相混合时间和气液传质系数的影响规律。实验发现,随着气速或液体射流Reynolds数的增大,两种喷嘴对应的平均气含率、液相混合时间和气液传质系数具有相同的变化规律;与缩径式圆形喷嘴相比,采用旋扭三角形喷嘴的射流鼓泡反应器中气泡尺寸更小,平均气含率更高,宏观混合时间更短;当气体输入功占总输入功比例超过20%时,喷嘴结构对气液传质系数的影响较小,当气体输入功占总输入功比例小于20%时,旋扭三角形喷嘴的气液传质性能优于缩径式圆形喷嘴。研究结果可为工业射流鼓泡反应器喷嘴结构的优化提供理论指导。     

气液固微型流化床的气液传质系数

气液固微型流化床兼具微流控系统和宏观流化床的优点,具有潜在的工业应用价值,但是,其应用基础研究十分缺乏。采用床径为1.6、2.0、2.4 mm的微型流化床,平均粒径为160、190、220 μm的玻璃珠,以NaOH水溶液吸收CO₂气体为气液传质研究物系,在三相流动研究的基础上,考察了表观气速、表观液速、床径、粒径等对三相微型流化床气液体积传质系数的影响。结果表明：给定其他条件,增加表观气速和表观液速,均使气液体积传质系数增大;表观气速主要改变气含率和气液相界面积,而表观液速主要改变液相传质系数;床径减小,气液相界面积和气液体积传质系数都有所增加;在气液两相微型鼓泡塔中加入固体颗粒,形成三相分散鼓泡流型,当其固含率在0.15~0.30范围内,可显著增强气液传质,其气液体积传质系数是气液微鼓泡塔的1.1~1.5倍;与宏观流化床相比,相同条件下微型床的相界面积为它的5~10倍,是微型流化床具有更大体积传质系数的主要影响因素。     

气液固微型流化床的气液传质系数

气液固微型流化床兼具微流控系统和宏观流化床的优点,具有潜在的工业应用价值,但是,其应用基础研究十分缺乏。采用床径为1.6、2.0、2.4 mm的微型流化床,平均粒径为160、190、220 μm的玻璃珠,以NaOH水溶液吸收CO₂气体为气液传质研究物系,在三相流动研究的基础上,考察了表观气速、表观液速、床径、粒径等对三相微型流化床气液体积传质系数的影响。结果表明：给定其他条件,增加表观气速和表观液速,均使气液体积传质系数增大;表观气速主要改变气含率和气液相界面积,而表观液速主要改变液相传质系数;床径减小,气液相界面积和气液体积传质系数都有所增加;在气液两相微型鼓泡塔中加入固体颗粒,形成三相分散鼓泡流型,当其固含率在0.15~0.30范围内,可显著增强气液传质,其气液体积传质系数是气液微鼓泡塔的1.1~1.5倍;与宏观流化床相比,相同条件下微型床的相界面积为它的5~10倍,是微型流化床具有更大体积传质系数的主要影响因素。     

上流式反应器气液相间传质特性的实验研究

上流式反应器设置在固定床渣油加氢反应器前有利于提高渣油原料适用性,延长装置运行时间。实验研究了上流式反应器气液相间传质,采用五齿柱形氧化铝催化剂模拟工业催化剂颗粒,水溶液模拟渣油,空气模拟氢气,采用无氧水物理吸收和亚硫酸钠化学吸收的方法,测定了在高气液比的条件下上流式反应器床层气液相间传质特性实验。考察了表观气速、表观液速、填料粒径、内构件、催化剂级配和床层高径比对液相体积传质系数和气液相界比表面积的影响规律。实验数据表明,液相体积传质系数随着气、液速的增大而增大;随填料颗粒增大而减小;在床层内安装合适的内构件或增大反应器高径比,能够促进气液相间传质。基于实验数据拟合了适合上流式反应器液相体积传质系数和气液相界比表面积的经验关联式,拟合误差最大分别为12%和24%;表明所建气液相间传质的经验关联式能更好地预测上流式反应器中的气液相间传质特性。     

上流式反应器气液相间传质特性的实验研究

上流式反应器设置在固定床渣油加氢反应器前有利于提高渣油原料适用性,延长装置运行时间。实验研究了上流式反应器气液相间传质,采用五齿柱形氧化铝催化剂模拟工业催化剂颗粒,水溶液模拟渣油,空气模拟氢气,采用无氧水物理吸收和亚硫酸钠化学吸收的方法,测定了在高气液比的条件下上流式反应器床层气液相间传质特性实验。考察了表观气速、表观液速、填料粒径、内构件、催化剂级配和床层高径比对液相体积传质系数和气液相界比表面积的影响规律。实验数据表明,液相体积传质系数随着气、液速的增大而增大;随填料颗粒增大而减小;在床层内安装合适的内构件或增大反应器高径比,能够促进气液相间传质。基于实验数据拟合了适合上流式反应器液相体积传质系数和气液相界比表面积的经验关联式,拟合误差最大分别为12%和24%;表明所建气液相间传质的经验关联式能更好地预测上流式反应器中的气液相间传质特性。     

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。     

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。     

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。     

Characterization of the bubble swarm trajectory in a jet bubbling reactor

The bubble swarm trajectory in the jet bubbling reactor is measured through the bubble image velocimetry (BIV) technique. The result shows that the bubble swarm rises straightly when the jet Reynolds number is lower than 7,000. However, when the jet Reynolds number exceeds 14,000, the bubble swarm exhibits vortex-like motion, and the bubble vortices oscillate periodically. The oscillating frequency of bubble vortices under the gas bubbling condition is lower than the flapping frequency of pure liquid jet. Moreover, the moving region and oscillating frequency of bubble vortices increase with the jet Reynolds number. The superficial gas velocity has little effect on the bubble swarm trajectory and the oscillating frequency. An empirical correlation between the oscillating frequency of bubble vortices and the jet Reynolds number is built based on the simple harmonic vibration theory.     

Experimental determination of gas holdup and volumetric mass transfer coefficient in a jet bubbling reactor

The hydrodynamics and mass transfer characteristics of a lab-scale jet bubbling reactor(JBR) including the gas holdup, volumetric mass transfer coefficient and specific interfacial area were assessed experimentally investigating the influence of temperature, p H and superficial gas velocity. The reactor diameter and height were 11 and 30 cm,respectively. It was equipped with a single sparger, operating at atmospheric pressure, 20 and 40℃, and two p H values of 3 and 6. The height of the liquid was 23 cm, while the superficial gas velocity changed within 0.010–0.040 m·s~(-1) range. Experiments were conducted with pure oxygen as the gas phase and saturated lime solution as the liquid phase. The liquid-side volumetric mass transfer coefficient was determined under unsteady-state oxygen absorption in a saturated lime solution. The gas holdup was calculated based on the liquid height change, while the specific interfacial area was obtained by a physical method based on the bubble size distribution(BSD) in different superficial gas velocities. The results indicated that at the same temperature but different p H, the gas holdup variation was negligible, while the liquid-side volumetric mass transfer coefficient at the p H value of 6 was higher than that at the p H = 3. At a constant p H but different temperatures, the gas holdup and the liquid-side volumetric mass transfer coefficients at 40℃ were higher than that of the same at 20℃. A reasonable and appropriate estimation of the liquid-side volumetric mass transfer coefficient(kla) in a pilot-scale JBR was provided which can be applied to the design and scale-up of JBRs.     

Mass transfer behaviour of gas-liquid jet loop reactors

A special type of jet loop reactor (JLR), designed for continuous operation and short residence times was investigated with regard to its mass transfer behaviour, described by the volumetric mass transfer coefficient k_La. The jet stream and superficial gas velocities are varied in two JLRs of different sizes, equipped with different nozzles. Fully desalinated water, 0.08 molar NaCI solution and solutions of different concentration of carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) are used as the liquid phase. A steady-state physical method is employed to determine k_La: air oxygen is purged from the liquid phase by gaseous nitrogen. The measurements show that the reactor is characterized by high power density and high mass transfer performance. No limit of mass transfer capacity was observed in the chosen ranges of volumetric gas and liquid flow rates, i.e. at a given jet stream velocity, the relationship between k_La and the superficial gas velocity is nearly linear. The investigations show that the mass transfer contributed by the jet stream largely depends on liquid phase composition.     

鼓泡床反应器内流动与传质行为的研究进展

总结了有关浆态鼓泡床反应器内流动、混合用气液传质特性的研究成果,详细地介绍了鼓泡床反应器内气含率、液速、液体轴向扩散系数、传质系数的测量方法,阐述了鼓泡床反应器性能的主要影响因素,如系统压力、温度、气体表观气速、液体性质及固含率等对流动、液相混合和传质特性的影响,并对鼓泡床反应器的应用前景进行了详述.     

MULTIPHASE HYDRODYNAMICS AND SOLID-LIQUID MASS TRANSPORT IN AN EXTERNAL-LOOP AIRLIFT REACTOR—A COMPARATIVE STUDY

The solid-solid mass transfer performance of an external-loop airlift reactor was measured by dissolution of benzoic acid coated on nylon-6 particles, and the hydrodynamics of the gas-liquid-solid multiphase system in the airlift reactor were investigated. The solid-liquid system was designed to simulate the micro-carrier culture of animal cells, and some typical suspensions of immobilized enzyme particles.

The solid-liquid mass transfer coefficient remained constant below a superficial air velocity of 0.04 ms^-1 for the particles examined, but increased rapidly with further increase in gas velocity. Solids loading (0.3-3.5% w/w) did not affect the mass transfer coefficient in turbulent flow.

The mass transfer coefficient was correlated with energy dissipation rate in the airlift reactor. The mass transfer coefficient in stirred vessels, bubble columns, fluidized beds, and airlift reactors was compared.

Over an energy dissipation Reynolds number of 4-400, the solid-liquid mass transfer coefficient in the airlift device was comparable to that obtainable in fluidized beds. The performance of the airlift was distinctly superior to that of bubble columns and stirred tanks.     

GAS-LIQUID MASS TRANSFER IN JET BUBBLE COLUMN

The jet bubble column consists of a conical entrance section which expands to a cylindrical column. Gas and liquid are co-currently introduced at the bottom of the column by a small diameter inlet pipe which acts like an ejector. The kinetic energy of the gas and liquid jet together with the conical geometry at the lower section of the column cause the formation and dispersion of small bubbles.

Gas-liquid mass transfer in the jet bubble column (61 cm diameter) was measured by a dynamic response technique, in which a step change was made in the gas phase oxygen concentration and the aqueous dissolved oxygen concentration response was measured at various axial and radial locations. It was found that a continuous stirred tank reactor model could be used to evaluate experimental results. The volumetric mass transfer coefficient in this type of system was found to increase with increasing gas flow rate and was about 1.5 times larger than the values obtained at similar conditions in conventional bubble columns. Preliminary measurements and calculations indicate negligible effects of liquid velocity and bed height on the mass transfer coefficient.     

Gas-liquid mass transfer in bubble columns with a T-junction nozzle for gas dispersion

Bubble break-up, gas holdup, and the gas-liquid volumetric mass transfer coefficient are studied in a bubble column reactor with simultaneous injection of a gas and liquid through a T-junction nozzle. The theoretical dependence of bubble break-up and the volumetric mass transfer coefficient on liquid velocity in the nozzle is developed on the basis of isotropic turbulence theory. It is shown that correlations which are developed based on liquid jet kinetic power per nozzle volume explain average gas holdup and the volumetric mass transfer coefficient within an error of 15% for all gas and liquid flow rates and nozzle diameters used. Experiments with a larger scale column, height 4.64 m and diameter 0.98 m, show a transition from homogeneous to heterogeneous flow at a certain liquid flow rate through the nozzle. Liquid composition was found to have a significant effect on gas-liquid mass transfer. A phenol concentration of 10–30 mg/l in water increases the volumetric mass transfer coefficient of oxygen by 100%. This phenomenon may have significance in the chemical oxidation of wastewater.