散射管气体鼓泡塔流场分布特性及优化

鼓泡塔因其较好的气-液传质性能具有高污染物脱除效率,被广泛应用于生物化工和烟气处理等领域。鼓泡塔散射管气体分布器的几何尺寸和结构是影响相间传质效率的关键因素,优化塔内流场对于提高鼓泡塔内气-液两相间的传质效率至关重要。采用Fluent软件对有内构件散射管横向进气口式的鼓泡塔进行模拟研究,基于双流体方法和群体平衡模型(PBM)模型对鼓泡塔三维建模,采用一阶迎风差分格式离散,使用Phase Coupled Simple算法进行压力速度耦合。研究了散射管所在圆环直径d分别为0. 375D、0. 5D、0. 625D、0. 75D时(D为鼓泡塔直径),散射管进气口的布置对整体和局部气含率、液速和气泡尺寸等的影响。研究结果表明,随着散射管分布环直径的增大,整体气含率先增大后减少,平均气泡直径先减小后增大;当散射管所在圆环直径d=0. 5D时,鼓泡塔整体气含率和液相循环速度最大,平均气泡直径最小,鼓泡塔流场综合性能最好。     

超声场中鼓泡塔内气泡直径分布特征研究

利用自主研发的超声鼓泡塔和双电导探针气泡特征参数测量仪测定了不同频率组合下超声场辐射对鼓泡塔内气泡Sauter直径随表观气速和鼓泡塔径向及轴向位置的分布情况。实验结果表明,在距气体分布板轴向距离250 mm、塔中心处气泡Sauter直径由于超声作用而显著减小,最大减幅达55%;在超声场作用下随着表观气速增大,气泡Sauter直径呈增大趋势,当表观气速大于0.06 m/s时,气泡Sauter直径趋于不变;大气泡在塔中心区域聚集倾向明显,小气泡分布在塔壁面附近,气泡Sauter直径(在径向位置)呈现中心峰分布趋势;随着距气体分布板轴向距离增加,气泡Sauter直径增大,在多频混响声场中,气泡Sauter直径增速小于单频声场中增速,即在多频混响超声场中易形成小气泡。实验结果证实,超声场有利于减小气泡体积,增大气泡比表面积,这对于加强气液相间传质、提高传质效果会有显著作用。     

超声场与添加剂对鼓泡塔中传质性能的影响?

利用超声场鼓泡塔和双电导探针气泡特征参数测量仪实时测定了加入不同种类和不同浓度添加剂前后鼓泡塔内氨气气含率与传质系数变化规律。实验结果表明：无添加剂时,超声频率为20-50-100 kHz组合,功率100 W时,鼓泡塔内气含率比无超声作用时增加了37%~74%,传质系数增大了39%~61%;气含率和传质系数随加入正辛醇浓度的增大呈现逐渐增长的趋势,当正辛醇浓度超过1.0%(V)时,气含率和传质系数趋于稳定;超声频率为20-50-100 kHz组合,超声功率100 W,正辛醇浓度为1.0%时鼓泡塔内气含率比无添加剂加入时增加了20%,传质系数增大了16%,可见超声场与添加剂协同作用有利强化气液相间分布、提高传质效果。     

超声场与添加剂对鼓泡塔中传质性能的影响

利用超声场鼓泡塔和双电导探针气泡特征参数测量仪实时测定了加入不同种类和不同浓度添加剂前后鼓泡塔内氨气气含率与传质系数变化规律。实验结果表明:无添加剂时,超声频率为20-50-100 kHz组合,功率100 W时,鼓泡塔内气含率比无超声作用时增加了37%~74%,传质系数增大了39%~61%;气含率和传质系数随加入正辛醇浓度的增大呈现逐渐增长的趋势,当正辛醇浓度超过1.0%(V)时,气含率和传质系数趋于稳定;超声频率为20-50-100 kHz组合,超声功率100 W,正辛醇浓度为1.0%时鼓泡塔内气含率比无添加剂加入时增加了20%,传质系数增大了16%,可见超声场与添加剂协同作用有利强化气液相间分布、提高传质效果。     

CFD-PBM耦合模型模拟气液鼓泡床的通用性研究

通过对不同操作压力和不同液体性质气液鼓泡床的模拟值与实验数据进行对比,从而验证CFD-PBM耦合模型的通用性。结果表明,CFD-PBM耦合模型在加入了气泡破碎修正因子后,可以很好地预测压力对鼓泡床流体力学行为的影响趋势,当压力升高时,气含率显著升高。不同液体黏度和表面张力条件下CFD-PBM耦合模型的模拟结果与实验结果均吻合较好。随液体黏度增大,气泡破碎速率减小,气泡尺寸分布变宽,曳力显著下降,气含率随之降低。随表面张力减小,气泡破碎速率增大,气泡变小,气含率升高。CFD-PBM耦合模型具有很好的通用性,原因在于考虑了压力、液体黏度和表面张力对气泡聚并、破碎和气液相间作用力的影响。     

CFD-PBM耦合模型模拟气液鼓泡床的通用性研究

通过对不同操作压力和不同液体性质气液鼓泡床的模拟值与实验数据进行对比，从而验证CFD-PBM耦合模型的通用性。结果表明，CFD-PBM耦合模型在加入了气泡破碎修正因子后，可以很好地预测压力对鼓泡床流体力学行为的影响趋势，当压力升高时，气含率显著升高。不同液体黏度和表面张力条件下CFD-PBM耦合模型的模拟结果与实验结果均吻合较好。随液体黏度增大，气泡破碎速率减小，气泡尺寸分布变宽，曳力显著下降，气含率随之降低。随表面张力减小，气泡破碎速率增大，气泡变小，气含率升高。CFD-PBM耦合模型具有很好的通用性，原因在于考虑了压力、液体黏度和表面张力对气泡聚并、破碎和气液相间作用力的影响。     

鼓泡破泡一体化高效精馏塔盘流动特性与CFD模拟

就痕量精馏中塔板传质效率低、需强化气液传质的问题,研究者提出了新型鼓泡破泡一体化高效精馏塔盘,通过在筛板上泡沫层高度范围内设置一层破泡装置,打破大气泡,减小气泡体积,强制界面进行更新,从而提高传质效率。采用双欧拉模型分别对鼓泡破泡一体化塔盘和筛板进行了气液流场的数值模拟,并对模型进行了验证。对比两种塔板的计算结果可以看出：在相同操作条件下,破泡装置将大气泡破裂成无数小气泡,使高气含率区域面积较普通筛板进一步增大,且气含率梯度变化更均匀;增加破泡装置后,在相同气速条件下气泡上升速度下降,气体在液层中的滞留时间延长,使鼓泡层高度增加,可显著提高传质效率,且降低了气体雾沫夹带量;破泡装置还明显改善了气相的纵向分布,气含率由塔板底部向上逐渐增大且存在明显分界;破泡装置附近湍动较剧烈,气泡破碎喷出的气体会进一步撕裂液膜,气体破碎作用会抑制气泡聚并,促进界面的快速更新更有利于传质过程的进行。研究结果可对工业塔板设计和优化提供指导。     

鼓泡破泡一体化高效精馏塔盘流动特性与CFD模拟

就痕量精馏中塔板传质效率低、需强化气液传质的问题,研究者提出了新型鼓泡破泡一体化高效精馏塔盘,通过在筛板上泡沫层高度范围内设置一层破泡装置,打破大气泡,减小气泡体积,强制界面进行更新,从而提高传质效率。采用双欧拉模型分别对鼓泡破泡一体化塔盘和筛板进行了气液流场的数值模拟,并对模型进行了验证。对比两种塔板的计算结果可以看出:在相同操作条件下,破泡装置将大气泡破裂成无数小气泡,使高气含率区域面积较普通筛板进一步增大,且气含率梯度变化更均匀;增加破泡装置后,在相同气速条件下气泡上升速度下降,气体在液层中的滞留时间延长,使鼓泡层高度增加,可显著提高传质效率,且降低了气体雾沫夹带量;破泡装置还明显改善了气相的纵向分布,气含率由塔板底部向上逐渐增大且存在明显分界;破泡装置附近湍动较剧烈,气泡破碎喷出的气体会进一步撕裂液膜,气体破碎作用会抑制气泡聚并,促进界面的快速更新更有利于传质过程的进行。研究结果可对工业塔板设计和优化提供指导。     

高温大气泡群对艉流的聚并作用机理

在气泡群平衡方程模型的基础上,根据高温尾气在海水中形成的气泡群特点及气液间特定的传热传质过程,建立了高温大气泡群对尾流微气泡的聚并模型,求解了气泡间聚并效率并进行实验验证.结果表明,气泡聚并临界半径为1 mm,半径低于临界半径时,聚并效率随大气泡尺寸增加明显提高;气泡半径高于临界半径时,规律相反.聚并效率随大气泡数密度增大呈台阶式增长.大气泡数密度与尾流微气泡总数密度大致相同时,可达到较理想的聚并消泡效果.     

计及气泡诱导与剪切湍流的气泡破碎、湍流相间扩散及传质模型

在以鼓泡塔为代表的气液鼓泡流动中,存在着气泡诱导湍流（BIT）和剪切湍流两种湍流机制,并且二者在不同的时间、空间范围内既相互竞争又共同作用。受制于BIT动能能谱的形式和特性不够完整清晰,过去的研究中关于BIT如何对气泡破碎聚并、相间作用力、相间传热传质等相间相互作用过程产生影响的结论比较模糊。因此,本文在具有波数κ^-3特性的BIT能谱的基础上,提出了在不同工况下考虑BIT与剪切湍流共同作用的研究思路。研究结果表明,考虑两种湍流机制的气泡破碎模型和湍流相间扩散模型对BIT在整体或局部占据不同程度主导地位的情况,都能很好地捕捉气液鼓泡流动的动力学特性,为进一步准确揭示气液相间传质过程的内在机理提供了基础。     

Hydrodynamics and mass transfer in bubble column: Influence of liquid phase surface tension

According to literature, few experiments are performed in organic solvents which are mostly used in commercial gas-liquid reactors. However, it is commonly accepted that data obtained in aqueous solution allow to predict the surface tension effects, and to model the behaviour of organic solvents. In this work, we examine the validity of this approximation.In this objective, the flows observed in two pure media having similar viscosity but different surface tension—respectively, water (reference) and cyclohexane (solvent)—are successively compared at two scales: in a bubble column and in bubble plumes.In bubble plumes, as expected, the mean bubble size is smaller in the medium having the smallest surface tension (cyclohexane), but for this medium the destabilisation of flow is observed to occur at smaller gas velocity, due to break-up and coalescence phenomena. In bubble column, these phenomena induce the bubbling transition regime at lower gas velocity, whatever the operating conditions for liquid phase: batch or continuous. Consequently, when the two media are used at similar gas superficial velocity, but in different hydrodynamic regimes, greater gas hold-up and smaller bubble diameter can be observed in water; the interfacial area is then not always higher in cyclohexane.This result differs from the behaviour observed in the literature for aqueous solutions. The analysis of bubble plumes in aqueous solutions of butanol shows that this difference is due to a fundamental difference in coalescent behaviour between pure solvents and aqueous mixtures: the surface tension effect is less important in pure liquid than in aqueous solutions, because of the specific behaviour of surfactants.It is then still difficult to predict a priori the bubbling regime or the flow characteristics for a given medium, and all the more to choose an appropriate liquid as a model for industrial solvents.     

A model of bubble coalescence in the presence of a nonionic surfactant with a low bubble approach velocity

A bubble coalescence model for a solution with a nonionic surfactant and with a low bubble approach velocity was developed, in which the mechanism of how coalescence is hindered by Marangoni stress was quantitatively analyzed. The bubble coalescence time calculated for ethanol–water and MIBC–water systems were in good agreement with experimental data. At low surfactant concentrations, the Marangoni stress and bubble coalescence time increased with bulk concentration increase. Conversely, in the high concentration range, the Marangoni stress and coalescence time decreased with bulk concentration. Numerical results showed that the nonlinear relationship between coalescence time and surfactant concentration is determined by the mass transport flux between the film and its interface, which tends to diminish the spatial concentration variation of the interface, that is, it acts as a “damper.” This damping effect increases with increased surfactant concentration, therefore decreasing the coalescence time at high concentrations.     

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.     

Gas—liquid interfacial area in stirred vessels: The effect of an immiscible liquid phase

The presence of an inert immiscible organic phase in gas—liquid dispersions in stirred vessels influences the interfacial area in a more complex fashion than hitherto reported. As the organic phase fraction is increased, the interfacial area expressed on the basis of a unit volume of dispersion or aqueous phase, first increases, passes through a maximum and then decreases. This trend is observed irrespective of whether the area is determined by chemical means or by physical method.It is found that for low values of inert phase fraction, the average bubble size decreases whereas the gas holdup increases, resulting in increased interfacial area. The lower average bubble size is found to be due to partial prevention of coalescence as the bubbles size generated in the impeller region actually increases with the organic phase fraction. The actual values of interfacial areas depend on the nature of the organic phase.It is also found that the organic phase provides a parallel path for mass transfer to occur, when the solubility of gas in it is high.     

HYDRODYNAMICS AND MASS TRANSFER IN BUBBLE COLUMNS: EFFECT OF SOLIDS

The hydrodynamics and mass transfer in a large diameter bubble column (D_c 0.305 m), specifically, the effects of gas velocity and the presence of solids on the gas holdup structure, gas-liquid interfacial area, and volumetric mass transfer coefficients in viscous as well as low viscosity solutions are studied. The sulfite oxidation technique was employed to measure the gas-liquid interfacial area. Volumetric mass transfer coefficients were measured using a chemical method (sulfite oxidation) as well as physical absorption of oxygen from air, and the overall gas holdups were measured using the hydrostatic head technique. The effect of solids on the gas holdup structure was examined using the dynamic gas disengagement method. With the addition of polystyrene particles, the gas-liquid interfacial area decreased for low viscosity systems, whereas it increased for viscous systems. This was shown to be due to the effect of solids on bubble coalescence. The wettability characteristics of solid surfaces in the presence of different liquids have been suggested as the reason for the effect of solids on coalescence. Oil shale slurries presented a special case because of the mineral dissolution effect.     

气液界面对流传质的观测与定量分析

采用光学纹影系统对乙醇和水双组分解吸传质过程的对流结构的界面湍动进行了定性观察和定量分析。建立了一套水平非稳态气液传质设备,试验观测了乙醇和水体系中液相组分向气相传质过程的Marangoni界面对流结构。还通过对传统纹影方法的改进,对乙醇解吸传质过程的浓度(本文用质量分数表示)梯度场进行了定量测量。定量分析表明乙醇和水系统解吸过程中,引发界面湍动的原因是局部较大的表面张力梯度。定量分析的结果很好的解释了伴随Marangoni效应的传质过程的混乱的对流结构,为进一步对界面湍动现象的分析提供了帮助。     

Interfacial area density in bubbly flow

The interfacial area per unit volume is one of the key parameters in bubbly flow. Momentum, mass and energy transfer occur through the interface between the phases. The functionality of two phase reactors with bubbly flow depends mainly on these three transfer processes. Thus, the design process of a reactor requires the prediction of interfacial area density. In the present work a simple equation for the interfacial area density is derived from the population balance, taking into account the events of coalescence and bubble break-up for each bubble fraction. The system of partial integro-differential equations is simplified. Since the integrals in these equations complicate a numerical treatment. This reduces the balance to one single partial differential equation. An approximate analytical solution is given. If the resulting equation is applied to large gas fluxes, the instability of the coalescence process causes large bubbles and gas plugs to develop. From the instability the volume fraction of the large bubbles and gas plugs may be predicted. Additives may hinder the coalescence process. Experiments show that coalescence hindrance changes the coalescence kernel only by a factor. Calculations are done for bubble columns and vertical pipe flow.     

HYDRODYNAMICS AND MASS TRANSFER IN BUBBLE COLUMNS: EFFECT OF SOLIDS

The hydrodynamics and mass transfer in a large diameter bubble column (D_c 0.305 m), specifically, the effects of gas velocity and the presence of solids on the gas holdup structure, gas-liquid interfacial area, and volumetric mass transfer coefficients in viscous as well as low viscosity solutions are studied. The sulfite oxidation technique was employed to measure the gas-liquid interfacial area. Volumetric mass transfer coefficients were measured using a chemical method (sulfite oxidation) as well as physical absorption of oxygen from air, and the overall gas holdups were measured using the hydrostatic head technique. The effect of solids on the gas holdup structure was examined using the dynamic gas disengagement method. With the addition of polystyrene particles, the gas-liquid interfacial area decreased for low viscosity systems, whereas it increased for viscous systems. This was shown to be due to the effect of solids on bubble coalescence. The wettability characteristics of solid surfaces in the presence of different liquids have been suggested as the reason for the effect of solids on coalescence. Oil shale slurries presented a special case because of the mineral dissolution effect.     

鼓泡塔反应器气液两相流CFD数值模拟

对圆柱形鼓泡塔反应器内的气液两相流动进行了三维瞬态数值模拟,模拟的表观气速范围为0.02～0.30 m•s^-1; 模拟采用了双流体模型,并耦合了气泡界面密度单方程模型预测气泡尺寸,该模型考虑了气泡聚并与破碎对气泡尺寸的影响。液相湍流采用考虑气相影响的修正k-ε模型,两相间的动量传输仅考虑曳力作用。模拟获得了轴向气/液相速度分布、气含率分布、湍流动能分布以及气泡表面面积密度等,对部分模拟结果与实验值进行了定量比较,结果表明模拟结果与实验结果吻合较好。