Flow patterns of solids in a two-dimensional spouted bed with draft plates: PIV measurement and DEM simulations

Particle flow behaviors in a two-dimensional spouted bed (2DSB) with draft plates were studied using both the particle image velocimetry (PIV) and the combined technique of discrete element method and fluid dynamic computation (DEM-CFD) while considering the gas turbulence effect. The bed consisted of a rectangular column, 152 mm wide and 15 mm deep, a conical section with an included 60° angle and two draft plates with a distance of 15 mm. Images of particle flow were recorded by a high speed CCD camera and analyzed using a self-developed PIV algorithm to obtain a time-averaged particle velocity field. Experiments predict that the addition of draft plates not only makes the streamline of particles in the annulus steeper, but the velocity magnitude is made smaller as well. DEM results predict well the longitudinal profile of the particle vertical velocity along the bed centerline, especially during the rapid acceleration stage at the lower part of the spout. Finally, the distributions of drag forces and net forces are introduced in this paper to explain the particle velocity profiles by PIV measurement.     

Multiple conjugate electrospinning method for the preparation of continuous polyacrylonitrile nanofiber yarn

Continuous polyacrylonitrile nanofiber yarns were fabricated by the homemade multiple conjugate electrospinning apparatus, and the principle of yarn spinning was studied. The effects of the applied voltage, flow rate, spinning distance, and funnel rotary speed on the diameter and mechanical properties of nanofiber yarn were analyzed. The diameter of the nanofibers decreased with increasing applied voltage and the flow rate ratio of the positive and negative needles (F_P/F_N), whereas the diameter of nanofibers increased with increasing overall flow rate and needle distance between the positive and negative. Subsequently, the diameter of the yarns increased first and then decreased with increasing applied voltage, F_P/F_N, and needle distance. However, the diameters of the yarns increased dramatically and then remained stable with increasing overall flow rate. The nanofibers were stably aggregated and continuously bundled and then uniformly twisted into nanofiber yarns at an applied voltage of 20 kV, an overall flow rate of 6.4 mL/h, a needle distance of 18.5 cm, and an F_P/F_N value of 5:3. With increasing funnel rotary speed, the diameters of the nanofibers and yarns decreased, whereas the twist angle of the nanofiber yarns gradually enlarged. Meanwhile, an increase in the twist angle brought about an improvement in the yarn mechanical properties. Nanofiber yarns that prepared showed diameters between 70 and 216 μm. Nanofiber yarns with a twist angle of 65° showed a tensile strength of 50.71 MPa and an elongation of 43.56% at break, respectively. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2014 , 131, 40137.     

双扭旋叶片组合形式对管内湍流换热性能的影响

在圆管内一个截面上安装两个扭旋叶片的组合形式会产生多个纵向涡,纵向涡的形式与强弱受相邻两组叶片旋向和错位角的综合影响。为探究各种组合形式对湍流换热性能的影响,研究了6种不同组合形式某一截面上速度与温度梯度和压力梯度的协同程度,得出结论：错位角对Nu和压力降的影响明显大于叶片旋向的改变。在近壁区,增加错位角可以提高速度与温度梯度的协同程度,而且相邻两组叶片旋向相反形式优于旋向相同的形式;但旋向相同形式的速度与压力梯度的协同程度优于旋向相反形式,然而这种差距会随着错位角的增加而减小,当错位角为90°时,在y/R<0.75时协同程度非常接近。     

Gas displacing liquids from tubes: high capillary number flow of a power law liquid including inertia effects

Computer simulation has been used as a virtual experimental tool to investigate the displacement of a shear thinning Power Law liquid from a cylindrical tube by a gas, in the limit of high capillary number and in the absence of gravity effects. Two scenarios have been considered. In the first, gas enters at a steady rate, and the gas penetration velocity and residual wall layer thickness attain steady values. In the second, a constant gas pressure is applied at the inlet, and the gas penetration rate accelerates as the column of liquid ahead of it becomes shorter. The first set of experiments confirm that the developed wall layer thickness falls with increased degrees of shear thinning and with increased Reynolds Number, and quantifies the latter effect for the first time. The relationship is summarized by a correlation formula for dimensionless layer thickness as a function of Power Law index, n, and an appropriately defined Reynolds group in the range 0.1?n?1.0,0.001?Re?100. The flow pattern ahead of the gas bubble throughout the range of these experiments was always of the ‘by-pass’ type, consistent with a generalized criterion for the transition between by-pass and re-circulating flow which is derived for a Power Law liquid. In the second set of experiments, where a constant gas inlet pressure is applied, giving accelerating gas penetration, a comparison of layer thickness values at various axial positions, with those obtained at corresponding Reynolds number in steady flow, showed close agreement, though a small discrepancy for the highest Reynolds numbers could indicate some influence of inertia in the accelerating liquid column. At higher Reynolds number, in both steady and accelerating flow, the gas bubble near to the inlet shows a concave region on the axis, with re-circulation in the liquid ahead of it. As the bubble moves down the tube, the radius of this concavity decreases and a steady convex profile is eventually attained, with reversion of the flow to by-pass type. We show that the origin of this is inertial.The results have applications in a number of technologies, including gas-assisted injection moulding of plastics and certain gas liquid reactors.     

The velocity field characteristics of high-viscosity fluids falling film flow down clamped channels

The complexity of falling film flow has been studied in many industrial applications. In this work, the velocity field of high-viscosity fluids falling film flow down clamped channels was investigated numerically and experimentally. The results show that the numerical simulation results are consistent with the experimental results, and the characteristics of the velocity field are related to the fluid properties, operating conditions, and structure of the clamped channels. When the fluid viscosity is greater than or equal to 10 Pa ⋅ s, the type of velocity field changes into I shape, U shape, and V shape. While the fluid viscosity drops to 0.89 Pa ⋅ s, the viscous force cannot resist the inertial force and gravity, resulting in a cardioid velocity field. By adjusting the structure of the clamped channels and operating conditions, the tension of the liquid film can be changed, and the velocity distribution of the liquid film can be manipulated. Significantly, under the fluctuating curtain flow, the liquid film coalesces and breaks frequently, which enlarges the surface area of the liquid film and strengthens the surface renewal frequency. Hence, this form of falling film flow can be applied to process intensification of high-viscosity materials.     

Effects of blade rake angle and gap on particle mixing in a cylindrical mixer

Performance optimization of a mixer is an issue of great significance in many industrial technologies dealing with particulate materials. By means of Discrete Element Method (DEM), this work examines how the mixing performance of a cylindrical mixer is affected by the two design parameters: blade rake angle and blade gap at the vessel bottom, extending our previous work on particulate mixing. The flow and mixing performance are quantified using the following: velocity fields in vertical cylindrical sections, Lacey’s mixing index, inter-particle forces in vertical cylindrical sections through the particle bed and the applied torque on the blade. Simulation results show that the mixing rate is the fastest for a blade of 90° rake angle, but inter-particle forces are large. Conversely, the inter-particle forces are small for a blade of 135° rake angle, but the mixing rate is slow. The simulation results also indicate that the force applied on particles, velocity field and mixing are interrelated in that order.     

Fabrication of continuous nanofiber yarn using novel multi‐nozzle bubble electrospinning

A novel multi‐nozzle bubble electrospinning apparatus, including spinning unit, metering pump, constant flow pump, metal funnel and yarn winder, was designed for the preparation of continuous twisted polyacrylonitrile nanofiber yarns, and the principle of nanofiber yarn spinning was studied. An innovative spinning unit consisting of nozzle and air chamber was used to improve the production of nanofibers. Double conjugate electrospinning was developed using two pairs of oppositely charged spinning units to neutralize the charges. The effects of applied voltage, air flow rate, overall solution flow rate and funnel rotary speed on the fiber diameter, production rate and mechanical properties of the nanofiber yarns were analyzed. Nanofibers could be aggregated stably and bundled continuously, then twisted into nanofiber yarns uniformly at an applied voltage of 34 kV, air flow rate of 1200 mL min^?1 and overall solution flow rate of 32 mL h^?1. With an increase in the funnel rotary speed, the twist angle of the nanofiber yarns gradually increased when the take‐up speed was constant. The yarn tensile strength and elongation at break showed an increasing trend with increasing twist angle. Nanofiber yarns obtained using this novel method could be produced at a rate from 2.189 to 3.227 g h^?1 with yarn diameters ranging from 200 to 386 µm. Nanofiber yarns with a twist angle of 49.7° showed a tensile strength of 0.592 cN dtex^?1 and an elongation at break of 65.7%. © 2013 Society of Chemical Industry     

Application of response surface methodology and central composite rotatable design for modeling and optimization of a multi-gravity separator for chromite concentration

In this study, the application of response surface methodology (RSM) and central composite rotatable design (CCRD) for modeling and optimization of the influence of some operating variables on the performance of a multi-gravity separator (MGS) for chromite concentration is discussed. Three MGS operating variables, namely drum speed, tilt angle, and wash water flow rate were changed during the concentration tests based on CCRD. The range of values of the MGS variables used in the design were a drum speed of 133-217 rpm, tilt angle of 1.6°-8.4°, and wash water flow rate of 1.3-4.7 lpm. A total of 20 concentration tests were conducted using MGS on chromite ore obtained from Kangal/Eskikoy—Turkey.In order to optimize chromite concentration with MGS, mathematical model equations were derived by computer simulation programming applying least squares method using MATLAB 7.1. These equations that are second-order response functions representing concentrate grade and recovery were expressed as functions of three operating parameters of MGS. Predicted values were found to be in good agreement with experimental values (R² values of 0.96 and 0.98 for concentrate grade and recovery, respectively). In order to gain a better understanding of the three variables for optimal MGS performance, the models were presented as 3-D response surface graphs. This study has shown that the RSM and CCRD could efficiently be applied for the modeling of MGS for chromite concentration and it is an economical way of obtaining the maximum amount of information in a short period of time and with the fewest number of experiments.     

Influence of Orientation on Properties of Grain Boundaries in NaCl

Simple (100) tilt, twist, and double-tilt bicrystals of NaCl, grown by the Kyropoulos technique from melts of high-purity NaCl, alone and with controlled impurity additions, were examined for mechanical strength and structure of the grain boundaries. Grain boundary fracture strengths, measured in three-point bending, showed that high-purity bicrystals with simple tilt orientations were stronger than those with simple twist at high mismatch angles (37° to 45°). The results did not show a functional dependence of strength on angle of mismatch in either tilt or twist bicrystals. Pips observed on parted grain boundaries of high-purity NaCl (100] twist and double-tilt bicrystals were believed to represent regions of continuity across the boundary. This feature was rare in similar-purity NaCl (100) tilt bicrystals. Separate additions of 100 ppm SiO₂, CaCl₂, FeCls, and KCl to the melt had no apparent effect on the character of the grain boundary. However, an addition of 1000 ppm CaCl₂ nearly doubled the strength of a (1001) 30° twist bicrystal, whereas the same addition weakened a (100) 45° tilt bicrystal. Sodium chloride (100) tilt grain boundaries, examined in situ under dark-field illumination, showed randomly distributed spots, believed to be impurity segregations, with their maximum density at the boundary. The spot densities increased with increasing tilt angle for angles of 15° and greater. The spots were not observed in the low-angle tilt boundaries (<15°) and were seen only in intermittent clusters in the few twist bicrystals examined.     

气-液并流通过堆叠筛板填料的脉冲流特性

通过高速摄像机和压力传感器测量,对脉冲流的产生机理、筛板数的影响、液相脉冲传播速度及频率进行了系统的研究。实验发现：脉冲流是重力和气流曳力作用下,孔口液相波动在向下传播过程中被叠加放大的动力学过程,且与气、液流量及筛板数密切相关;一定气量下,脉冲流的产生需要有一个最小（临界）液相流量,且增加液量可促进局部脉冲的产生,并使液相脉冲传播速度与频率均增大;临界液量之上,增大气量,气相的扰动作用增强,局部脉冲越容易产生,从而导致脉冲传播速度与频率均增大;进一步增大气量,液相脉冲会被逐渐分散,导致脉冲传播速度与脉冲频率均减小。增加筛板数,有利于增强脉冲流强度,从而导致脉冲流范围变宽,当筛板数少于三块时不会出现脉冲流。最后,基于实验结果分析,提出了脉冲传播速度及频率的预测关联式。     

波纹板填料表面液体降膜流动的特性分析

基于降膜流动实验台,结合计算流体力学方法(Computational Fluid Dynamics, CFD)研究了波纹板表面液体的平均液膜厚度和有效润湿面积等定量信息,并通过三维模拟进一步分析了喷淋密度和波纹倾斜角度β对降膜流动特性的影响。结果表明,液体在波纹板表面的流动并非均匀,分为沟流和溪流两种形式;当喷淋密度较小时,液体在波谷内形成沟流,当喷淋密度达到400 m3/(m2?h),液体跨越相邻波纹进行溪流流动;两种形式波纹板整体的润湿性能均较差,且液膜厚度分布不均;波纹倾斜角度对降膜流动特性影响较大,90°时更有利于提高有效润湿面积。     

Azo dye adsorption effect induced by elliptically polarized light in azo dye-doped liquid crystals

This study elucidates the azo dye adsorption effect induced by elliptically polarized light in azo dye-doped liquid crystals (ADDLCs). Experimental results reveal that the light-induced molecular reorientation that is caused by the adsorbed azo dyes declines as the absolute value of the ellipticity of the pumping beam, having a proper selectively fixed light intensity or a proper selectively fixed light component along the direction of major axis, increases. The long axes of the adsorbed dyes are found to be independent of the sign of the light ellipticity, but they do depend on the direction of the major or minor axis of the elliptically polarized light. Notably, the tilt angle in LC alignment is not observed in this experiment. Additionally, neither twist angles nor tilt angles can be induced using a circularly polarized pumping beam.     

大流量下倾斜管气液两相流实验研究

在较高的气液范围内,以水和空气为实验介质,在多相流实验平台上进行了倾斜向上的高产量气液两相流模拟实验研究。实验采用内径为40 mm、长8 m的透明有机玻璃管,并利用高速摄像仪记录实验过程中的流型。对实验流型进行分析,发现了倾斜管中低气流速下的一种新的流型-振荡冲击流,并研究了表观气、液流速和倾斜角对气液两相流动中压降的影响,建立气/液膜流动模型来分析表观气、液流速对压降梯度的影响作用,实验研究结果表明:在高气液量范围内,倾斜管中观察到的气液两相流型主要为振荡冲击流、过渡流和环状流,并且倾角对流型转变边界的影响不显著;振荡冲击流压降随气流速的增加而降低,环状流压降随气流速的增加而增加,过渡流压降梯度最小;倾斜管压降梯度随着倾斜角度的增加而增大。     

Experimental investigation of interfacial mass transfer mechanisms for a confined high‐reynolds‐number bubble rising in a thin gap

Interfacial mass transfer is known to be enhanced for confined bubbles due to the efficiency of the transfer in the thin liquid films between them and the wall. In the present experimental investigation, the mechanisms of gas–liquid mass transfer are studied for isolated bubbles rising at high Reynolds number in a thin gap. A planar laser induced fluorescence (PLIF) technique is applied with a dye the fluorescence of which is quenched by dissolved oxygen. The aim is to measure the interfacial mass fluxes for pure oxygen bubbles of various shapes and paths rising in water at rest. In the wakes of the bubbles, patterns due to the presence of dissolved oxygen are observed on PLIF images. They reveal the contrasted contributions to mass transfer of two different regions of the interface. The flow around a bubble consists of both two thin liquid films between the bubble and the walls of the cell and an external high‐Reynolds‐number in‐plane flow surrounding the bubble. Mass transfer mechanisms associated to both regions are discussed. Measurement of the concentration of dissolved oxygen is a difficult task due to the nonlinear relation between the fluorescence intensity and the concentration in the gap. It is however possible to accurately measure the global mass flux transferred through the bubble interface. It is determined from the fluorescence intensity recorded in the wakes when the oxygen distribution has been made homogeneous through the gap by diffusion. Assuming a reasonable distribution of oxygen concentration through the gap at short time also allows a measurement of the mass fluxes due to the liquid films. A discussion of the results points out the specific physics of mass transfer for bubbles confined between two plates as compared to bubbles free to move in unconfined flows. © 2016 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 63: 2394–2408, 2017     

竖直多孔平板上液膜流动特性的研究

孔结构被广泛应用于传质塔填料中,对填料上的液膜流动和传质行为影响较大。对竖直光板和多孔板上的液膜流动进行了三维模拟,并通过实验验证了模拟的准确性。通过模拟研究了孔结构对液膜流动特性的影响。结果表明,干燥孔会阻碍液膜的铺展,而润湿孔促进液膜的铺展。与光板相比,多孔板上的液膜具有起伏波,这将影响液膜的厚度分布和速度分布。液膜厚度波动和水平方向的速度波动随着孔径的增加而增加,而竖直流动方向的速度随着孔径的增加而降低。当孔径增加到一定值时,毛细波将出现在孔中的液膜中,这大大增加液膜水平方向上的波动速度,而降低流动方向上的速度。当孔径继续增加到临界值时,液膜将破裂。多孔板上孔内和气侧区域存在涡旋,能够促进内部液体交换和增大气侧扰动,从而增强传质能力。     

Counter-current gas−liquid flow between vertical corrugated plates

The paper is devoted to a theoretical analysis of the counter-current gas−liquid film flow between vertical corrugated plates. We use the Navier−Stokes equations in their full statement to describe the liquid phase hydrodynamics. For the gas phase equations, we use the Benjamin−Miles approach where the wavy liquid/gas interface is a small disturbance for the turbulent gas and where we can linearize the gas phase governing equations. We consider both the steady state and the two-periodical traveling solutions of the counter-current gas/liquid flow between the corrugated plates. The changes in the liquid film hydrodynamics with the increase in gas superficial velocity are the main interest of the investigation. What is the flooding mechanism in the case of flow between the corrugated plates and does the gas superficial velocity for the flooding depend on the wall corrugation parameters?     

Pseudopotential Periodic Hartree-Fock Study of the Cristobalite Phases of Silica and Germanium Dioxide

Periodic pseudopotential Hartree–Fock calculations have been performed on the cristobalite strucure of silica and germanium dioxide in order to investigate the topology of the ground-state Born–Oppenheimer energy surface. For both oxides the averaged X–O bond lengths, the two unequivalent O–X–O bond angles, and the tilt angle have been optimized. The tilt angle, which measures the rotation of the XO₄ tetrahedra around their local C ₂ axes, is directly related to the O–X–O bond angle and connects the low-temperature phase twin structures; its zero corresponds to the ideal β-phase. For SiO₂ the calculated values of these coordinates agree within 1% with 10 K experimental data whereas for GeO₂ the agreement between calculation and experiment is much less satisfactory. It is shown that the tilt angle is the most important structural parameter. The structure of β-cristobalite is rationalized on the basis of the energy dependence upon tilt angle and the absence of β-structure in GeO₂ is explained. The one-electron properties, i.e., band structure and density of states, have been calculated and are compared with the results of previous calculations carried out by other methods. As expected in Hartree-Fock calculations, the band gap is overestimated. The analysis of the calculated electron density and of density of states projected onto basis orbitals indicates that these oxides are mostly ionic. It is also shown that the GeO bond is more covalent than the SiO one, which explains the different behavior of these two oxides.     

Modelling the effect of liquid motion on bubble nucleation during beer dispense

Beer dispense involves ejecting supersaturated beer under gas pressure, from a nozzle into a receiving vessel. Bubble nucleation therefore occurs in a flowing liquid. This situation is encountered in other processes, but is not accounted for in current nucleation models. An experimental system was developed to measure bubble production rates and sizes in laboratory scale beer dispense. Experimental results indicate that bubble nucleation is affected by both liquid flow rate and dissolved gas composition. Pre-existing gas nuclei models have been adapted using bubble and droplet detachment models to include the effect of liquid motion and gas composition. The adapted nucleation models were compared to the experimental results. Predicted bubble detachment radii and overall nucleation rates were affected by liquid flow rate, direction of liquid flow, dissolved gas composition, the contact radius and the level of contact angle hysteresis. Accurate predictions were achieved for different surface orientations and liquid flow directions. Accurate predictions occurred at hysteresis levels of 3.5°, 7.5° and 20° for liquid flow rates of 0.6, 2.2 and , respectively. It is clear that the predicted overall nucleation rate however, also depended on the number of nucleation sites and how many of these were active; although values for these parameters were not experimentally determined in this case. Further understanding of the exact number and size of nucleation sites available and the contact angle for the particular combination of liquid and solid used is required to improve the fit of the model to the experimental data.     

流动液膜的数值模拟研究综述

液膜流动现象广泛存在于自然界中,作为一种高效传热传质技术,其在化工等领域有着广泛的应用。近几年来,国内外学者越来越热衷于运用数值模拟技术来研究液膜的流动特性及传热传质特性。本文归纳分析了数值模拟研究中液膜自由液面的追踪方法。总结了不同壁面结构、不同壁面倾角、液体物性、液相流量与气相流速4个方面对液膜的流动特性的影响规律,以及改变壁面倾角、入口雷诺数、入口添加扰动时表面波呈现的波动特性。此外,还论述了流动液膜的传热传质特性的研究现状。所得结论对流动液膜的数值模拟研究具有一定的参考价值,最后提出了用数值模拟方法研究液膜流动的缺陷与不足,展望了更加科学合理地研究流动液膜的方法。     

Modeling and optimization of Multi-Gravity Separator to produce celestite concentrate

In this study, a three-level Box-Behnken factorial design combined with response surface methodology (RSM) for modeling and optimizing of some operations parameter of Multi-Gravity Separator (MGS) to produce a celestite concentrate was developed. The three significant operational parameters of MGS, which are drum speed, tilt angle and shake amplitude, were varied and the results evaluated with the Box-Behnken factorial design. Second-order response functions were produced for the celestite grade and recovery of the concentrate. Taking advantage of the quadratic programming, a drum speed of 150 rpm, tilt angle of 6° and shake amplitude of 20 mm have been determined as optimum levels to achieve the maximum SrSO₄ concentrate grade of 96.91%, whereas the maximum level of grade was 95.69% in the tests conducted or predicted. In the same way, a drum speed of 250 rpm, tilt angle of 2° and shake amplitude of 10 mm has been determined as optimum levels to achieve the maximum recovery of 98.35%, whereas it was 95.83% in the tests conducted or predicted.