弓形降液管两相流动的CFD模拟

采用欧拉两相流模型,模拟了弓形降液管内的空气一水两相流动,得到了与弓形降液管堰长垂直截面上的气含率分布与两相的速度分布.结果表明,降液管底部气含率低,中部的气含率增加显著,上部的气含率较高.液相对气相有很强的夹带作用,同时气相的浮力对于液相流动也有一定的阻碍作用.将模拟结果与文献进行对照,两者吻合较好,说明提出的模型对于降液管内流体流动状况的模拟是合适的.     

新型气升式环流反应器流场数值模拟

利用CFD软件ANSYS 14.0及欧拉-欧拉多相流模型,模拟了一种采用微孔曝气器的新型气升式环流反应器的气液两相流动,得到反应器内气含率和循环液速等参数的详细分布。模拟结果表明：新型气升式环流反应器的平均气含率与气量成正比关系;气量为2.5 m3/h时具有更高的循环液速。     

不同分布器对鼓泡塔气液两相流影响的CFD模拟

对不同分布器的鼓泡塔反应器内的气液两相流体动力学行为进行了三维瞬态数值模拟.模型采用欧拉-欧拉双流体模型以及RNG κ-ε湍流模型,研究了不同分布器设计对鼓泡塔反应器气液两相流的影响.模拟得到了鼓泡塔内整体气含率、液相速度矢量分布、时均气含率以及时均轴向液速的径向分布等结果,并对部分模拟结果与文献实验结果进行了比较,其结果吻合得较好,证实了随着分布器开孔越均匀则有利于加强流形的非对称性,从而加剧了气液两相径向混合,但对整体气含率的影响不大.     

分布器结构对环流反应器气含率分布的影响

采用κ-ε二方程模型和欧拉多相流模型,对一种单筒单级气升式气液环流反应器内的湍流气液两相流进行了全尺寸的数值模拟研究,考察了采用3种不同气体分布器时反应器内气含率和流速分布的细节.模拟结果表明不同结构的分布器对总体气含率和内筒中的两相速度分布有很大影响,因而对气含率分布和气液两相接触效果有较大影响,从而对反应过程产生影响.单环分布器产生的气液两相接触效果较差,对于反应过程很不利.对于大直径的环流反应器推荐使用多环分布器.计算所得的整体气含率与实测的整体气含率进行了对比,吻合较好.     

渣油加氢沸腾床的多相流流动特性模拟

采用欧拉-欧拉-欧拉三相流模型,对STRONG沸腾床渣油加氢反应器进行了二维冷模多相流动过程模拟。其中液-固相间作用力采用Syamlal-O’Brien模型,气-液相间作用力采用Schiller-naumann模型,忽略气固之间的作用力。由气含率、液含率、固含率云图随时间的变化,可以看出催化剂在气液两相的作用下,逐渐实现了流化;在三相分离器的作用下,气相、液相、固相实现了分离,气相富集在三相分离器上端,液相从侧出口流出,固相在流化床内实现了循环利用。同时模拟结果表明,三相分离器分离效果理想,但是在局部截面积较小和结构复杂地方会出现局部湍流,不利于分离的进行。     

G-LISR不同气相入口流速对流场特性的影响

为了提高气液撞击流反应器(G-LISR)的混合性能,找到合适气相入口速度的操作参数,采用ANSYS Workbench中的Geometry模块,基于欧拉·拉格朗日法建立G-LISR气液两相流动数学模型。在加速管对置距离为400mm,液相入口速度为5m/s,三种不同的气相入口速度(10,15,20m/s)条件下,用数值模拟软件Fluent分析模拟出了不同气相入口流速下反应器内流场的分布特征。模拟结果表明:随着气相入口初始流速的增大,反应器内湍流强度有所增加,在压力波动最为剧烈的撞击面中心点处,压力急剧增大。增大气相初始流速,将降低反应器中的液滴的浓度分布,减少了液相在反应器中的停留时间。从能量损耗和气液两相在反应器中的混合效果来看,气相初始流速不宜过大,10m/s为较佳。     

鼓泡塔气液两相流不同曳力模型的数值模拟

采用欧拉-欧拉双流体模型对圆柱形鼓泡塔内气液两相流动进行了三维数值模拟. 通过UDF自定义程序对气相出口边界进行了速度修正,解决了模拟中自由区域内有漩涡的问题;分别使用单一气泡尺寸模型和群体平衡模型(PBM)计算气泡尺寸,并比较其对气含率分布的预测结果,分别采用Schiller-Naumann, Grace和Tomiyama曳力系数模型进行模拟. 结果表明,在全塔径均匀进气的简化条件下,单一气泡尺寸模型不适用,在合适的Hamaker数下,PBM模型中原用于颗粒计算的Abrahamson模型可计算气泡聚并速率;Tomiyama曳力模型耦合PBM模型可更好地描述塔内流动情况,并与文献值吻合良好. Schiller-Naumann模型所得平均气含率与实验值相差约40%,而Grace模型所得湍动耗散比Tomiyama的结果高14.5%,气含率分布与文献值相差16.3%.     

多层新型桨搅拌槽内气-液两相流动的实验与数值模拟

对三层新型组合桨气-液两相搅拌槽内的流体流动进行了实验研究,并采用计算流体力学(CFD)的方法对气-液两相搅拌槽的通气搅拌功率、流场、局部气含率及总体气含率进行了数值模拟,数值模拟采用了欧拉-欧拉方法,数值模拟结果与实验值吻合良好,同时考察了通气流量和搅拌转速对通气搅拌功率和气含率的影响规律. 研究结果表明,欧拉-欧拉方法能较好地模拟搅拌槽内气-液两相流的流动状况.     

分布孔大小对环流反应器内流动影响数值模拟

采用k-ε二方程模型和欧拉多相流模型,对一种气升式环流反应器内的湍流气液二相流进行了全尺寸的数值模拟研究,考察了采用具有不同大小分布孔气体分布器时反应器内气含率和流速分布的细节。模拟结果表明采用小分布孔的反应器内的平均气含率较高,气液二相接触效果较好,对于反应过程有利。计算所得的整体气含率与实测的整体气含率进行了对比,吻合较好。     

侧进式搅拌釜内气液两相流的数值模拟

采用计算流体力学(CFD)技术对φ1.5 m×1.2 m侧进式气液搅拌釜内气液两相流场进行数值模拟,检验了3种气液分界面边界条件和两种相间曳力模型。通过UDF程序将上述模型分别与欧拉双流体模型和 dispersed k-ε 两相湍流模型进行耦合计算,得到搅拌功率准数、总体气含率和气相分布,并与冷模实验结果进行对比,得到能准确预测的CFD模型。研究结果表明,3种气液界面边界条件下采用标准S-N模型计算所得的功率准数和气体分布误差均较大,而Brucato-Tsuchiya模型的预测结果更接近实验结果;气液界面边界条件对总体气含率的预测影响较大,采用速度进口或脱气边界和Brucato-Tsuchiya模型耦合计算所得的结果误差比压力出口边界明显要小。     

Experimental and numerical investigations of scale-up effects on the hydrodynamics of slurry bubble columns

Experiments and simulations were conducted for bubble columns with diameter of 0.2 m(180 mm i.d.), 0.5 m(476 mm i.d.) and 0.8 m(760 mm i.d.) at high superficial gas velocities(0.12–0.62 m·s-1) and high solid concentrations(0–30 vol%). Radial profiles of time-averaged gas holdup, axial liquid velocity, and turbulent kinetic energy were measured by using in-house developed conductivity probes and Pavlov tubes. Effects of column diameter, superficial gas velocity, and solid concentration were investigated in a wide range of operating conditions. Experimental results indicated that the average gas holdup remarkably increases with superficial gas velocity, and the radial profiles of investigated flow properties become steeper at high superficial gas velocities. The axial liquid velocities significantly increase with the growth of the column size, whereas the gas holdup was slightly affected. The presence of solid in bubble columns would inhibit the breakage of bubbles, which results in an increase in bubble rise velocity and a decrease in gas holdup, but time-averaged axial liquid velocities remain almost the same as that of the hollow column. Furthermore, a 2-D axisymmetric k–ε model was used to simulate heterogeneous bubbly flow using commercial code FLUENT 6.2. The lateral lift force and the turbulent diffusion force were introduced for the determination of gas holdup profiles and the effects of solid concentration were considered as the variation of average bubble diameter in the model. Results predicted by the CFD simulation showed good agreement with experimental data.     

运用CFD模拟浮选柱内的流体流动

根据浮选柱内气液流动的特点,在气速与气含率的径向分布一致的基础上,建立了通用的计算浮选柱内流体流动模型,简便且较准确地模拟出了浮选柱内气液的流动状况,为浮选柱内气体发生器设计以及柱内返混的研究提供了依据和方法。     

Performance,mixing and kinetics study in the flotation column reactor using coal

ABSTRACT

A flotation column has been designed and characterized with respect to gas velocity, slurry velocity, frother concentration, gas holdup, bubble surface area flux for the study of the mixing property, liquid phase residence time distribution, flotation recovery and rate constant. The study was performed using coal as solid. A strategy of integrating chemical kinetics into the flotation process to test the floatability behaviour of coal and to estimate floatability parameter of coal has been developed. The results indicate that the coal floatability parameter is 3.05 × 10^?4. A relationship between gas holdup and bubble surface area flux was developed.     

Hydrodynamics in down flow jet loop reactor

Gas holdup and liquid circulation time were measured in a down flow jet loop reactor for air–water system. It was observed that the circulation time decreases with an increase in nozzle diameter, draft tube to column diameter ratio and liquid velocity. Th gas holdup increases with an increase in gas and liquid velocities. The optimum draft tube to column diameter ratio was found to be 0.438. Correlations for gas holdup and circulation time involving operational and geometrical variables are presented.     

Experimental analysis and development of correlations for gas holdup in high pressure slurry co-current bubble columns

The effect of liquid and gas velocities, solid concentrations, and operating pressure has been studied experimentally in a 15 cm diameter air-water-glass beads bubble column. The superficial gas and liquid velocities varied from 1.0 to 40.00 cm/s and 0 to 16.04 cm/s, respectively, while the solid loading varied from 1 to 9%. The gas holdup in the column was reduced sharply as we switched from batch to co-current mode of operation. At low gas velocity, the effect of liquid velocity was insignificant; while at high gas velocity, increasing liquid velocity decreased the gas holdup. Drift flux approach was applied to quantify the combined effect of liquid and gas velocities over gas holdup. For co-current three phase flows, the gas holdup decreased with increase in solid loading for all pressures. But for batch operations, when solid loading was 5% or more, settling started leading to higher gas holdup. Increasing pressure from atmospheric conditions increased the gas holdup significantly, flattening asymptotically.     

Gas holdup characteristics in a flotation column with different solids

This paper presents the effect of process variables on gas holdup. It was measured by volume expansion method in a continuously operating flotation column using coal and sphalerite. It was observed that addition of both solids reduced gas holdup. Increase in solid concentration and particle size reduced gas holdup. Also, increase in gas velocity and frother concentration increased the gas holdup as amount of gas increased and bubble surface property favored the formation of small bubbles. An empirical mathematical model was developed to predict gas holdup. The predicted results were in good agreement with the experimental and available published data.     

Liquid Holdup in a Pilot‐Scale Turbulent Contact Absorber – An Experimental and Comparative Study

Liquid holdup in a turbulent contact absorber was determined experimentally. Experiments were performed in a 44.7 cm diameter Perspex column. Hollow spherical high‐density polyethylene balls were used as packing. The effect of liquid and gas velocities, static bed height, diameter and density of packing on liquid holdup was investigated for the range of gas velocities greater than minimum fluidization velocities. Also, the effect of gas and liquid distributors on liquid holdup was studied. Correlations for liquid holdup were developed and compared with those in the literature. It was observed that liquid holdup increased with the increase in liquid velocity, packing density, and the decrease in static bed height. Liquid holdup also increased with gas velocity when the gas distributor section was included, while no effect was observed for the bed. Lack of information on the contribution of liquid and gas distributors seems to be the logical explanation for the wide variation in data reported in the literature.     

Generation of uniform small bubbles and hydrodynamic characterization of a bubble column with high pressure jet sparger

Systems generating uniform small bubbles are used in many mineral processing and chemical operations. We investigated the generation of smaller bubbles by using a two fluid jet system. Gas holdup results are reported in terms of the effect of superficial gas and liquid velocities in relation to the pressure in a bubble column with a water jet sparger. Experiments were conducted with hydrostatic head of 80 cm, 100 cm, and 120 cm in the bubble column. The gas velocity varied from 0.122 to 1.22 cm/s, and water flow rate from 33.3 to 333 cm³/s. Experiments were conducted at pressures of 2 atms., 3 atms. 4 atms. and 5 atms., and bubble sizes were measured by a digital camera (bubble compared to a reference wire inside the bubble column). Results show that the gas holdup increases with the pressure and superficial gas velocities; and at pressures of 2, 3, 4 and 5 atms., the gas holdup increases by 8.75%, 9.166%, 10% and 10%, respectively. The maximum gas holdup of 16.4% was observed at a liquid level of 80 cm and pressure of 4 atms. Optimum conditions for generating smaller bubbles with larger gas holdup are increased liquid flow rate, low liquid level, and high gas pressure. Experimental results also indicate that the column operates in both the homogeneous and heterogeneous regimes of gas-liquid flow.     

Axial dispersion in a rectangular bubble column

This paper presents the results of an experimental study on the gas holdup and the liquid phase axial dispersion coefficient in a narrow packed and unpacked rectangular bubble column. In both cases the gas and liquid flow rates were varied and the data were obtained by employing standard tracer technique. The gas holdup and the axial dispersion coefficient for both the packed and unpacked columns were found to be dependent on the gas and liquid flow rates. For given gas and liquid velocities and a given packing size in the case of the packed column, the rectangular column gave significantly higher dispersion coefficients than a cylindrical column of the equivalent cross sectional area. This result agrees very well with the one predicted by the velocity distribution model. The correlations for the Peclet number, the axial dispersion coefficient, and the fluid holdup for both the unpacked and packed bubble columns are presented.     

Local hydrodynamics of gas–liquid-nanoparticles three-phase fluidization

The laser Doppler anemometer (LDA) and conductivity probes were used for measuring the local hydrodynamic performances such as gas holdup and liquid velocity in a lab-scale gas–liquid–TiO₂ nanoparticles three-phase bubble column. Effects of operating parameters on the local gas holdup and liquid velocity were investigated systematically. Experimental results showed that local averaged axial liquid velocity and local averaged gas holdup increased with increasing superficial gas velocity but decreased with increasing TiO₂ nanoparticles loading and the axial distance from the bottom of the bubble column. A three-dimensional computational fluid dynamic (CFD) model was developed in this paper to simulate the structure of gas–liquid–TiO₂ nanoparticles three-phase flow in the bubble column. The time-averaged and time-dependent predictions were compared with experimental data for model validation. A successful prediction of instantaneous local gas holdup, gas velocity, and liquid velocity were also presented.