采用电阻层析成像技术测量气液加压鼓泡塔局部气泡参数

在内径0.3 m,高6.6 m的加压气液鼓泡塔反应器中,采用电阻层析成像技术(ERT)研究了空气-水体系中气泡群平均上升速度、局部气含率及其径向分布。在表观气速0.119~0.312 m s 1,压力0.5~2.0 MPa,考察了表观气速、压力对气泡群上升速度、局部气含率及其径向分布的影响。实验结果表明,鼓泡塔中局部气含率随着表观气速与压力的增大而增大,其径向分布呈现出中心高边壁低的分布特征,但整个截面的分布并非严格对称,在r/R=0~0.3,气含率变化较小,且极大值出现在该范围内;气泡群的局部上升速度随着表观气速的增大而增大,但是随着压力的增大而减小。     

煤直接液化鼓泡床反应器流场流动特性及强化机制

针对大型鼓泡床反应器存在返混增强、物料流场分布不匀匀性趋强以及传质效率低等影响反应器安全稳定高效运行的突出问题，开发了一种径向展开的新型阻尼分布器，在冷模试验平台上探索阻尼分布器对气泡聚并及破碎行为的影响规律，考察大型反应器中不同阻尼分布器组合方式的流场流动特性，探究了阻尼分布器组合在工业反应器放大过程中的流场强化效果。结果表明：设置阻尼分布器后，鼓泡床反应器冷模试验装置中湍流涡尺度减小，气泡破碎概率提高，不同气泡群经阻尼分布器后气泡群平均直径从13.48～24.38 mm降至9.40～20.38 mm,表面积增幅为8.5%～71.9%。设置阻尼分布器可提高反应器局部气含率和液速分布均匀性，适当增加阻尼分布器层数有利于扩大流场的轴向影响范围。增大阻尼分布器直径有利于减小各高度平面间局部液速的差值并提高局部气含率径向分布均匀性，不同高度平面中心液速的差值由0.6 mm/s降至0.3 mm/s,同一高度平面局部气含率方差可降至未设置阻尼分布器时的15%。在反应器放大过程中，流体绕流的径向范围扩大，设置阻尼分布器后局部气含率和液速分布均匀性进一步提高，同一高度平面局部气含率方差可降低至未设置...     

加压鼓泡塔反应器中气液两相流CFD数值模拟

对加压气液鼓泡塔反应器内的气液两相流进行了二维数值模拟,模拟的压力为0.5～2.0 MPa,表观气速为0.120～0.312 m/s;模拟采用了Euler-Euler模型,并耦合了气泡群平衡模型（PBM）预测气泡尺寸,该模型考虑了气泡聚并与破碎对气泡的影响。液相湍流采用标准k-ε模型,两相间的作用力只考虑曳力。模拟获得了局部气含率、局部气/液相时均轴向速度及其径向分布等数据,并与实验结果进行比较。结果表明,局部气含率、局部气相速度模拟结果与实验结果吻合较好,局部液相速度径向分布特征模拟结果与文献结果相符。     

SEBS高黏度溶液气液鼓泡塔的流体力学研究

针对SBS加氢反应器开发与设计,以SEBS-1650己烷溶液为液相,采用差压法和床层塌落法研究了气液鼓泡塔中高黏度溶液的流体力学行为,考察了黏度对低表面张力溶液的气含率、大小气泡气含率、大小气泡上升速度和比表面积等因素的影响。结果表明,随黏度增加,大气泡增多,气含率明显降低,塔内流型处于湍流区;由床层塌落曲线确定鼓泡塔内存在三种类型的气泡：大气泡、小气泡及细小气泡,随黏度增加,小气泡与细小气泡逐渐减少;黏度对大小气泡的上升速度略有影响,比表面积随黏度增加而明显降低。根据实验结果给出了大小气泡气含率与平均气含率的计算公式。     

气液外环流反应器中气泡行为的实验研究

详细考察了气液外环流反应器中上升管、下降管的气泡行为随轴向、径向的变化规律. 由于外环流反应器的结构特点,发现在上升管底部存在偏流,并对分布板区气泡行为随角向的变化规律进行了研究. 分析实验结果得出,气含率和气泡速度均随表观气速的升高而升高;在上升管内,气含率和气泡速度自中心向边壁逐渐降低,而沿轴向变化很小;在分布板区,由于受分布器及下降管的影响,使气含率和气泡速度在不同角向存在不同的径向分布. 在下降管中,气含率自中心向边壁逐渐降低,而气泡速度则基本不变;且下降管中的气体循环率随表观气速的升高而升高.     

气液固三相流化床局部相含率

在以焦末为固相、空气为气相、水为液相的三相流化床中研究了局部气含率和局部固含率径向分布。实验用流化床内径100 mm,高1.7 m,焦末粒度1.07 mm。分别采用电导探针法和光纤法测定局部气含率和局部固含率。结果表明:表观气速为0.35—0.71 cm/s,表观液速为2.12—3.54 cm/s时,局部气含率在流化床中沿径向r/R=0—0.8处分布较均匀,在靠壁面处下降至约0.5%,且随表观液速增加而减小,随表观气速增加而增大,且在距分布板轴向高度分别为370 mm和470 mm时趋势一致,大小沿轴向增加,在表观气速一定时,液速小于2.12 cm/s时,气含率沿径向减小的趋势较明显。局部固含率沿径向分布较均匀,基本不随表观气速变化而变化,随表观液速增大而增大,且在距分布板轴向高度分别为370 mm和470 mm时趋势一致,大小沿轴向减小。     

鼓泡塔中气泡尺寸分布和局部气含率研究

在内径为0.38 m的鼓泡塔中采用双电导探针法对不同通气速率下的气泡尺寸分布和局部气含率进行了实验研究,分析了气泡尺寸的概率密度分布。结果表明:气泡尺寸随轴向高度的增加而增大,随径向距离增加而减小;鼓泡塔中气液流动可分为过渡流域和充分发展流域,在过渡流域气含率随轴向高度增加而增大,在充分发展流域气含率趋于均值,径向局部气含率分布呈抛物线型下降。高气速下气泡尺寸概率密度分布比低气速下宽,且随轴向高度的增加分布变宽。     

基于传质强化的微气泡塔盘流动特性实验的研究

筛板塔塔内件的作用主要是增大气液比表面积,改变气液接触形式,以提高塔内传质、传热。研究者提出了新型微气泡塔盘,通过在筛板上方的泡沫层内增加破泡组件,利用破泡组件使大气泡破裂为小气泡,增加气液接触面积,提高气液传质、传热效果。利用自行设计的筛板塔和微气泡塔盘实验平台及PIV测速系统,测定了塔板上气泡的直径分布和上升速度。实验结果显示:与普通筛板相比较,微气泡塔盘上气泡的上升速度较小,气泡停留时间更长,且径向分布更平坦;气泡直径也仅为筛板的1/16,气液接触的比表面积增大,更利于传质过程的进行。     

多相气升式环流反应器局部相含率和环流速度

气升式环流反应器流动特性研究大多都局限于流动参数的平均特性研究,涉及气-液-固系统流动特性的研究也较少。在200×2500mm气升式环流反应器内,实验研究了空气-水两相及空气-水-玻璃珠三相体系中局部气、固相含率以及浆(液)相环流特性等随操作条件以及液、固相物性的变化规律。结果表明:1两相体系导流筒中截面平均气含率轴向分布有局部极大值,而固体和乙醇的加入使得气含率轴向分布平缓;2两相体系循环液速在导流筒中呈径向抛物分布,在环隙分布较均匀,加入固体和乙醇后对循环速度分布和大小影响不大;3三相体系中导流筒内固含率沿轴向升高呈增大趋势,环隙内轴向分布均匀;导流筒内、外固含率径向分布均不均匀,以近壁处为大;加入乙醇后对固含率分布影响不大。     

气—液—固三相磁场流态化床气泡特性及液相返混

在含磁性固定化细胞载体-海藻酸钙凝胶粒子的气-液-固三相磁场流化床生物反应器内,实验观察、测定了低气液速下反应器的气泡特性、相含率及液相返混。得到了磁场强度、气速、液速对局部气含率、气泡速度、直径分布概率影响的关联式。提出了合理的磁场分布板形式及经修正的液相混合模型。     

Influence of impeller diameter on local gas dispersion properties in a sparged multi-impeller stirred tank☆

Vertical distributions of local void fraction and bubble size in alr–water dispersion system were measured with a dual conductivity probe in a fully baffled dished base stirred vessel with the diameter T of 0.48 m, holding 0.134 m3 liquid. The impel er combination with a six parabolic blade disk turbine below two down-pumping hy-drofoil propel ers, identified as PDT+2CBY, was used in this study. The effects of the impel er diameter D, rang-ing from 0.30T to 0.40T (corresponding to D/T from 0.30 to 0.40), on the local void fraction and bubble size were investigated by both experimental and CFD simulation methods. At low superficial gas velocity VS of 0.0077 m·s?1, there is no obvious difference in the local void fraction distribution for al systems with different D/T. However, at high superficial gas velocity, the system with a D/T of 0.30 leads to higher local void fraction than systems with other D/T. There is no significant variation in the axial distribution of the Sauter mean bubble size for al the systems with different D/T at the same gas superficial velocity. CFD simulation based on the two-fluid model along with the population balance model (PBM) was used to investigate the effect of the impel er diameter on the gas–liquid flows. The local void fraction predicted by the numerical simulation approach was in reasonable agreement with the experimental data.     

矩形截面螺旋通道内气液两相流局部含气率分布实验研究

应用电导探针测量技术,对矩形截面螺旋通道内气液两相流局部含气率进行实验研究。在不同的气相折算速度下,应用电导探针测量了弹状流弹单元的长度,并与可视化方法进行对比,验证了电导探针的可靠性,并为信号处理选择合适的阈值。分别在泡状流、弹状流及环状流三种流型的条件下,分析了气相与液相折算速度对局部含气率分布的影响。实验结果发现,螺旋通道气液两相局部含气率呈非对称的抛物线形分布,这种非对称性受流型和液相折算速度的影响。     

An experimental study of gas void fraction in dilute alcohol solutions in annular gap bubble columns using a four-point conductivity probe

The influence of alcohol concentration on the gas void fraction in open tube and annular gap bubble columns has been investigated using a vertical column with an internal diameter of 0.102 m, containing a range of concentric inner tubes, which formed an annular gap; the inner tubes had diameter ratios from 0.25 to 0.69. Gas (air) superficial velocities in the range 0.014–0.200 m/s were investigated. Tap water and aqueous solutions of ethanol and isopropanol, with concentrations in the range 8–300 ppm by mass, were used as the working liquids. Radial profiles of the local void fraction were obtained using a four-point conductivity probe and were cross-sectionally averaged to give mean values that were within 12% of the volume-averaged gas void fractions obtained from changes in the aerated level. The presence of alcohol inhibited the coalescence between the bubbles and consequently increased the mean gas void fraction at a given gas superficial velocity in both the open tube and the annular gap bubble columns. This effect also extended the range of homogeneous bubbly flow and delayed the transition to heterogeneous flow. Moreover, isopropanol results gave slightly higher mean void fractions compared to those for ethanol at the same mass fraction, due to their increased carbon chain length. It was shown that the void fraction profiles in the annular gap bubble column were far from uniform, leading to lower mean void fractions than were obtained in an open tube for the same gas superficial velocity and liquid composition.     

Local Measurement of Gas-Liquid Bubbly Flow with a Double-Sensor Probe

A double-sensor probe was used to measure local interfacial parameters of a gas-liquid bubbly flow in a horizontal tube. The parameters included void fraction, interfacial concentration, bubble size distribution, bubble frequency and bubble interface velocity. The authors paid special attention to the probe design and construction for minimizing measurement errors. Measures were also taken in the design of sensor ends for preventing corrosions in the flow. This is an effort to improve the current double-sensor probe technique to meet the ever-increasing needs to local varameter measurements in gas-liquid two-phase flows.     

多级鼓泡塔内液体速度分布的实验研究

液体循环流动是多级鼓泡塔重要流体力学特征之一,文中在内径为282 mm,高2000 mm的鼓泡塔内,采用不同类型的筛板将普通鼓泡塔分割成双级气液鼓泡塔.采用Pavlov管测液速的方法考察了不同筛板、不同表观气速下该鼓泡塔中上下二侧的液体速度分布.根据实验结果得出了液体速度在塔中心处最大,且与表观气速有关,随着表观气速的...     

Destabilisation of homogeneous bubbly flow in an annular gap bubble column

Experimental results are presented to show that there are very significant differences in the mean gas void fractions measured in an open tube and a annular gap bubble column, when operated at the same gas superficial velocity, using a porous sparger. Measurements were carried out in a vertical 0.102 m internal diameter column, with a range of concentric inner tubes to form an annular gap, giving diameter ratios from 0.25 to 0.69; gas superficial velocities in the range 0.014–0.200 m/s were investigated. The mean gas void fraction decreases with increasing ratio of the inner to outer diameter of the annular gap column and the transition to heterogeneous flow occurs at lower gas superficial velocities and lower void fractions. Two reasons are proposed and validated by experimental investigations: (1) the presence of the inner tube causes large bubbles to form near the sparger, which destabilise the homogeneous bubbly flow and reduce the mean void fraction; this was confirmed by deliberately injecting large bubbles into a homogeneous dispersion of smaller bubbles, and (2) the shape of the void fraction profiles changes with gap geometry and this affects the distribution parameter in the drift‐flux model. Both of these effects serve to reduce the mean gas void fraction in an annular gap bubble column compared to an open tube at the same gas superficial velocity.     

Experimental determination of the drag coefficient in a swarm of bubbles

Simultaneous measurements of liquid velocity by laser Doppler velocimetry and bubble velocity, diameter, and void fraction by a double optical probe are performed in a bubble column to study the influence of the void fraction on the relative velocity of a swarm of gas bubbles. Bubble diameters d_b vary from 2 to 10 mm and local void fractions α_loc can reach 35%. It is found that, for α_loc<15%, the relative bubble velocity is determined by the hindrance effect and consequently decreases with the void fraction. Beyond this critical value, the aspiration of bubbles in the wake of the leading ones dominates the hindrance effect and the relative velocity thus increases suddenly. The contribution of the bubble diameters to this evolution is also determined. Finally, a drag correlation, valid for the whole range of void fraction and for pure water-air systems, is proposed.     

Ideality analysis and general laws of bubble swarm microflow for large-scale gas-liquid microreaction processes

The flow ideality of bubbly microflow remains unclear even though it is vital for the design of microreactors, especially the ideality of bubble swarm microflow for large-scale gas-liquid microreaction processes. This work is the first time to report the ideality analysis of the microbubble swarm in a relatively large microchannel. The bubble swarm microflow has undergone two conditions: quasi-homogeneous plug flow and liquid phase/gas-liquid quasi-homogeneous phase two-phase laminar flow. Both the deviations of void fraction and bubble velocity from the ideal plug flow can divide into two parts, and the two transition points simultaneously happen at the velocity ratio of 1.25. There exists a critical capillary number to maintain the quasi-homogeneous plug flow, which could be regarded as the general laws for the design of gas-liquid microreactors. Finally, a novel model is developed to predict the bubble velocity. This work could be very helpful for the large-scale gas-liquid microreactors design.     

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON GAS-HOLDUP AND GAS-LIQUID INTERFACIAL AREA IN TPCFBs

A new fiber optic probe system has been developed for measuring the gas-holdup ε_g and bubble size distribution P_s(d_b) in multiphase reactors. Experiments have been carried out in a gas-liquid-solid three-phase circulating fluidized bed (TPCFB) with 140mm inner diameter and 3 m height, in which air, tap water and 0.4 mm glass beads are used as the gas, liquid and solid phase, respectively. Based on the measured data, the gas-liquid interracial area a, one or the most important parameters concerning the mass transfer, has been derived. The radial profile of the gas holdup and the gas-liquid interracial area, and the influence or main operating conditions have been studied experimentally in TPCFBs.     

Analysis of dispersion coefficient of bubble motion and velocity characteristic factor in down and upflow bubble column reactor

Dispersion coefficient of bubble motion based on velocity distribution theory has been analyzed in up and downward gas-liquid two-phase contactor. The intensity of dispersion of phase depends on motion of the dispersed phase and the characteristics of velocity distribution. In this paper the effects of operating and geometric variables on the dispersion coefficient of bubble motion and the characteristic factor of velocity distribution have been analyzed within the range of column diameter 0.10-2.5 m, superficial liquid velocity, 0.04-0.21 m/s and superficial gas velocity 0.41-3.16 mm/s. From the different developed model of longitudinal dispersion coefficient of liquid, comparison of dispersion coefficient of bubble motion and characteristic feature of velocity distribution in down and upflow two-phase contactor has been reported. Also the functionalities of dispersion coefficient of bubble motion and velocity characteristic factor have been developed with operating variables. The condition for dispersion based on velocity pattern has also been discussed in the present work. The present analysis on the dispersion coefficient of bubble motion and velocity distribution factor associated with the knowledge of the liquid phase dispersion in two-phase contactor can give insight into a further understanding and modeling of multiphase reactor in industrial applications.