浆态鼓泡床新型锐孔分布器气含率分布

在空气-水系统中,应用双头电导探针法,测量了采用新型锐孔分布器时浆态鼓泡床中气含率的轴向分布和径向分布规律,考察了表观气速、分隔板和液体循环等因索对床层气舍率分布的影响.结果表明,在实验范围内,气含率随轴向高度的增加而增加,表观气速较大时,主体区径向气含率分布比较均匀;气含率随表观气速的增加几乎成直线上升;加入分隔板,局部气含率增大且分布均匀.在主体区,对多组实验数据进行回归分析,得出了不同表观气速下气含率分布的关联式,关联式计算值与实验值吻合良好.     

鼓泡床内气泡直径的分布

气泡的直径分布是决定鼓泡床反应器气液接触面积的重要参数，其轴向分布对鼓泡床反应器的设计和性能优化具有重要意义。喷嘴作为气体分布器的最小单元，对气体分布器的分布性能起决定性因素。本文考察了不同孔径喷嘴对鼓泡床内气泡分散的影响，结果表明，对于在孔口产生的小于最大稳态气泡直径ds的气泡，将稳定存在于床层内，而直径大于ds的气泡，将迅速破碎，最后形成近乎一致的气泡粒度分布，喷嘴的影响距离在21cm左右。     

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。     

再分布板和径向挡板对淤浆鼓泡床流体力学特性的影响

研究了在以空气-水-石英砂为实验体系的淤浆鼓泡床中加入内构件?再分布板和径向挡板对床层气含率和固含率的影响,并与不加内构件的情况进行了对比. 实验结果表明,再分布板可明显提高床层的平均气含率,且开孔孔径越小,作用越显著;但径向挡板的作用不明显;再分布板和径向挡板均可改善气含率和固含率的轴向分布,且不会大幅度增加压降. 通过对Smith关联式进行修正,得到了带有再分布板的淤浆鼓泡床中床层平均气含率的经验关联式.     

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...     

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。     

喷淋散射塔鼓泡区域的气液两相流动特性

为了探究喷淋散射脱硫塔鼓泡区域的气液两相流动特性,搭建了鼓泡塔实验台,在不同表观气速和气体分布器浸没深度的条件下进行了实验。实验结果表明:气体分布器表面形成的气泡直径约12 mm;气泡溢出液面时有小气泡形成,并随着返混的液相运动,且液相的返混剧烈程度与表观气速和气体分布器浸没深度正相关;液相在散射管管壁和鼓泡池壁面间形成大尺度循环;随着表观气速增大,气泡直径和气泡运动速度均增大,使得气含率增大,气液两相湍动加剧;随着气体分布器浸没深度增大,鼓泡床床层气含率降低,表观气速对气含率的影响效果减弱。实验结果对喷淋散射脱硫塔的设计和运行有一定参考价值。     

气体分布器对气升式反应器内流场和传质特性的影响

在气升式反应器冷模实验装置中,研究了气体分布器类型及结构参数对流场和传质的影响规律。结果表明：与环形分布器和四喷嘴分布器相比,采用半球形分布器时平均气含率更高、气含率径向分布更均匀、气泡直径更小、比表面积更大、下降段液速更大、液相体积传质系数更高。气升式废水处理反应器中选用半球形气体分布器可获得更好的混合和传质效果。进一步考察了半球形分布器开孔率和开孔角度对气含率、下降段液速和体积传质系数的影响,确定了最优开孔率为0.457%、最优开孔角度为45o。研究结果可为气升式反应器的工业设计和操作优化提供依据。     

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。     

Hydrodynamics and simulation of air–water homogeneous bubble column under elevated pressure

A gas–liquid Eulerian computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model coupled with a population balance equation (PBE) was presented to investigate hydrodynamics of an air–water bubble column (1.8 m in height and 0.1 m in inner diameter) under elevated pressure in terms of pressure drop, gas holdup, mean bubble size, and bubble surface area. The CFD-PBE model was modified with three pressure correction factors to predict both the total gas holdup and the mean bubble size in the homogeneous bubbly flow regime. The three correction factors were optimized compared to experimental data. Increasing the pressure led to increasing the density, reducing the bubble size, and increasing the gas holdup. The bubble size distribution moved toward a smaller bubble size, as the pressure increased. The modified CFD-PBE model validated with experimental data and empirical models represented well hydrodynamics of the bubble column at P = 0.1, 1.5, and 3.5 MPa.     

Flow Regime Identification in a Slurry Bubble Column from Gas Holdup and Pressure Fluctuations Analysis

Analysis of gas holdups and pressure fluctuations are conducted in a slurry bubble column to study changes in flow regimes and comparisons are made with solid‐free bubble column. The pressure fluctuations are measured by fast response pressure transducers mounted on the column wall in the distributor and bulk regions. Air, tap water and 35 micron glass beads are used as the gas, liquid and solid phases respectively. Statistical analysis of pressure fluctuation data combined with gas holdup analysis provided information about flow regime transition and interesting insights into bubble size distributions and changes in flow structure.     

Experimental Determination and Modeling of Bubble Size Distributions in Bubble Columns

Using a five point conductivity technique local values of bubble size,bubble velocity and gas fractionhave been experimentally determined in a 288 mmID and 4.3 m high bubble column as a function of axial andradial position for the air/water and CO_2/N_2/aqueous MDEA systems.The experimental results are comparedwith predictions from a fundamental two-fluid model.The implementation of a non-steady lateral drag term inthe two-fluid model has been shown.In addition to improving the physical realism of the model,it is found togive slight improvements in the predictions of the distributions of local bubble size.Predictions of bubble size arefound in reasonable agreement with experimental values in the heterogeous flow regime,whereas they are stil1found to be unreliable at low gas velocities.Local void predictions are found in reasonable agreement with experi-mental values,but deviations occur in the homogeneous flow regime towards the wall.This is attributed to defi-ciencies in the simplified bubble size mode     

气—液鼓泡塔中流动域和气含率的分布

利用压力传感器测定了气、液两相鼓泡塔内不同轴、径向位置上压强的脉动信号,分析了压强的脉动特征,计算了各种操作条件下塔内不同轴向位置截面上的平均气含率,发现在不同操作条件下,塔内可能出现不同的流动域分布,即全塔均匀鼓泡域、全塔过渡域、全塔湍动鼓泡域以及均匀鼓泡域,过渡域和湍动鼓泡域中的相邻2种或3种流域同时出现在塔内不同高度上。提出了不同轴向位置流域转变的判据。并发现,同一截面的不同径向位置基本处于同一流域内。同时研究了鼓泡塔内气含率在轴向上的分布规律,给出了不同流动域内气含率的关系式。     

Bubble formation in cocurrently upward flowing liquid

The effects of liquid velocity, nozzle diameter, gas chamber volume and gas flow rate on volumes, shapes and growth curves of bubbles formed at a nozzle submerged in a cocurrently upward flowing liquid in a bubble column were experimentally investigated. The bubble volume decreases with increasing liquid flow velocity. The effect of liquid flow velocity on the volume of bubble increases with an increase in the gas flow rate. To simulate bubble formation at a nozzle submerged in cocurrently upward flowing liquid, a revised non-spherical bubble formation model was proposed. Bubble volumes, bubble growth curves and shapes experimentally obtained in this study, as well as in previous experimental studies, are well predicted by the present model.     

大孔径高气速单孔气泡形成

在内径为190mm的鼓泡塔内,研究了空气-去离子水系统在大孔径高气速条件下的单孔气泡形成。考察了五个不同的孔径,分别为4、8、10、15及21mm,孔口气速范围为0.8~154.8m·s^-1。以CCD摄像记录气泡的形状及尺寸,根据气泡长径比的变化,得到气泡初始形态转变时的临界孔口气速：当孔口气速低于20m·s^-1时,孔口气泡近似于球形,长径比小于1.1;当孔口气速大于50m·s^-1时,气泡呈现椭球形,长径比大于1.5。并对气泡尺寸与孔径及孔口气速进行关联,所得关联式对孔径大于3mm、孔口气速在10~80m·s^-1范围内所形成的气泡尺寸预测效果较好。     

Bubble column research in Japan

Many experimental studies on the bubble column have been reported by Japanese researchers since around 1960. They include studies of bubble behaviour, bubble size distribution, transition from the homogeneous bubbly flow regime to the heterogeneous liquid circulation regime, liquid velocity distribution, longitudinal liquid mixing, hydrodynamic modelling, the gas holdup, and the volumetric coefficient of gas-liquid mass tranfer k_La. Studies covered various modified bubble columns, such as the airlift reactor with an external or internal loop, the packed bubble column, and others. Performance of three-phase bubble columns, which deal with suspensions or emulsions, and their use as bioreactors or chemical reactors were also studied.     

PREDICTION OF GAS-PHASE HOLDUP IN A BUBBLE COLUMN

Hydrodynamic properties of bubble columns play a significant role in many chemical and biochemical processes. Recent theoretical and experimental work conducted by Krishna et al. (1991, 1994), and Wilkinson et al. (1992) have been examined in conjunction with a bubble column and data for the air-water system operating at ambient conditions. The bubble column is 0.108 m in internal diameter, has a 1.70 m tall test section, and is equipped with a perforated plate distributor having 91 holes of 0.8 mm diameter. The data are taken for five values of the slumped water column height in range from 0.79 to 1.15 m, and for superficial air velocities up to about 0.4 m/s.

The data accord to the qualitative aspects of Krishna et al. model but lead to different values of the bubble swarm rise velocity, and superficial transition air velocity characterizing the transition from homogeneous bubbly flow regime to heterogeneous churn-turbulent flow regime. The quantitative reproduction by the model expressions of these recent works of the experimental data is poor. This may be partly attributed to the geometry of the column, diameter and distributor design.

The qualitative features of Krishna et al. model for the two regimes are confirmed by the present data. For quantitative predictions of gas-phase holdup, a new model is proposed in which the large bubble flow in the churn-turbulent regime is formulated following the drift-flux theory. The proposed theory and experimental data are in good agreement.     

网格和数值格式对TBPBM-CFD模型模拟鼓泡塔的影响

基于气泡动力学属性的现有认识,把气泡分成大、小气泡,首次建立了完整的双气泡相-群平衡模型(TBPBM)以预测气泡尺寸.通过编写用户自定义程序实现了TBPBM模型、Luo破碎模型以及Prince 聚并模型,并耦合TBPBM与CFD双流体模型对直径440 mm鼓泡塔进行数值模拟,详细考察了网格与数值格式对TBPBM-CFD模型模拟结果的影响.结果表明,网格与数值格式对各物理变量的模拟结果影响非常大,特别是网格和体积分数方程对流项离散格式的影响最为显著.随着计算精度的提高,湍流耗散率和整体气含率分布梯度增大,气泡平均直径减少,大气泡所占气相比率降低,液相速度及气含率径向分布与实验值更趋吻合.     

鼓泡塔中气泡群运动的实验与模拟

采用高速摄像法测量了均匀鼓泡流状态下,水以及体积分数分别为20%和40%的甘油-水体系中气泡群的浮升运动,考察了气含率、雷诺数和分布器孔径对气泡尺寸、形状、浮升速率和曳力系数的影响。构建了立方体单元胞模型,并根据雷诺数的不同选取层流和湍流模型,模拟得到气泡的浮升速率和曳力系数与实验值吻合较好。结果表明:随着气含率及液体黏度的提高,气泡群浮升阻力增大,浮升速率减少;随着雷诺数和气泡直径的增加,曳力系数减小,气泡浮升速率增大。单元胞模型能较好地反映气泡群浮升过程中各因素的影响,是处理气泡群运动的有效工具。