Flow regime identification in horizontal pneumatic conveying by nonintrusive acoustic emission detection

This work investigated flow regimes identification in horizontal pneumatic conveying from the scope of particle motions based on acoustic emission detection. Results showed that the variation of acoustic energy and acoustic energy fraction could be used to identify the transition between suspension flow and stratified flow. Near the transition point, the acoustic energy was maximum, and the energy fraction of particle-wall collision mutated at high mass fluxes. Furthermore, the fluctuation distribution index (FI) was constructed learning from the concept of polymer molecular weight distribution index, and the “circumferential fluctuation difference (D)” was defined. Based on this, new identification criteria and flow regime diagram were established. In suspension flow, D >0. In stratified flow, D <0. While in slug flow, D ≈ 0. According to these criteria, flow regimes can be identified independently of changing trends of measurement parameters. The universality of above criteria was further verified under different operating conditions.     

密相气力输送物料流动状态分析及供料装置的选用

综述了低速密相气力输送中的相图和物料流动形态；介绍了密相输送供料装置（充气罐供料器、螺旋供料充气罐、高压旋转阀供料器）及其应用场合。同时简要分析了物料特性对密相气力输送的性能影响。     

水平管加压密相煤粉气力输送数值模拟

针对加压密相气力输送,对现有的颗粒静摩擦力模型进行适当修正,并将其与颗粒动理学理论相结合,建立了可以描述加压密相气力输送的气固湍流流动状况的多相流模型。该模型充分考虑了颗粒间碰撞和摩擦力作用,以及气相和颗粒团湍流脉动之间的相互作用。采用该模型对水平管内加压密相气力输送进行了三维数值模拟研究,模拟得到了气相和固相的速度、浓度和湍流强度分布,以及压降梯度的变化规律,再现了颗粒沉积层的形成和运动的动态过程。并进行了加压密相煤粉气力输送试验研究,预测的压降梯度与试验测量结果相符合。     

粉煤密相气力输送流型

基于电容层析成像技术对粉煤密相气力输送系统的流型进行了研究,获得了水平管和竖直上升管粉煤密相气力输送系统的典型流动形态。研究结果表明,水平管输送时的流型随时间复杂多变,典型流型有满管流、沉积层流、悬浮流等;统计分析发现,随表观气速不同,存在明显的主导流型;结合固相速度及管道压力信号分析,展示出其与流型之间存在一定的对应关系,进一步证实了密相气力输送系统的不稳定性特征。对竖直上升管的ECT测试结果表明,输送流型为环核结构。     

工业级水平管粉煤气力输送的最小压降速度和稳定性

采用压缩空气作为输送介质,在工业级水平管(内径50 mm)上开展了粉煤密相气力输送实验研究。在实验获得最小压降速度基础上,通过电容层析成像系统观察到,随着表观气速降低而存在分层流、沙丘流、移动床流以及栓塞流4种流型。不同流型压力信号的概率密度分布和功率谱密度分析表明,压力信号的波动特征与流型紧密联系;由于流动形态的变化,存在由稳定输送过渡到不稳定输送的临界气速,且该速度小于最小压降速度。     

气力输送工艺在煤粉输送中的应用

针对工业煤粉输送技术效率低、不安全等问题,介绍了稀相正压输送、密相正压输送和负压输送3种气力输送工艺的原理和使用现状,研究了密相输送工艺的原理和目前主流的栓流式密相输送技术。分析了稀相正压输送、密相正压输送和负压输送工艺各自的技术特点,并在投资、能耗、环保等方面进行对比。结果表明负压输送输送距离较短,稀相正压输送能量损失大、易发热,而密相正压输送固气比高、能耗低、管道和物料磨损小、噪声低、输送过程不易发热,更适合煤粉输送。     

紊流双套管气力输灰技术及其设计要点

紊流双套管密相气力输送技术与其它气力输送技术明显不同是干灰不需要悬浮输送，因而其系统的设计、运行方式有其鲜明的特点：输送能力大，需要的输灰管道很少，输送速度低对系统的磨损轻。该技术在水泥余热利用中得到了成功的应用。     

Horizontal slug flow pneumatic conveying: Numerical simulation and analysis of a thin slice approximation

Slug flow horizontal pneumatic conveying of granular materials is a complex phenomenon, involving many interacting properties. Investigating internal properties such as bulk density and bulk material stress, particularly via experiment, is limited by practical considerations. A combined 3D DEM + 2D CFD algorithm is introduced as a complementary means of investigating such properties. Important aspects of the simulation work include the extraction of bulk density, bulk material stress, stress transmission ratio and boundary stress data as functions of time and position in one and two dimensions. Such data is presented and analysed in the context of existing assumptions and a resulting one-dimensional model for bulk material stress within a slug.     

离散单元法及其在流态化领域的应用

经过三十余年的发展,离散单元法（discrete element method,DEM）已经发展成为一种广泛应用于过程工程领域中颗粒体系研究的数值方法,特别是将DEM与计算流体力学（computational fluid dynamics,CFD）相结合形成的CFD-DEM耦合方法,已经在流态化研究领域得到广泛应用。首先对DEM模型进行了综述,包括DEM模型的基本原理、颗粒形状模型、接触力模型、非接触力模型、流体作用力模型等;然后对CFD-DEM耦合方法及其在流态化领域的一些主要应用进行了介绍,包括在流化床、气力输送以及过程工程领域里的一些其他应用。最后对DEM模型以及CFD-DEM耦合方法的发展趋势进行了预测,希望能促进DEM方法的发展,并推动其在过程工程领域中的应用。     

水平分支管路气力输送阻力特性的预测

在水平T型分支管道中,用压缩空气作为输送气体,对平均粒径为0.25 mm和0.5 mm的砂石进行气力输送试验。通过试验和GRNN神经网络对输送表观气速和两分支管路流量控制阀开度发生变化时,各分支管路中的阻力特性进行了研究。结果表明:随着表观气速的逐渐减小和两分支管路流量控制阀开度差值的增加,各分支管路中的阻力特性相应地发生了变化。通过试验值和GRNN网络模拟值的对比,发现试验值和模拟值间相互吻合得较好,说明采用GRNN网络来模拟两分支管路中各自的阻力特性适应性较好。     

煤粉高压密相气力输送稳定性分析

在自主研发的密相气力输送实验装置上,以N₂作输送载气,以3种不同粒径的褐煤作输送物料进行输送实验,运用域重标分析方法对水平管差压信号和料罐质量脉动序列进行了Hurst指数分析,并采用统计学方法对料罐质量脉动序列进行了标准差分析,从管内流动和料罐出料出发,对整体输送稳定性进行了探讨。结果表明：水平管差压信号Hurst指数H_dp能较好地表征管内流动稳定性,而料罐质量脉动Hurst指数H_ma则需结合标准差分析才能更好地表征料罐出料稳定性。以表观气速与跃移速度比值K为特征参数进行探讨,在K=1.5左侧,随着K值减小,H_dp减小,管内流型发生转变,甚至可能发生堵管,管内流动稳定性变差,料罐质量脉动标准差增大,出料稳定性变差,整体输送稳定性变差;在K=1.5右侧,随着K值增大,H_dp减小趋势不明显,管内流动稳定性虽有变差的趋势,但不会发生堵管,而结合对料罐质量脉动序列的标准差分析,发现出料稳定性变差,甚至可能出现出料中断的情况,整体输送稳定性变差。     

表观气速对密相气力输送流型影响的模拟研究

针对目前密相气力输送数值模拟关于流型演变方面所存在的问题,提出了一种基于颗粒所在局部空间的固相浓度及颗粒群运动特征来描述颗粒间相互作用的数学模型。该模型能够对气力输送,甚至是颗粒发生大量堆积情况下的密相输送进行数值模拟,使得长期以来缺乏有效模型对密相输送流型进行数值模拟研究的问题得到一定解决。利用该模型,对水平管中煤粉高压密相气力输送的颗粒流动过程进行了数值模拟,获得了输送过程中管道内所发生的气固两相之间的分离、沉积现象,展现了沙丘流及栓塞流等流型的演变特征,模拟结果与实验观察到的现象吻合较好,从而进一步验证了新数学模型的有效性。此外,通过对不同表观气速下固相流态分布的定量分析,揭示了输送流型变化的一些内在规律。     

Experimental study on the solid velocity in horizontal dilute phase pneumatic conveying of fine powders

The calculation reliability of pressure drop and gas-solid drag force in horizontal dilute phase pneumatic conveying strongly depends on the accuracy of gas-solid velocity correlation. However, there are limited studies on the solid velocity in horizontal dilute phase pneumatic conveying and it is important to further validate suitability of existing correlation of gas-solid velocity, especially for fine particles (such as pulverized coal). Consequently, in this paper, a negative pressure pneumatic conveying test rig is set up and two kinds of powders with different sizes are adopted. Optical fiber probe (OFP) was used to measure the volumetric solid concentration and particle velocity. The volumetric solid concentration was also calculated by using the measured particle velocity. The results show that the solid concentrations obtained by the two methods have good agreement, and discrepancy is within ± 20%. It was found the particle velocities are different in the upper and lower part of the cross-section in the horizontal pipe. However, the difference is generally no more than 2 m/s. The velocity difference will decrease with the increasing gas velocity, and increases with the solid mass flow rate. In the experimental condition of 0.06 mm < d_s < 0.35 mm, 1400 kg/m³ < ρ_s < 2600 kg/m³, the implicit correlation based on Yang's Unified Theory gives the best prediction of particle velocity among existing studies but still with noticeable discrepancy with the comparison of the present experimental data. By modifying the solid friction factor, an improved correlation of the particle velocity was obtained, which agrees better with the experimental data given in the present and literature studies.     

脉冲料栓式密相气力输送系统研究

介绍了脉冲料栓式密相气力输送系统输送装置和输送原理，分析了料栓在输送过程中的流动行为以及栓压与栓长栓速之间的关系，分析了料气速度比及压损公式，为设计和使用脉冲料栓式密相气力输送系统提供参考。     

Flow patterns in high-velocity fluidized beds and pneumatic conveying

Four flow patterns are identified for gas-solids vertical upward flows. Homogeneous dilute phase flow is characterized by the absence of both radial and axial solids segregation. Heterogeneous dilute phase flow (also called core-annulus flow) is characterized by the absence of axial solids segregation, with solids carried upward in the core and travelling downward near the outer wall due to the formation of particle streamers. Collapsed flow with a lower dense region and an upper dilute region is also referred to as the fast fluidization regime. In this case, the flow structure in the upper dilute region is similar to that in heterogeneous dilute phase flow, while the lower dense region resembles that in a turbulent fluidized bed. Dense phase flow can be reached when the riser is completely occupied by a relatively dense suspension with little axial density variation and no net solids downflow near the riser wall. The transition from fast fluidization to dense phase flow is still not clearly defined.     

Large-scale discrete element modeling in pneumatic conveying

Discrete element method (DEM) is an effective approach to evaluate granular flows, whereas it is hardly used in investigating the design and the operational conditions in industries. This is due to the fact that the number of calculated particles is restricted by the limit of computer memories. In this study, a coarse grain model for large-scale DEM simulations is proposed, where a modeled particle whose size is larger than the original particle is used instead of a crowd of original particles. The coarse grain model is applied to a three-dimensional plug flow in a horizontal pipeline. The plug length, the cycle and the stationary layer area occupation are compared between the coarse grain particle system and the original particle one. The results show that the coarse grain model can simulate the original particle behavior adequately.     

密相气力输送系统的比较

在建材、冶金、化工等行业中,现广泛应用的稀相气力输送技术,其气流速度高、固气比低,耗气量大,且不适用粒径大和相对体积质量大的物料输送。而低速、低压的密相栓流输送新技术,既可在输送过程中实施对物料的加热、冷却和烘干;且当物料速度减少或粉料流量增大时,具有较高的系统稳定性。目前,国内外已相继开发了多种密相栓流气力输送系统,其成栓方式包括有脉冲气刀式、挤压式和重管式等多种,均各具特点。其中,脉冲气刀栓流输送系统在运行时,输送固气比高、耗气量低,且成栓方式简单、有效,应成为密相气力输送设计时优先考虑的系统。     

水平管煤粉密相气力输送堵塞临界状态

以煤粉为实验介质,在输送管内径为10、15、20 mm条件下分别研究了以空气和CO₂为载气时的密相气力输送堵塞临界状态。通过逐渐降低输送气量调整输送流态,获得了不同阶段的固气比、输送速度及压力信号等特征信息,并对不同阶段的压力信号特征信息进行分析,提取了不同阶段的特征参数,采用功率谱对压力信号频域特征进行剖析,获得了不同流动阶段的特征频率。研究结果表明,堵塞临界速度与输送管道内径和载气性质有关,依据实验数据,建立了堵塞临界速度的量纲1经验方程;接近堵塞临界状态时,管道内压力波动性显著,波动频率向低频转化,对压力信号进行计算,得出了判定输送发生堵塞的判据式。     

补充风对水平管高压密相气力输送影响的模拟研究

针对水平管高压密相气力输送数理模型的缺陷与不足,引入Savage径向分布函数修正的颗粒动理学理论、基于Berzi摩擦压应力模型构建的摩擦应力模型以及修正的三段式曳力模型,在欧拉-欧拉方法的基础上建立了一个能同时兼顾水平管高压密相气力输送中稀相流、过渡流以及密相流输送特性的三维非稳态数理模型。并采用该数理模型考察了补充风对水平管高压密相气力输送的影响,模拟结果精准地预测了水平管压降及其随补充风的变化规律,而且其预测的水平管固相体积浓度分布与ECT图也是相吻合的,从而验证了数理模型的可靠性。模拟结果表明：随着补充风的增加,气固两相速度和湍动能以及颗粒拟温度增大,固相体积浓度减小。     

气力输送中影响弯管磨损的因素及解决办法

概述了气力输送中弯管磨损的机理,详细阐述了气力输送过程中影响弯管磨损的因素,如物料的物性,输送气速,料气比,弯管的结构及形状等主要因素对气力输送过程中弯管磨损的影响.并从弯管材料和结构两方面论述了减少弯管磨损的预防办法,并建议用短半径和一端不通T型弯头代替长半径弯头.