高温高压旋风分离器流场模拟及性能试验

提出一种圆形径向进口、筒体段扩径的拱顶旋风分离器新结构;并与PV型分离器进行了流场和分离性能对比。结果表明:在相同处理气量下,新型分离器外旋流区切向速度显著大于PV型,中心涡核区轴向速度小于PV型;用中位粒径为9μm的滑石粉进行冷模试验,新型旋风分离器分离效率比PV型高约1%;新型旋风分离器结构强度和分离性能优良,适合高温、高压的工况下应用。     

一种新型的旋风分离器

介绍了旋风除尘器的一种新的改进方法,即在旋风除尘器的排气管处加二次流,通过控制二次流的大小及进风方向,可以改变旋风分离器内部流场分布,从而减少上灰环和短路流的产生,提高旋风除尘器的分离效率,尤其是提高其对微细粉尘的分离能力。     

旋风分离器减阻杆对流场的影响

在研究发现旋风分离器减阻杆的基础上，研究了减阻杆对流场的影响，发现了减阻杆使切向速度分布趋于平缓，轴向速度上升峰值内移，径向上压力梯度减小，轴处中心区从逆压梯度变为顺压梯度等重要规律，从而为分析旋风分离器减振阻杆的减阻机理提供了依据。同时本文还首次发现旋风分离器入口附近有近２４％的短路流量，提出设法减小这部位短流流量是提高分离效率的一个研究方向。     

基于PV型旋风分离器的结构优化实验

设计了一种新型旋风分离器。相对于PV型旋风分离器,新型旋风分离器采用弧形导流板分隔进气的入口结构、分流型排气的出口结构、加长型的筒体和锥体的结构,有锥顶过渡段的灰斗结构,并匹配了合理的尺寸。为了验证新型分离器的性能,设计并搭建新型结构和基准PV型旋风分离器的冷模对比实验装置,在入口气速为14. 4～26. 1 m/s、入口含尘质量浓度为0. 01 kg/m~3时,同时测量2种分离器的效率和压降。对比实验结果表明:相对于基准PV型分离器,新型旋风分离器能够减小压降约32. 36%,同时保证新型分离器的效率与基准效率相当。     

灰斗抽气对旋风分离器分离性能影响数值模拟研究

 利用计算流体动力学软件FLUENT对旋风分离器内气固两相流动特性进行三维数值模拟,模拟气相流场采用雷诺应力模型,应用随机轨道模型模拟湍流流场中颗粒的运动轨迹,同时给出了不同抽气率下旋风分离器的速度、压力分布,计算出旋风器分级效率,模拟结果与文献实验数据吻合较好.结果表明,灰斗抽气可以提高锥体内旋转气流切向速度,轴向速度减少能够降低气流携带颗粒返混能力,并减小排气芯管下口短路流,提高旋风分离器分离效率.对于给定的旋风分离器,抽气率应有一最优值.     

旋风分离器减阻杆对流场的影响

在研究发现旋风分离器减阻杆的基础上，研究了减阻杆对流场的影响，发现了减阻杆使切向速度分布趋于平缓、轴向速度上升峰值内移、径向上压力梯度减小、轴向上中心区从逆压梯度变为顺压梯度等重要规律，从而为分析旋风分离器减阻杆的减阻机理提供了依据。同时本文还首次发现旋风分离器入口附近有近２４％的短路流量，提出设法减小这部分短路流量是提高分离效率的一个研究方向。     

排气管偏置对PV型旋风分离器效率及压降的影响

系统地研究了排气管偏置对PV型旋风分离器效率及压降的影响.实验结果表明,排气管偏置能够提高PV型旋风分离器的效率,同时还可降低压降,是进一步提高PV型旋风分离器性能的有效措施之一.     

结构参数对小型旋风分离器分离性能的影响

采用雷诺应力模型(RSM)和离散相模型(DPM),计算不同结构尺寸下小型旋风分离器对微米级颗粒的分离性能。计算结果表明,小型旋风分离器排气管直径、排尘锥锥顶直径对除尘效率和压力降的影响显著,分离效率为50%时的临界粒径约为0.9μm。结果显示,此类小旋风分离器有望用于减少雾霾。     

循环流化床锅炉用旋风分离器性能的实验研究

结合水煤浆流化-悬浮燃烧的特点,通过全面测定循环流化床锅炉用旋风分离器在不同操作参数下的分离效率,研究了入口气速、入口颗粒浓度、入口颗粒物性等对旋风分离器的压降和分离性能的影响规律。实验结果表明,影响旋风分离器分离性能的主要物性参数是颗粒的中位粒径、密度,在入口颗粒的中位粒径相差较大时分离性能主要受粒径的影响,而当入口颗粒粒径相差较小时密度对分离器分离性能的影响则更为显著。     

灰斗对旋风分离器气相流场的影响

本文采用fluent数值模拟的方法研究了中国石油辽河石化分公司聚丙烯装置在用旋风分离器内气相流场,将改造前和改造后两种结构旋风分离器内部流场进行了对比,研究发现,旋风分离器不设计灰斗时分离空间内最大切向速度减小,轴向速度中心上行流速度增大,旋转气流延伸到收料罐,大大降低了分离旋风分离器效率。     

Influence of inlet angle on flow pattern and performance of gas-liquid cylindrical cyclone separator

Gas-liquid cylindrical cyclone (GLCC) separator is widely used in the petroleum industry with potential field applications. Its performance is strongly influenced by the inlet configuration. The 27° optimal inclined inlet angle has been experimentally observed for GLCC with the same diameter of body and inlet. For other GLCCs, the effect of inlet angle on flow pattern and their performances have not been investigated. The main target of the current study is to deeply understand the changes of flow pattern with respect to different inclined angles and flow conditions. Twelve GLCCs with different inclined angles were numerically investigated by using the Reynold stress turbulence model to predict the flow pattern with GLCC. The distribution of radial, axial, and tangential velocity profiles and their maximum magnitudes with respect to the change of inlet angle were carefully considered in this study.     

Effect of the inlet angle on the performance of a cyclone separator using CFD-DEM

Hydrodynamic characteristics in a cyclone separator are simulated by means of DEM-CFD. Reynolds stress turbulence model (RSM) is used to capture gas turbulence. By changing the inlet angle, the distributions of pressure drop, tangential and axial velocity of gas phase are obtained within the cyclone. Simulated results indicate that the flow pattern consists of two regions: loss-free vortex region and forced vortex region. The negative inlet angle brings about a larger pressure drop comparing to positive inlet angle. The separation efficiency and trajectory of particles from simulation are obtained. The effects of inlet angle and particle size on separation efficiency are quantified. The separation efficiency is increased with an increase of particle size, while the separation efficiency firstly increases and then declined as inlet angle changes from negative to positive. An agreement between the numerical simulation and experimental results has been achieved in a cyclone separator.     

Influences of inlet height and velocity on main performances in the cyclone separator

Aiming at improving collection efficiency in the cyclone separator, the effects of inlet height and velocity on tangential velocity, static pressure and collection efficiency were studied. A three-dimensional model including gas-flow, and particle-dynamics fields was built by the Reynolds stress turbulence model, and the numerical simulation was achieved using the FLUENT software. The static pressure distribution, tangential velocity distribution, and particle trajectory of the cyclone were obtained, and the variation law of the collection efficiency with inlet height and velocity as well as particle diameter was analyzed. Numerical results indicate that both the static pressure and the tangential velocity in the cyclone basically present the axial symmetrical distribution, the static pressure shows a nonlinear increasing trend in the radius direction and the distribution of the tangential velocity is in the shape of a “hump.” The increase of inlet height in a certain range reduces the rotation numbers of particles in the cyclone and shortens the residence time, which results in the improvement of trapping performance. Furthermore, the appropriately increasing inlet velocity in a reasonable range can make the collection efficiency increased.     

直切单双进口旋风分离器流场及颗粒分离特性的数值模拟

采用计算流体力学(CFD)方法对Stairmand高效旋风分离器气相流场进行数值模拟,获取旋风分离器不同截面上的切向和轴向速度分布,与试验结果进行比较,两者能够较好吻合;采用此方法对直切单双进口旋风分离器颗粒分离的过程进行数值模拟。结果表明:双进口型改善了单进口型流场的不对称性,在进气量相同的条件下,双进口型的切向速度增大,径向速度明显减小,粒径分离效率提高了6%~30%。     

Convective heat exchange with the walls of a cyclone dust separator

Results are presented from an experimental study of heat exchange in a TsN-II cyclone processing combustion products at temperatures up to 400°C.Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 690–694, October, 1981.     

Effect of the operation temperature on the hydrodynamics and performances of a cyclone separator

The effect of the operation temperature on the cyclone hydrodynamics and performances is numerically investigated by Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). When increasing the temperature, the separation efficiency decreases and the separation quality improves due to the weakened double layer swirling flow structure. The radial drag and centrifugal forces exerted on 0.1 μm and 1 μm particles are recorded. A large radial drag force to centrifugal force ratio is required for escape: a ratio larger than 10⁴. When the radial drag force to centrifugal force ratio is in the range of 10¹ to 10³, it is the temperature-dependent flow field which determines the submicron particle separation. While the locus of gas zero vertical velocity is closely related to the particle’s separation, the gas turbulence intensity distribution also contributes the capture of the particles.     

Development of a miniature cyclone separator operating at low Reynolds numbers as a pre-separator for portable black carbon monitors

In this study, a cyclone separator that can be used as a sampling inlet for portable black carbon (BC) monitors operating at a flow rate of less than 200 mL/min was developed. A prototype was fabricated to evaluate its performance by experiments, and the cut-off size of the cyclone separator was predicted through numerical analysis by applying various turbulence models. The RNG k–ε model was found to be suitable for the analysis of the cyclone separator operating at Reynolds numbers of less than 1000. Cyclone separators were designed through simulation and fabricated for each operating flow rate (50, 100, 150, and 200 mL/min) of a BC monitor, and their performances were experimentally verified. Meanwhile, when the non-dimensional analysis method of the previous study conducted at Reynolds numbers of 1000 or higher was used, the cyclone separator operating at Reynolds numbers of less than 1000 also exhibited a similar linear tendency.     

Effects of helical fins on the performance of a cyclone separator: A numerical study

This study aimed to investigate the separation performance of a cyclone separator after reshaping its cylindrical body by installing the helical triangular fins. A numerical simulation based on Fluent was adopted to perform an orthogonal test to optimise the structure of the cyclone separator with helical triangular fins. Three structural parameters of the helical triangular fins were selected as optimisation variables: base width, fin size, and fin pitch, and their influences on the evaluation indices of the cut-off diameter were investigated. The optimal combination scheme was determined by range analysis, and the cyclone separator performances before and after optimisation were compared and analysed. The significant influence of the structural parameters on the cut-off diameter was in descending order as the fin pitch, fin size, and base width. For particles with diameter of 0.1, 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 μm, the separation efficiency of the cyclone separator with optimized helical triangular fins increased by 7.4 %, 15.9 %, 20.1 %, 10.9 % and 14.8 % respectively. Moreover, the cut-off diameter of the finned cyclone separator is reduced by 30.7 %, while the pressure drop is only increased by 6.6 %. The short circuit flow and back-mixing were alleviated, thereby considerably enhancing the stability of the flow field. Therefore, the finned cyclone separator was found to play a critical role in increasing the separation of fine particulate matter.     

基于熵产法的旋风分离器排气管半径优化

为提高旋风分离器对细颗粒的捕集效率,对其排气管半径进行优化,利用RSM模型和DPM模型对缩口型排气管的旋风分离器进行模拟,确定其内部流场的能量分布状况,利用熵产理论对其湍动能、湍流熵产及壁面熵产进行分析。结果表明:随着缩口半径的减小,湍流熵产及壁面熵产更加集中在排气管及捕集口处,当缩口半径与排气管半径比值为0.6时,分离器有较高的分离效率,且熵产只有小幅度增加,分离器能耗变化较小。