板翅式换热器导流片结构的数值模拟

A fluid flow model of distributor was set up to investigate the effectof distributor configuration on the fluid flow distribution in plate- fin heat exchanger. At the same time, a mathematical equation was developed to generate different types of fluid flow maldistribution models considering the possible deviations in fluid flow. Using these fluid flow models, the fluid flow distributions in plate- fin beat exchanger were calculated for different configurations and operating conditions. The computational results show that nonuniform inlet velocity, inlet angle, and orifice diameter on the fin are the main factors affecting the distribution performance of distributor. The fluid flow distribution in plate- fin heat exchanger can be effectively improved by changing the distributor configuration. The distributor reaches the best distribution performance when the orifice diameter is 2 mm. The computational results are in good agreement with experimental ones.     

Numerical optimization for blades of Intermig impeller in solid–liquid stirred tank

The multiphase flow in the solid-liquid tank stirred with a new structure of Intermig impeller was analyzed by computational fluid dynamics(CFD).The Eulerian multiphase model and standard k-ε turbulence model were adopted to simulate the fluid flow,turbulent kinetic energy distribution,mixing performance and power consumption in a stirred tank.The simulation results were also verified by the water model experiments,and good agreement was achieved.The solid-liquid mixing performances of Intermig impeller with different blade structures were compared in detail.The results show that the improved Intermig impeller not only enhances the solid mixing and suspension,but also saves more than 20% power compared with the standard one.The inner blades have relatively little influence on power and the best angle of inner blades is 45°,while the outer blades affect greatly the power consumption and the optimized value is 45°.     

Application of kinetics and computational fluid dynamics in pinene isomerization

A reliable kinetic model to describe the effects of various factors on the reaction rate and selectivity of pinene isomerization is developed. Furthermore, computational fluid dynamics(CFD) is applied to simulate the solid–liquid dispersion in reactor. The catalyst Ti M is obtained by improving the composition and structure of hydrated titanium dioxide. The kinetic equation of pinene isomerization is deduced based on reaction mechanism and catalyst deactivation model. The kinetic equation of pinene isomerization reaction is fitted, and the results show that the fitted equation is correlated with the experimental data. The rate and selectivity of pinene isomerization reaction are affected by the amount of catalyst, deactivation of catalyst, structure of catalyst, reaction temperature and water content of catalyst. The solid–liquid distribution of the reactor is calculated by computational fluid dynamics numerical simulation, and the solid–liquid dispersion in commercial scale reactor is more uniform than that in lab-scale reactor.     

高气液化下分布器设计对结构化床层气液分布的影响(英文)

Experiments were carried out to investigate the liquid flow distribution at high gas/liquid ratios in a cold model monolith bed of a 0.048 m diameter with 62 cells per cm2.Three types of distributor for the liquid distribu-tion were used to evaluate their distribution performance.Local liquid saturation in individual channels was meas-ured using 16 single-point optical fiber probes mounted inside the channels.The results indicate that 1) The optical fiber probe technique can measure phase distribution in the monolith bed;2) Liquid saturation distribution along the radial direction of the monolith bed is not uniform and the extent of non-uniformity depends on the distributor de-sign and phase velocities;and 3) The tube array distributor provides superior liquid distribution performance over the showerhead and nozzle distributors.     

循环过程中陶瓷滤材内粉尘沉积规律实验研究

The penetration and deposit of particles within the medium is thought to be one reason that the residual pressure drop of the rigid ceramic filter increase with cycle number. In this study, the change in the microstructure of a single layer ceramic filter candle during filtration-cleaning cycle was observed by scanning electron microscope (SEM) and the resistance property of the filter was monitored accordingly. The experimental results show that there exists a serious dust deposit within the filter medium, especially at the surface region. This should be responsible for the decrease of the filter permeability. The deposit law of dust in the filter medium during filtration-cleaning cycle was then studied by measuring the deposit depth, the deposit amount, the particles distribution within the medium, the size distribution of deposited particles, and so on. Particles migration and fine particles penetration were found to be the main reasons, for which dust deposit within the filter medium became aggravated with cycle number. Based on a differential form of Ergun equation, an expression for the pressure drop of a used ceramic filter was developed with a good agreement with experimental results. Then, the effect of dust deposit on the residual pressure drop was studied at the different face velocities and dust sizes. It was found that face velocity and dust size significantly influence dust deposit within filter medium, and then the operation performance of the filter.     

随机填充中空纤维膜组件中非稳态渗透传质数学模型

Based on the membrane-based absorption experiment of CO2 into water, shell-side flow distribution and mass transfer in a randomly packed hollow fiber module have been analyzed using subchannel model and unsteady penetration mass transfer theory. The cross section of module is subdivided into many small cells which contains only one hollow-fiber. The cross sectional area distribution of these cells is presented by the normal probability density distribution function. It has been obtained that there was a most serious non-ideal flow in shell side at moderate mean packing density, and the large amount of fluid flowed and transferred mass through a small number of large voids. Thus mass transfer process is dominated by the fluid through the larger void area. The mass transfer process in each cell is described by the unsteady penetration theory. The overall mass transfer coefficient equals to the probability addition of the mean mass transfer coefficient in each cell. The comparisons of the values calculated by the model established with the empirical correlations and the experimental data of this work have been done.The predicted overall mass transfer coefficients are in good agreement with experimental data.     

CFD modeling of a headbox with injecting dilution water in a central step diffusion tube☆

For engineering applications of water dilution controlling system,the fluid dynamics of a mixed flow was studied with computational fluid dynamics(CFD) simulations and self-designed experimental set-up.In order to examine the predictability of CFD model for the headbox in industrial scale,two pulp suspensions before mixing were treated as homogeneous flows separately.Standard k-ε turbulence models with the mass diffusion in turbulent flows-species transport approach were applied in the simulations.A numerical simulation of this headbox model was analyzed with semi-implicit method for pressure linked equations scheme with pressure–velocity coupling.Results show that the model can predict hydrodynamic characteristics of headbox with injecting dilution water in a central diffusion tube,and the distribution of water content at the outlet of the slice lip is ideally normal at different speeds.     

Insight into the behavior at the hygroscopicity and interface of the hydrophobic imidazolium-based ionic liquids

How to completely remove the water from ionic liquids(ILs) is difficult for researchers because of the hygroscopicity of ILs. In order to study the hygroscopicity of ILs, two kinds of ILs, 1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate([Bmim][PF_6]) and 1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium Bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)([Bmim][NTf_2]) were investigated by molecular dynamics simulations. Although[Bmim][PF_6] and [Bmim][NTf_2] are hydrophobic, both of the ILs could absorb water molecules from the vapor. In this work, the process of absorbing water from the vapor phase was studied, and the water molecules could disperse into the IL. Aggregation was observed with increasing the water concentration.Although the absorbed water increases obviously, the amount of free water and small cluster in the ILs does not change significantly and always stays at a certain level. The amount of free water and small cluster in [Bmim][PF_6] is more than that in [Bmim][NTf_2], which is consistent with their hydrophobicity. In addition, the liquid-vacuum and liquid–liquid interfaces of the ILs were simulated and analyzed in detail.The number density distribution and angle distribution indicated that [Bmim]+cations arrangement regularly at the IL-vacuum interface. The butyl chain point to the vacuum, while the imidazlium ring is close to the IL phase region and perpendicular to the interface. While at the IL-water interface, the cations and anions are disordered.     

以新型渐缩式流道增进质子交换膜燃料电池性能

Based on use of multi-dimensional models, this investigation simulates the performance of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell by varying the channel pattern. In the one-dimensional model, the porosity of the gas diffusion layer is 0.3. The model reveals the water vapor distribution of the fuel cell and demonstrates that the amount of water vapor increases linearly with the reduction reaction adjacent to the gas channel and the gas diffusion layer. Secondly, four novel tapered gas channels are simulated by a two-dimensional model. The model considers the distributions of oxygen, the pressure drop, the amount of water vapor distribution and the polarization curves. The results indicate that as the channel depth decreases, the oxygen in the tapered gas channel can be accelerated and forced into the gas diffusion layer to improve the cell performance. The three-dimensional model is employed to simulate the phenomenon associated with four novel tapered gas channels. The results also show that the best performance is realized in the least tapered gas channel. Finally, an experimentally determined mechanism is found to be consistent with the results of the simulation.     

Numerical investigation on freeze-drying of aqueous material frozen with pre-built pores

Freeze-drying of the initially porous frozen material with pre-built pores from liquid material was found experimentally to save drying time by over 30% with an initial saturation being 0.28 compared with the conventional operation with the initial saturation being 1, using mannitol as the solid material. In order to understand the mass and heat transfer phenomena of this novel process, a two-dimensional mathematical model of coupled mass and heat transfer was derived with reference to the cylindrical coordinate system. Three adsorption–desorption equilibrium relationships between the vapour pressure and saturation value namely, power-law, Redhead's style and Kelvin's style equation, were tested. Kelvin's style in exponential form of adsorption equilibrium relation gave an excellent agreement between the model prediction and experimental measurement when the equation parameter, γ, of 5000 was applied. Analyses of temperature and ice saturation profiles show that additional heat needs to be supplied to increase the sample temperature in order to promote the desorption process. Simulation also shows that there is a threshold initial porosity after which the drying time decreased with the increase in the initial porosity. Enhanced freeze-drying is expected to be achieved by simultaneously enhancing mass and heat transfer of the process.     

多孔介质中流动泡沫的压力分布计算

将多孔介质简化为一簇变截面毛细管组成的毛细管束,根据多孔介质的颗粒直径、颗粒排列方式、孔喉尺度比以及束缚水饱和度,计算出变截面毛细管的喉道半径和孔隙半径。在考虑多孔介质喉道和孔隙中单个气泡的受力和变形基础上,利用质量守恒定理和动量守恒定理,推导出单个孔隙单元内液相的压力分布和孔隙单元两端的压力差计算公式,最终得到多孔介质的压力分布以及多孔介质中泡沫当量直径计算方法。利用长U型填砂管对多孔介质中稳定泡沫的流动特性进行了实验研究,并对实验结果和计算结果进行了对比。结果表明:稳定泡沫流动时多孔介质中的压力分布呈线性下降,孔喉结构和泡沫干度是影响泡沫封堵能力的主要因素;泡沫的封堵能力随泡沫干度的增加而先增加后降低,在泡沫干度为85%时达到最强封堵能力。     

低孔低渗储层损害机理及其保护技术

分析研究了低孔低渗（致密）储层地层损害的机理,认为低孔低渗储层损害机理与中低渗砂岩储层损害机理的主要差别表现在：（1）储层液锁损害（主要为水锁损害）;（2）储层毛细管自吸损害;（3）储层裂缝或微裂缝损害;（4）储层应力敏感性损害等。低孔低渗储层的保护主要体现在防止储层水锁损害和保护对低渗（致密）储层渗透率贡献率最大的孔喉及其裂缝微裂缝这两个方面,屏蔽暂堵钻井完井液技术和保护储层的射孔液、压井液技术是保护低孔低渗储层的两项主要技术,但屏蔽暂堵技术的暂堵机理及其体系配方与中低渗砂岩储层的相比差异很大。     

Influence of the boundary conditions on capillary flow dynamics and liquid distribution in a porous medium

After depositing a wetting liquid onto a porous medium surface, and under the influence of the capillary pressure, the liquid is imbibed into the porous medium creating a wetted imprint. The flow within the porous medium does not cease once all the liquid is imbibed but continues as a secondary capillary flow, where the liquid flows from large pores into small pores along the liquid interface. The flow is solved using the capillary network model, and the influence of the boundary condition on the liquid distribution within the porous medium is investigated. The pores at the porous medium boundaries can be defined as open or closed pores, where an open pore is checked for the potential threshold condition for flow to take place. In contrast, the closed pore is defined as a static entity, in which the potential condition for flow to take place is never satisfied. By defining the pores at distinct porous medium boundaries as open or closed, one is able to obtain a very different liquid distribution within the porous medium. The liquid saturation profiles along the principal flow direction, ranging from constant to steadily decreasing, to the profile with a local maximum, are found numerically. It is shown that these saturation profiles are also related to the geometrical dimension that is perpendicular to the flow principal direction, and changing the boundary type from open to closed allows the liquid distribution within the porous medium to be controlled. In addition to the liquid distribution, the influence of the boundary conditions on capillary pressure and relative permeability is investigated, where both parameters are not influenced by variation of the boundary condition types. © 2011 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 2012     

毛细吸液芯冷却顶板流动阻力及制冷特性

基于现有空调系统耗能高,舒适性不够均匀,提出了多孔介质柠檬酸钾-石膏配制而成的毛细吸液芯辐射-冷却顶板,在用水作冷却介质时毛细吸液芯辐射-冷却顶板就成了一块内含多孔介质的均布流道。对以多孔介质孔隙率为55.3%的毛细吸液芯为例,水作为载冷剂流过毛细吸液芯冷却顶板进行了实验研究。介绍了毛细吸液芯冷却顶板的结构和内部配置,并通过搭建实验模型在维持室内温度（26±1）℃分布的情况下对其换热量进行了测试,分析了不同流量条件下流量与阻力的关系。结果表明,在冷水进口温度为10～16℃的条件下,相比常规蛇形辐射管,制冷量提高了36.6%～57.7%,当水流量从4 L·h^-1变化到28 L·h^-1时,黏性力减弱,摩擦因子逐渐减小,渗透率逐渐增大,但当流量从28 L·h^-1变化到40 L·h^-1时,渗透率开始减小。     

Proposed Model to Match the Experimental Results for Oil Displaced by Externally Generated Foam

A mathematical model was developed to predict the performance of the oil displaced by water foam in porous media. In this model, the diffusivity equations of both water foam (the displacing phase) and oil (the displaced phase) were combined in a single equation, which was solved numerically by a finite difference method, using the implicit-explicit method. The proposed model was compared with Poiseueille's model which represents the porous media by straight capillary tubes. It was found that the proposed model is superior to that of Poiseueille, because the Poiseueille model does not take into account the variations in foam properties along the sand pack. The production data used for the proposed model were obtained experimentally from the displacement of oil by water foam of different qualities (externally generated foam). The plastic viscosity of the water foam was measured experimentally for four foam quality ranges using capillary tubes of different sizes. The effective viscosity of the water foam determined from the plastic viscosity was used in the proposed model. Foam viscosity was found to increase as the quality increases, and the water foam obeys a Bingham plastic fluid model. The porous medium was represented by a sand pack whose length was 36 cm and diameter was 6.3 cm. Its absolute permeability was 341 md and porosity was 22.8%. The foam consisted of tap water, surfactant, and nitrogen gas.     

Experimental studies on the flow of two immiscible fluids in porous media using X-ray computed tomography: The case when the viscosities of the fluids are equal

Experiments were carried out to demonstrate the dispersion that occurs at the interface between fluids when two immiscible fluids flow in porous structures. In this work the porous medium was cellulosic absorbent and the fluids, decyl alcohol and water, were modified so as to cover a range of flow rates and identical fluid viscosities. Computerized Tomography (CT) was used to generate dynamic three-dimensional images of two-phase saturations and provided quantitative information of time evolution of fluid saturation at each position. Thus, use of CT made characterization of two-phase displacement history in cellulosic porous media possible. This work could relate experimental fluid saturation to theoretical model of immiscible fluids flow.     

Toward a better comprehension and modeling of hysteresis cycles in the water sorption–desorption process for cement based materials

The aim of this work is to describe a method based on a simple representation of the pore size distribution, which is able to predict hysteresis phenomena encountered in water sorption–desorption isotherms, particularly for cementitious materials. The hysteresis effect due to network constrictivity is taken into account in order to extend models of transfer in porous media to situations involving wetting–drying cycles. This is not achieved in earlier models and their performance in terms of prediction in such conditions is thus limited. The present modeling is based on an idealized pore size distribution. This has three modes, associated with C–S–H pores, medium capillary pores, and large capillary pores including consideration of cracks. The distribution is assessed from the chemical composition of the cement, the formulation of the material, the degree of hydration, the total water porosity and the intrinsic permeability.     

THE EFFECTS OF MEDIUM THICKNESS ON THE ISLAND SIZE DISTRIBUTION IN IMMISCIBLE DISPLACEMENT FLOW IN POROUS MEDIA

The invasion percolation algorithm is used to simulate two-fluid immiscible displacement of a wetting fluid by a non-wetting fluid in various porous media represented by two-dimensional and three-dimensional networks of interconnected capillaries. Trapping of the displaced fluid occurs, thereby creating isolated islands. The effects of the thickness of the porous medium on the island size distribution are studied for capillary displacements for the case in which buoyancy effects are negligible. It was found in a previous study that the number of islands of size s scales approximately as s~" in two-dimensional porous media, where a is a function of the fluid viscosity ratio. The present work reveals that there is a cross-over behavior between the two-dimensional and the three-dimensional problems.     

功能性多孔介质中气泡输运调控的格子Boltzmann分析

为提高毛细蒸发海水淡化技术中的蒸发效率,多孔介质层需要维持一定的毛细压力,同时还要确保气泡能够快速通过。基于此背景,本文建立了多孔介质参数化模型,探究了气泡穿越多孔介质间隙过程的运动特征,研究在保持一定孔隙毛细压力的同时,通过调控孔道尺寸及排布从而使气泡能够更快速地通过多孔介质层。基于格子Boltzmann伪势模型分析了多孔介质孔隙率、壁面润湿特性、孔道排布及气泡水平方向初速度等对气泡形貌、上升速度、与壁面平均接触面积及孔隙毛细力的影响,获得了多孔介质的孔隙率设计范围,骨架润湿特性调控以及孔道排布方式的选择依据。同时还获得了在实际蒸发过程中,可以使气泡存在一定的水平方向初速度,从而能够更快地脱离多孔介质的策略。