规整填料内单相流的LDV实验研究

To date, many models have been developed to calculate the flow field in the structured packing by the computational fluid dynamics （CFD） technique, but little experimental work has been carried out to serve the vali-dation of flow simulation. In this work, the velocity profiles of single-phase flow in structured packing are measured at the Reynolds numbers of 20.0, 55.7 and 520.1, using the laser Doppler velocimetry （LDV）. The time-averaged and instantaneous velocities of three components are obtained simultaneously. The CFD simulation is also carried out to numerically predict the velocity distribution within the structured packing. Comparison shows that the flow pattern, velocity distribution and turbulent kinetic energy （for turbulent flow） on the horizontal plane predicted by CFD simulation are in good agreement with the LDV measured data. The values of the x-and z-velocity components are quantitatively well predicted over the plane in the center of the packing, but the predicted y-component is sig-nificantly smaller than the experimental data. It can be concluded that experimental measurement is important for further improvement of CFD model.     

规整填料在高压精馏条件下的传质性能

Performance of Mellapak 250Y and 350Y corrugated structured packing in distillation applications at pressures ranging from 0.3 to 2.0MPa is analysed by using HTU-NTU method.These data are obtained in distillation column with 0.15m diameter operated with n-butane/n-pentane system at total reflux.In considering the axial backmixing effects.the height of an overall gas phase transfer unit,HTUOG,is divided into two parts.One part represents the height of an overall gas phase transfer unit,without backmixing, designated as HUTOG,and the other part,designated as the height of a backmixing unit(HBUO),accounts for the backmixing effects.The HTUOG is evaluated from the measured concentration profile of n-butane in liquid phase.The HBUO obtained experimentally is correlated in terms of the properties of the materials being separated and the equivalent diameter of the structured packing.Our result shows that HBUO varies from 0.12 to 0.34m as pressure increases from 1.0 to 1.9MPa.It indicates that the overall efficiency of the structured packing decreas gradually at high pressure,as a result of the vapor backmixing.     

在高压下规整填料中的流动实验研究

Both distillation performance and hydrodynamic study for backmixing by tracer technique were carried out in a high-pressure packed column with 0.15 m inner diameter over a wide range of operating conditions. Isobutane and n-pentane are employed as test mixture in the distillation experiment and air/water is used for the hydrodynamic study. The column is installed with Mellapak 350Y structured packing and the total packing height is 2.0 m. With the increasing operating pressure, the separation efficiency increases slightly while the F-factor corresponding to the maximum efficiency at each pressure is descending. It is noted that, at all operating pressures, with the increase of F-factor, the packing efficiency is slightly higher up to the flooding point. The application of SRP model to high-pressure distillation gives much lower values of HTUOG than those obtained experimentally. An additional term, the height of mixing unit, is introduced to correct the SRP model and improve its accuracy at high pressure. From the tracer experiments, the height of mixing unit for gas phase was found to be larger than that for the liquid phase. From this viewpoint, it is believed that the gas phase backmixing gives more unfavorable influence on the separation efficiency in comparison with liquid phase.     

用可视化方法实验研究规整填料的局部传质(英文)

A chromochemical reactive mass transfer technique has been employed to study local mass transfer characteristics of structured packing. This technology adopted by experiment is an Ammonia Adsorption Method (AAM) that yields the surface distribution of transferred mass by analyzing the color distribution on a filter paper with the results of the color chemical reaction. A digital image processing technology is applied for data visualiza-tion. The three-dimensional plot of the local mass transfer coefficients shows that there exist three peak values on different positions of a unit cell of structured packing. In order to improve mass transfer efficiency of the structured packing, one piece of baffle is added between packing sheets. As a result, the average mass transfer coefficient in-creases by (10-20)% and the pressure drop decreases by (15-55)%.     

计算大型塔板效率的区域贡献法

From the measurement of liquid flow field on a large plate by a hot-film anemometer, three different regions on the large plate were presented, including a liquid circulation area near the inlet down-comer, a region with very slow moving or stagnant liquid on the side of the tray and an active flow region at the center of the plate. According to the contribution of the three regions, the tray efficiency for large plates was proposed. The prediction plate efficiency by the present model are compared with the experimental data in the literature and those calculated by other models. It is shown that the present model is more accurate for prediction of efficiency of large plates, and the calculation is simpler.     

PART Ⅱ TWO DIMENSIONAL FIXED NUMBER MIXING POOL MODEL

A new mathematical model of mixing pool type is proposed for simulating the fluid flow and masstransfer behavior on a large tray.In the proposed model,the whole tray is divided into a number ofsquare (or rectangular)compartments or mixing pools,each of which is assigned to have adjustableflow and baekmixing in both z (along the main flow path) and w(perpendicular to the main flow path)directions.The chief features of present model are: (1) It is two dimensional model instead of usualone dimensional so that more complicated actual flowing condition obtained from hydrodynamic studyon a large tray can be closely simulated by adjusting the flow among mixing pools in both z and wdirections.(2) Since backmixing is taken into account,the number of mixing pools on a tray is fixedinstead of varied as in conventional mixing pool model; thus,the application of matrix computation ispossible.(3) The present model can be reduced to other tray models depending on the number of mixingpools to be chosen in each direction.The application of present model to predict the liquid phase concentration profiles and Murphreeefficiency enhancement on a large tray with complicated flow pattern and velocity distribution as we-observe in our experimental study are demonstrated.The effects of liquid flow rate,nonuniform veloc-.ity field,directional splashing and subsidiary flow are also investigated and discussed.     

压力保持系统中一口井的压力恢复分析

The development and application of a new solution is demonstrated for the type-curve analysis and interpretation of well test data from a multiwell reservoir system of both production and injection wells with two-phase flow. The buildup type curves or buildup behavior could be obtained through the solution by using superposition. But a new outer boundary condition for variable pressure boundary must be introduced to obtain the correct pressure buildup solutions by superposition. A technique is shown to determine the deviation time from the infinite-acting semilog radial flow stabilization in the derivatives of pressure, which is calculated with respect to and plotted vs. shut-in time.
Field examples are given to illustrate the use of the proposed method for analyzing transient pressure data from a well located in a multi-well water-injection reservoir. An adaptive genetic algorithm-based method is used to match the pressure and pressure derivative data to estimate reservoir parameters. The validity and applicability of the proposed method are also demonstrated through the examples.     

利用计算流体力学及计算传质的方法研究精馏塔传质效率

It has long been found that the flow pattern of the liquid phase on distillation tray is of great importance on distillation process performance. But until now, there was very few published work on quantitative investigation of this subject. By combining the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) with the mass transfer equation, a theoretical model is proposed for predicting the details of velocity and concentration distributions as well as the tray efficiency of distillation tray column. Using the proposed model, four different cases corresponding to different assumptions of liquid and vapor flowing condition for a distillation tray column were investigated. In Case I, the distributions of velocity and concentration of the incoming liquid from the downcomer and the uprising vapor from the underneath tray spacing are uniform. In Case Ⅱ, the distribution of the incoming liquid is non-uniform but the uprising vapor is uniform. In Case Ⅲ, the distribution of the incoming liquid is uniform but the uprising vapor is non-uniform.In Case IV, the distributions of both the incoming liquid and the uprising vapor are non-uniform. The details of velocity and concentration distributions on a multiple sieve tray distillation column in four different cases were simulated using the proposed model. It is found that the shape of the simulated concentration profiles of vapor and the liquid is quite different from case to case. The computed results also show that the tray efficiency is highly reduced by the maldistribution of velocity and concentration of the incoming liquid and uprising vapor. The tray efficiency for Case Ⅰ is higher than Case Ⅱ or Case Ⅲ, and that for Case Ⅳis the lowest. It also reveals that the accumulated effect of maldistribution becomes more pronounced when the number of column trays increased. The present study demonstrates that the use of computational method to predict the mass transfer efficiency for the tray column, especially for the large one, is feasible.     

5mmminipage15cm A Morphologically Structured Model for Mycelial Growth andSecondary Metabolite Formation

A morphologically structured model is proposed to describe the batch fermentation of lovastatin according to the growth kinetics of filamentous microorganisms. Three kinds of hyphae are considered in the model:actively growing hyphae, non-growing hyphae and deactivated hyphae. Furthermore, actively growing hyphae consist of three morphological compartments: apical compartment which gives rise to hyphal tip extension; subapical compartment which is related to hyphal branching; and hyphal compartment which is only responsible for secondary metabolite formation. The kinetics of mycelial growth mechanism is summarized and applied in modeling lovastatin fermentation. A Michaelis-Menten kinetic model with substrate inhibition is proposed for product formation. As expected, the model simulations fit well with experimental data obtained either from a laboratory scale 10 L fermenter or from a vilot-vlant scale fermenter.     

在同心和偏心圆环中有屈服应力的黏塑性流体流动的模型和数值模拟(英文)

Numerical solution of yield viscoplastic fluid flow is hindered by the singularity inherent to the Herschel-Bulkley model.A finite difference method over the boundary-fitted orthogonal coordinate system is util-ized to investigate numerically the fully developed steady flow of non-Newtonian yield viscoplastic fluid through concentric and eccentric annuli.The fluid rheology is described with the Herschel-Bulkley model.The numerical simulation based on a continuous viscoplastic approach to the Herschel-Bulkley model is found in poor accordance with the experimental data on volumetric flow rate of a bentonite suspension.A strict mathematical model for Herschel-Bulkley fluid flow is established and the corresponding numerical procedures are proposed.However,only the case of flow of a Herschel-Bulkley fluid in a concentric annulus is resolved based on the presumed flow structure by using the common optimization technique.Possible flow structures in an eccentric annulus are pre-sumed,and further challenges in numerical simulation of the Herschel-Bulkley fluid flow are suggested.     

波纹板规整填料塔液体分布

将填料单元处理成立体节点网,根据节点网内网线液流和节点液流各自的运动方式建立了填料单元的液体分布模型.通过将填料与塔壁间的液体交换规范成填料节点网与塔壁节点网间的液量传递建立了填料单元对应塔壁区的流体分布模型.提出了规整填料塔液体分布问题的边界条件.2个描述填料单元及其对应塔壁区液体分布的数学模型与2类边界条件共同构成了波纹板规整填料塔的液体分布模型.采用单纯形法对3个模型参数进行了估计.模型计算结果与实验数据一致,表明模型能合理地描述波纹板规整填料塔的液体分布性能.     

Prediction of Axial Mixing for a Structured Packed Column Using a Two‐equation Model

A theoretical model based on the recently developed two‐equation method is proposed to predict the axial mixing behavior in a structured packed column. By solving the proposed model, the process of tracer injection experiments for determining the axial back‐mixing coefficient of structured packing can be simulated. Consequently, the axial Bodenstein number and dispersion coefficient under liquid single‐phase or gas‐liquid two‐phase flow conditions can be calculated. The validation of the proposed method is tested by simulating the two‐phase fluid flow behavior in Flexipac 2 structured packing. The simulated results are compared with the experimental data and satisfactory agreement is found between the simulation and the experiments.     

利用CFD及结点网络相结合的方法研究规整填料传质效率

气液两相不均匀流动是造成填料塔传质效率下降的主要原因之一.采用计算流体力学方法,定量分析规整填料内气液两相流动对传质效率影响的研究尚未见文献报道.从Navier-Stokes方程出发,首先建立了考虑气液之间相互作用的CFD计算模型,定量描述了填料片内的气相流场分布.在此基础上,结合文献中提出的液相结点分布模型及一些经典的传质理论,初步提出了适用于定量计算金属板波纹填料传质效率的耦合型算法,并对规整填料内的传质效率进行了计算,模型结果与实验值吻合较好.为规整填料传质效率的定量研究提供了新的方法和思路.     

CFD Study on the Local Mass Transfer Efficiency in the Gas Phase of Structured Packing

Visualization of local mass transfer coefficients over the dry surface of corrugated‐sheet structured packing is essential for optimizing the existing geometry of structured packing and for improving mass transfer efficiency to develop new structured packing. The local flow patterns between packing sheets and the gas‐phase mass transfer coefficient at each point over the surface are illustrated by employing a wall‐surface reaction model. Different turbulence models are utilized, i.e., a standard κ‐? model and three different low‐Re‐κ‐? models. The numerical calculation results with the Lam‐Bremhorst low‐Re‐κ‐? turbulence model is found to agree well with experimental data. There are three similar regions with enhanced mass transfer efficiency in each mass transfer unit cell of structured packing.     

Separation performance investigation of packed distillation columns using simple NEQ approach based on packing multicomponent efficiencies and effective mass transfer coefficients

A simple non-equilibrium modeling approach is proposed to simulate multicomponent distillation process in packed columns. The real behavior of the column is simply considered by the evaluation of interphase mass transfer rate based on the overall mass transfer coefficient. Two distinct methods are used to calculate this overall coefficient including the effective mass transfer coefficient method and the packing efficiency method. The modelling procedure consists of an iterative segment-wise algorithm implemented in a MATLAB home-code. For verification, the obtained composition profiles from a structured and a random packed column are compared with reported experimental data. Comparisons show that the packing efficiency-based model could acceptably predict the experimental profiles with an average relative deviation of 18% and 25% for structured and random packed columns, respectively. This confirms that our simple non-equilibrium approach is a reliable and robust model for the performance evaluation of packed columns.     

亲水无纺布PVC复合规整填料除湿性能实验

将亲水无纺布PVC复合规整填料作为溶液除湿塔芯体,开展亲水无纺布PVC复合规整填料除湿性能实验,分析在不同空气流量、溶液流量、溶液温度下,亲水无纺布PVC复合规整填料除湿率、除湿效率、传质系数和传热系数的变化。在实验条件下,除湿率、除湿效率、传质系数、传热系数最大值分别为11.05 g·kg^-1、86.7%、12.95 g·(m²·s)^-1、10.33 W·(m²·℃)^-1;与CELdek规整填料和塑料波纹孔板填料相比,亲水无纺布PVC复合规整填料除湿性能最优。对实验数据回归分析,得到亲水无纺布PVC复合规整填料除湿效率实验关联式。     

规整填料塔中精馏过程的三维模拟(Ⅱ)模型的验证及液相分布和混合行为对精馏过程的影响

用简化三维混合池模型对Gorak所做精馏实验作了实例计算。模型的计算结果与Gorak实验数据符合良好,以简化三维混合池模型为工具,用数值计算的方法研究了规整填料塔中液体流动分布和混合对精馏过程的影响。结果表明：液相轴向返混对精馏有着显著的不利影响;当液体流动分布为严重壁流分布（严重沟流分布）时,必须用三维模型描述才不会产生较大偏差;横向混合系数的增大有利于填料塔分离效率的提高,但不能完全抵消液相严重不均匀分布对精馏过程的不利影响。     

Computational study of forced convective heat transfer in structured packed beds with spherical or ellipsoidal particles

Randomly packed bed reactors are widely used in chemical process industries, because of their low cost and ease of use compared to other packing methods. However, the pressure drops in such packed beds are usually much higher than those in other packed beds, and the overall heat transfer performances may be greatly lowered. In order to reduce the pressure drops and improve the overall heat transfer performances of packed beds, structured packed beds are considered to be promising choices. In this paper, the flow and heat transfer inside small pores of some novel structured packed beds are numerically studied, where the packed beds with ellipsoidal or non-uniform spherical particles are investigated for the first time and some new transport phenomena are obtained. Three-dimensional Navier–Stokes equations and RNG k–ε turbulence model with scalable wall function are adopted for present computations. The effects of packing form and particle shape are studied in detail and the flow and heat transfer performances in uniform and non-uniform packed beds are also compared with each other. Firstly, it is found that, with proper selection of packing form and particle shape, the pressure drops in structured packed beds can be greatly reduced and the overall heat transfer performances will be improved. The traditional correlations of flow and heat transfer extracted from randomly packings are found to overpredict the pressure drops and Nusselt number for all these structured packings, and new correlations of flow and heat transfer are obtained. Secondly, it is also revealed that, both the effects of packing form and particle shape are significant on the flow and heat transfer in structured packed beds. With the same particle shape (sphere), the overall heat transfer efficiency of simple cubic (SC) packing is the highest. With the same packing form, such as face center cubic (FCC) packing, the overall heat transfer performance of long ellipsoidal particle model is the best. Furthermore, with the same particle shape and packing form, such as body center cubic (BCC) packing with spheres, the overall heat transfer performance of uniform packing model is higher than that of non-uniform packing model. The models and results presented in this paper would be useful for the optimum design of packed bed reactors.     

倾斜波纹板上液膜流动的CFD研究

利用VOF法建立了液膜在倾斜波纹板上的气-液两相流CFD模型,并根据液膜流动特点提出了表面张力动量源项和气液界面作用力动量源项.模拟结果与文献实验值吻合较好,表明本文提出的CFD液膜流动模型具有一定的可靠性.通过模拟不同性质的液体在不同表面结构波纹板上的流动过程发现,波纹板表面微观结构以及液体性质尤其是液体的表面张力对连续液膜的形成有重要作用,表明通过改变波纹板面微观结构以及降低液体的表面张力可以促进连续液膜的形成,对提高气液之间的传质效率有重要意义.