MASS TRANSFER AND PHASE HOLDUP CHARACTERISTICS IN THREE-PHASE FLUIDIZED BEDS

The effects of liquid surface tension (42.6 ∼ 72,4 mN/m) and viscosity (1 ∼214mPa • sⁿ), liquid (0.01 ∼0.12m/s) and gas (0.01 ∼0.20m/s) velocities and particle sizes (1 — 8 mm) on phase holdup and mass transfer coefficient ( k_La) have been determined in a 0.142 m-I.D. × 2.0 m-high Plexiglas column. The gas phase holdup increases with liquid velocity, and the rate of increase in gas phase holdup sharply increases with gas velocity in the bed of surfactant solutions. In the beds of 1.0 and 1.7 mm glass beads, the bed contraction occurs whereas in the beds of 2.3 mm glass beads the bed contraction does not occur with an aqueous soltuion of ethanol (σ = 50.4 mN/m). The value of k_La increases with decreasing surface tension (σ ) but it decreases exponentially with increasing liquid viscosity in continuous bubble columns and three-phase fluidized beds. In three-phase fluidized beds with surfactant solutions, k_La increases with gas and liquid velocities and particle size. In three-phase fluidized beds of viscous or surfactant soltuions, k_L,a can be estimated in terms of the energy dissipation rate based on the isotropic turbulence theory and a flow regime map is proposed based on the drift flux theory.     

三重环流生物流化床的流体力学与传质特性

从气相含率,液体循环速度和体积氧传质系数方面研究自行设计新型结构的三重环流生物流化床的流体力学与传质特性。流化床反应器的有效体积２３Ｌ,实验条件是以空气为气相,水为液相,树脂为固相,固含率分别为０％,３％,６％和９％。实验结果表明,气相含率是影响反应器流体力学和传质特性的主要因素,气相含率增大可降低液体循环速度,增大体积氧传质系数。     

气液固三相循环流化床气液传质行为

<正>气液固三相流化床反应器在石油化工、湿法冶金、环境工程和煤的液化等工业领域得到了广泛应用,其基础研究也取得了很大进展.但是,传统三相床主要应用于低液速(U_L<     

Heat transfer in three-phase (G/L/S) circulating fluidized beds with low surface tension media

Characteristics of heat transfer were investigated in a three-phase circulating fluidized bed whose diameter and height were 0.102 m (ID) and 2.5 m, respectively. Effects of gas and liquid velocities, particle size (0.5–3.0 mm), solid circulation rate (2.0–6.5 kg/m² s), and surface tension (47.53–72.75×10⁻³ N/m) of liquid phase on the heat transfer coefficient were examined. It was found that the heat transfer coefficient (h) between the immersed vertical heater and the riser proper of the three-phase circulating fluidized bed increased with increase in gas and liquid velocities, but did not change considerably with a further increase in liquid velocity, even in the higher range. The value of heat transfer coefficient increased gradually with increase in the size of fluidized solid particles without exhibiting the local minimum, which represented that there was no bed contraction in three-phase circulating fluidized beds due to the higher liquid velocity. The heat transfer system could attain a stabilized condition more easily with increase in particle size. The value of heat transfer coefficient increased with increase in solid circulation rate in all the cases studied due to the increase of solid holdup in the riser. The value of heat transfer coefficient decreased with increase in surface tension of liquid phase, due to the decrease of bubbling phenomena and bubble holdup. The decrease in liquid surface tension could lead to an increase in elapsed time from which the temperature difference between the heater surface and the riser became an almost constant value. The experimentally obtained values of heat transfer coefficient were well correlated in terms of dimensionless groups as well as operating variables.     

三相循环流化床中的气液相界面积和传质系数

采用溶氧法测量了三相循环流化床中液相溶氧浓度的轴向分布,并按轴向扩散模型处理实验数据,优化得到气液体积传质系数kLa,同时用光纤探头测量了体系中的气含率和气泡大小分布,计算得到了气液相界面积a和气液传质系数kL,并研究了主要操作条件(表观气速、表观液速和固含率)对气液传质系数的影响规律.     

空气-石蜡直接接触换热特性实验研究

在间壁式换热器中石蜡因为其热导率低影响了蓄热系统的换热速率,采用石蜡与空气直接接触换热可大幅提高蓄热系统的换热速率。把常温的空气通过气体分布器注入熔融状态的石蜡（100~150℃）中,具体考察了表观气速、静液位高度和传热温差等参数对石蜡-空气鼓泡换热中体积传热系数与气含率的影响。实验结果表明,随着表观气速的增大,体积传热系数与气含率随之增大,并且对于气含率,在较低的表观气速下的增长速率更快;在实验条件下,增加静液位高度都只会导致体积传热系数与气含率的降低,而改变气液温差对体积传热系数的影响不甚明显。根据实验结果获得了石蜡与空气直接接触换热的体积Nusselt数经验关联式。     

Mass transfer and holdup in gas-liquid cocurrent flow packed beds containing water-repellent particles

Water-repellent particles were prepared by spraying polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) on activated carbon. Gas-liquid volumetric mass transfer coefficient and holdup were determined in gas-liquid cocurrent upflow and downflow packed beds from the measurements of gas desorption and volume, respectively. As the PTFE loading increased, the gas-liquid volumetric mass transfer coefficients in both upflow and downflow modes were enhanced. Gas holdup in the upflow mode increased with the PTFE loading, while the dynamic liquid holdup in the downflow mode decreased. The enhancement of the mass transfer rate from gas to liquid can be explained by the effect of water-repellency on the surface of activated carbon.     

Mass transfer in two-and three-phase fluidized beds

The effects of liquid (0.03-0.12 m/s) and as (0.04-0.20 m/s) velocities, and particle size (0-8.0 mm) on the volumetric mass transfer coefficients at the grid zone have been determined in a 0.152 mI.D. x 1.8 m high Plexiglas column. The volumetric mass transfer coefficient in the grid zone increases with increasing gas velocity and particle size. However, the coefficient exhibits a maximum value at an optimum bed porosity condition. The volumetric mass transfer coefficients in terms of the Sherwood number in three-phase fluidized beds have been correlated with the Schmidt number and particle Reynolds number which is related to the energy dissipation rate in the beds based on the local isotropic turbulence theory. Also, the coefficient has been correlated with the experimental variables.     

Bubble breakage phenomena,phase holdups and mass transfer in three-phase fluidized beds with floating bubble breakers

The individual phase holdups and mass transfer characteristics in three-phase fluidized beds with different floating bubble breakers have been determined in a 2.0 m high Plexiglas column of inner diameter 0.142 m. The bubble breaking phenomena by the breakers have been studied via a photographic method in a two-dimensional Plexiglas column. The volumetric mass transfer coefficient k_La in three-phase fluidized beds with hexagonal-shaped breakers is up to 40% greater than that in beds without floating bubble breakers. The bed porosity ε_L + ε_g, gas-phase holdup ε_g, and volumetric mass transfer coefficient k_La increase with an increase in the volume ratio of floating bubble breakers to solid particles, V_f/V_s, up to around 0.15, and thereafter decrease with V_f/V_s in three-phase fluidized beds with floating bubble breakers. Also, k_La increases with increasing breaker density, projected area and contact angle between the floating bubble breakers and the water. The volumetric mass transfer coefficients in terms of the Sherwood number in three-phase fluidized beds with the various floating bubble breakers have been correlated with the volume ratio of floating bubble breakers to solid particles, the particle Reynolds number based on the local isotropic turbulence theory and the modified Weber number.     

Solid-liquid mass transfer in a gas-liquid-solid fluidized bed

Solid-liquid mass transfer in co-current two- and three-phase fluidized beds of water, air and benzoic acid pellets is studied. An axial dispersion model is used to describe the liquid flow when evaluating the solid-liquid mass transfer. The axial concentration profile of benzoic acid in the liquid is compared to that obtained experimentally and is found to be accurate. Three-phase fluidized bed solid-liquid mass-transfer coefficients are higher than the corresponding two-phase bed coefficients. The mass-transfer coefficient increases with increasing gas rate and is independent of liquid rate over the entire range studied. The mass-transfer coefficient also appears to be dependent on particle size, but only at high gas rates. At low or zero gas rates, k is nearly independent of particle size. A generalized correlation is developed which accurately and conveniently predicts the mass transfer in both two- and three-phase fluidized beds. Comparison to the solid-liquid mass-transfer characteristics of slurry bubble columns is also performed.     

气液固微型流化床的气液传质系数

气液固微型流化床兼具微流控系统和宏观流化床的优点,具有潜在的工业应用价值,但是,其应用基础研究十分缺乏。采用床径为1.6、2.0、2.4 mm的微型流化床,平均粒径为160、190、220 μm的玻璃珠,以NaOH水溶液吸收CO₂气体为气液传质研究物系,在三相流动研究的基础上,考察了表观气速、表观液速、床径、粒径等对三相微型流化床气液体积传质系数的影响。结果表明：给定其他条件,增加表观气速和表观液速,均使气液体积传质系数增大;表观气速主要改变气含率和气液相界面积,而表观液速主要改变液相传质系数;床径减小,气液相界面积和气液体积传质系数都有所增加;在气液两相微型鼓泡塔中加入固体颗粒,形成三相分散鼓泡流型,当其固含率在0.15~0.30范围内,可显著增强气液传质,其气液体积传质系数是气液微鼓泡塔的1.1~1.5倍;与宏观流化床相比,相同条件下微型床的相界面积为它的5~10倍,是微型流化床具有更大体积传质系数的主要影响因素。     

气液固微型流化床的气液传质系数

气液固微型流化床兼具微流控系统和宏观流化床的优点,具有潜在的工业应用价值,但是,其应用基础研究十分缺乏。采用床径为1.6、2.0、2.4 mm的微型流化床,平均粒径为160、190、220 μm的玻璃珠,以NaOH水溶液吸收CO₂气体为气液传质研究物系,在三相流动研究的基础上,考察了表观气速、表观液速、床径、粒径等对三相微型流化床气液体积传质系数的影响。结果表明：给定其他条件,增加表观气速和表观液速,均使气液体积传质系数增大;表观气速主要改变气含率和气液相界面积,而表观液速主要改变液相传质系数;床径减小,气液相界面积和气液体积传质系数都有所增加;在气液两相微型鼓泡塔中加入固体颗粒,形成三相分散鼓泡流型,当其固含率在0.15~0.30范围内,可显著增强气液传质,其气液体积传质系数是气液微鼓泡塔的1.1~1.5倍;与宏观流化床相比,相同条件下微型床的相界面积为它的5~10倍,是微型流化床具有更大体积传质系数的主要影响因素。     

高固含率三相鼓泡淤浆反应器气液传质研究及其采用两种气体分布器的比较

以空气-水-黄沙以及空气-液体石蜡-黄沙两种系统为对象，在常压下用溶氧仪研究了采用小孔式及金属烧结板两种分布器的高固含率三相淤浆反应器的气液传质特性，以及固含率和表观气速等因素对容积气液传质系数kLa的影响，最后得到采用上述两种气体分布器的高固含率三相淤浆床关于容积气-液传质系数的经验关联式。实验证明，金属烧结板具有更好的气液传质特性。     

Hydrodynamics and mass transfer characteristics in an internal loop airlift reactor with sieve plates

Effects of the sieve plate on hydrodynamics and mass transfer in an annulus sparged airlift reactor (0.08 m³, 1.3 m tall, and 0.284 m in diameter) were investigated. It is found that the sieve plate can significantly enhance gas holdup and volumetric mass transfer coefficient. The sieve pore plays an important role in breaking up bubbles. With a given free area ratio, the sieve plate with a larger sieve pore diameter is more efficient in increasing the volumetric mass transfer coefficient. Four different free area ratios between 37% and 73% are tested, and then an optimal free area ratio is determined. The effect of the sieve plate is found to be related to sparger types. The sieve plate leads to a larger increase of volumetric mass transfer coefficient with the O-ring distributor as compared to the 4-orifice nozzle. Empirical correlations and a hydrodynamic model are proposed to predict gas holdup, volumetric mass transfer coefficient and liquid velocity in airlift reactors with sieve plates.     

The plug flow model for mass transfer in three-phase fluidized beds and bubble columns

The plug flow model (PFM), overwhelmingly used to describe mass transfer in bubble columns and three-phase fluidized beds, has never been critically tested. This study analyzes the PFM single parameter, K_La, to quantify mass transfer in the forementioned systems. Particular attention is paid to the mass transfer features of the zone near the distributor (grid zone) largely ignored until now. This study, carried out under the largest gas and liquid flow rates ever published, for similar types of systems, indicates the presence of two well defined mass transfer zones. These features invalidate, for design purposes, the use of the PFM. However, it still can be used as a qualitative mass transfer indicator. This has permitted a comparison between the mass transfer efficiency of bubble columns and three-phase fluidized beds with the conclusion that three-phase fluidized bed of 0.5 cm particles can compete successfully with bubble columns.     

Gas-liquid mass transfer in bubble columns with a T-junction nozzle for gas dispersion

Bubble break-up, gas holdup, and the gas-liquid volumetric mass transfer coefficient are studied in a bubble column reactor with simultaneous injection of a gas and liquid through a T-junction nozzle. The theoretical dependence of bubble break-up and the volumetric mass transfer coefficient on liquid velocity in the nozzle is developed on the basis of isotropic turbulence theory. It is shown that correlations which are developed based on liquid jet kinetic power per nozzle volume explain average gas holdup and the volumetric mass transfer coefficient within an error of 15% for all gas and liquid flow rates and nozzle diameters used. Experiments with a larger scale column, height 4.64 m and diameter 0.98 m, show a transition from homogeneous to heterogeneous flow at a certain liquid flow rate through the nozzle. Liquid composition was found to have a significant effect on gas-liquid mass transfer. A phenol concentration of 10–30 mg/l in water increases the volumetric mass transfer coefficient of oxygen by 100%. This phenomenon may have significance in the chemical oxidation of wastewater.     

Wall-to-bed heat transfer coefficient in gas—liquid—solid fluidized beds

Wall to bed heat transfer has been studied in three-phase fluidized beds with a cocurrent up-flow of water and air. Six sizes of glass beads, two sizes of activated carbon beads and one size of alumina beads, varying in average diameter from 0.61 to 6.9 mm and in density from 1330 to 3550 kg/m³, were fluidized in a 95.6 mm diameter brass column heated by a steam jacket. Complementary heat transfer experiments have been performed also for a gas–liquid cocurrent column and liquid–solid fluidized beds. The wall-to-bed coefficient for heat transfer in the gas–liquid–solid fluidized bed is evaluated on the basis of the axial dispersion model concept. The ratio of the wall-to-bed heat transfer coefficient in the gas–liquid–solid fluidized bed to that in the liquid–solid fluidized bed operated at the same liquid flow rate is correlated in terms of the ratio of the velocity of gas to that of liquid and the properties of solid particles. A correlation equation for estimating the wall-to-bed heat transfer coefficient in the liquid–solid fluidized bed is also developed.     

内循环流化床结构参数及其反应器性能的相关性

内循环三相流化床在化学工程、生物工程及废水处理等领域中均有广泛的应用前景,目前影响这类反应器成功应用于实际废水生物处理的主要原因是缺乏系统的反应器结构参数与反应器性能的相关性分析与量化关系模型,无法实现不同规模与不同应用目标的系统优化设计。基于此,设计了不同尺寸和内构件的反应器,系统研究主要结构参数包括升流管与反应器直径之比、反应器高径比、升流管上方液面高度、底隙高度以及操作参数如固相负荷及通气量等因素对内循环流化床反应器流体力学与传质特性的影响规律;实验分析主要过程参数如气含率、液体循环速度、氧传递系数及混合时间与结构参数、操作参数的相关性。通过总结归纳,分别给出了定量、半定量或定性方面的结论,为反应器的结构放大和性能变化预测提供理论基础.     

THREE-PHASE FLUIDIZED BEDS WITH VISCOUS LIQUID: HYDRODYNAMICS AND MASS TRANSFER†

Hydrodynamics and gas/fiquid mass transfer in fluidized beds of glass spheres (3-8 mm diameter)were studied employing viscous aqueous solutions (16-53 mPas) Increasing liquid viscosity reduced the bubble disintegration capability of the particle beds. The most pronounced consequence was a strong decrease in the volumetric mass transfer coefficients (k_La) From a comparison of k_La in Newtonian and pseudoplastic liquids it is concluded that the effective shear rates in three-phase fluidized beds are higher than in bubble columns.     

Mass transfer between solid particles and liquid in a three phase fluidized bed

Particle-liquid mass transfer in a co-current three-phase fluidized bed of glass beads, water and air was studied with two measurement techniques. Both techniques measured the weight loss of a few particles coated with benzoic acid in a bed of inert glass beads. The effects of liquid and gas velocities, gas distribution and surface active agents on particle-liquid mass transfer in a three-phase fluidized bed were thus determined. In the absence of surface active agents in the liquid, particle-liquid mass transfer rates in a three-phase fluidized bed were up to 30% higher than in the corresponding liquid fluidized bed. When surface active agents were added to the liquid, the particle-liquid mass transfer rate was increased by up to about 100% in the three-phase fluidized bed, relative to the liquid fluidized bed. The particle-liquid mass transfer coefficient was found to be inversely proportional to the liquid hold-up in the three-phase fluidized bed.