滴流床反应器中泡沫流床层压降的实验研究

选用过氧化氢生产用蒽醌工作液体系,完成了滴流床反应器中泡沫流床层压降的实验研究. 通过测定瞬时床层压降,建立了反应器内的流型识别方法,借以研究了在泡沫流和泡沫脉冲流区的床层压降梯度与气液相流速、填料尺寸的关系,并采用Specchia和Baldi提出的经验式对发泡体系泡沫流区床层压降进行了估算. 结果表明,通过实验数据回归,可采用Specchia和Baldi经验式预测泡沫流区的床层压降,最大偏差小于5%.     

Volume‐of‐fluid‐based model for multiphase flow in high‐pressure trickle‐bed reactor: Optimization of numerical parameters

Aiming to understand the effect of various parameters such as liquid velocity, surface tension, and wetting phenomena, a Volume‐of‐Fluid (VOF) model was developed to simulate the multiphase flow in high‐pressure trickle‐bed reactor (TBR). As the accuracy of the simulation is largely dependent on mesh density, different mesh sizes were compared for the hydrodynamic validation of the multiphase flow model. Several model solution parameters comprising different time steps, convergence criteria and discretization schemes were examined to establish model parametric independency results. High‐order differencing schemes were found to agree better with the experimental data from the literature given that its formulation includes inherently the minimization of artificial numerical dissipation. The optimum values for the numerical solution parameters were then used to evaluate the hydrodynamic predictions at high‐pressure demonstrating the significant influence of the gas flow rate mainly on liquid holdup rather than on two‐phase pressure drop and exhibiting hysteresis in both hydrodynamic parameters. Afterwards, the VOF model was applied to evaluate successive radial planes of liquid volume fraction at different packed bed cross‐sections. © 2009 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 2009     

错流旋转填料床气相压降的研究

利用空气-水系统对错流旋转填料床的气相压降进行了实验研究。采用因次分析的方法推导出错流旋转填料床气相压降的无因次关联式。结果表明,错流旋转填料床欧拉准数在旋转填料床转速与气速之比(旋流比)小于30时,欧拉准数随旋流比的增大反而减小;当旋流比大于30时,欧拉准数随旋流比的增大而增大。旋流比小于30时欧拉准数与填料层轴向厚度的0.9次方成正比,旋流比大于30时欧拉准数与填料层轴向厚度的0.5次方成正比。湿床旋流比小于30时,欧拉准数随进液量的增大而上升;旋流比大于30时,欧拉准数随进液量的增大而下降。     

Experimental Investigation of Pressure Drop Hysteresis in a Cocurrent Gas–Liquid Upflow Packed Bed

Extensive experimental work on hysteresis in a cocurrent gas–liquid upflow packed bed was carried out with three kinds of packings and the air–water system. However, only when packed with small glass beads (f1.4 mm) was the bed pressure drop hysteresis observed. Two more liquids with different liquid properties were employed to further examine the influence of parameters on pressure drop hysteresis. The similarity of pressure drop hysteresis in packed beds was concluded in combination of experimental evidence reported in literature.     

Hydrodynamics and mass transfer of gas–liquid flow in micropacked bed reactors with metal foam packing

Hydrodynamics and mass transfer of gas–liquid flow such as pressure drop, liquid holdup, and gas–liquid mass-transfer coefficient in micropacked bed reactors (μPBRs) with metal foam packing are investigated with an automated platform. Parametric studies are conducted varying gas and liquid superficial velocities, pore diameters of foam packing, and liquid physical properties. Experimental results show that μPBRs with foam packing have comparative mass transfer rate and 10 times lower pressure drop compared to the microparticles. The values of mass-transfer coefficient for three types of foam packing in μPBRs are 1–2 orders of magnitude larger than those in large-scale trickle bed reactors with foam packing. Furthermore, empirical correlations of pressure drop, liquid holdup, and gas–liquid mass-transfer coefficient in μPBRs with foam packing are proposed and the predicted values are found to be in good agreement with the experimental values.     

多孔波纹板错流旋转床流体力学性能研究

以空气-水为介质,研究了两种板间距填料结构的流体力学性能。结果表明：多孔板错流旋转床气相压降随填料板数、气量、超重力因子的增加而增大,与液量几乎无关;在相近操作条件下该床压降不足逆流床的1／10;应用MATLAB语言编制应用程序对实验数据的回归分析得出了气相压降的关联式。     

Trickle Flow Multiplicity: The Influence of the Prewetting Procedure on Flow Hysteresis

The existence of multiple hydrodynamic studies (MHS) in trickle flow is a well-known phenomenon. It is also known that different prewetting procedures result in major differences in MHS when the hydrodynamic variables pressure drop, liquid holdup and gas–liquid mass transfer are considered. Given a certain prewetting procedure one still has the option to perform flow hysteresis cycles to achieve an even wider variety of MHS. Although numerous studies have been performed on trickle flow hysteresis, none have attempted to decouple the hysteresis behaviour from the prewetting procedure followed. Accordingly there are numerous hysteresis possibilities that have not been investigated. In this work a single liquid and gas cycle were performed for four distinct prewetting procedures described here as a dry bed, a Levec type prewetted bed, Kan prewetted bed (achieved by increasing either the liquid or the gas flow rate until the pulsing flow regime is reached) and a Super prewetted bed. Pressure drop, liquid holdup and gas–liquid mass transfer are the hydrodynamic parameters studied to quantify the various MHS. It is shown that the shape and extent of the hysteresis cycle are strongly dependant on the prewetting procedure. In terms of flow structure, similar hysteresis trends on the Kan Liquid and Super prewetting modes indicate that these modes are hydrodynamically similar. The additional measurement of the hysteresis behaviour of gas–liquid mass transfer proofs that neither holdup nor pressure drop can be used as an indicator of the distribution uniformity.     

Flow through packed bed reactors: 2. Two-phase concurrent downflow

A model for the prediction of pressure drop and liquid holdup for trickling flow in packed bed reactors has been developed, based on the relative permeability concept. The relative permeabilities for gas and liquid as functions of corresponding phase saturations have been studied with 1300 newly measured data pairs of pressure drop and liquid holdup obtained for a wide range of commercially relevant operating conditions (including pressures up to 50 bar) as well as types of packing (both in terms of size and shape). The relative permeabilities are found to be solely the functions of corresponding phase saturations and it is shown that the functional form of the correlations developed, which are otherwise purely empirical by nature, has its roots in the physics of flow at the microscale level. The proposed model requires no prior experimental knowledge about the packed bed and is able to predict liquid holdup and pressure drop to within 5% and 20%, respectively, regardless of the type of packing or operating range investigated.     

Hydrodynamics and flow regime transition study of trickle bed reactor at elevated temperature and pressure

The hydrodynamics in a trickle bed reactor (TBR) in non-ambient conditions are studied for air-water and air-acetone (pure organic liquid of low surface tension) systems. A flow map experiments for air-water and air-acetone systems are performed in a pilot plant reactor of 0.05 m i.d. and 1.25 m height. It has been demonstrated from the experimental results that the pressure drop tends to increase with increasing superficial gas and liquid velocity and reactor pressure, while it tends to decrease with increasing bed temperature. The results also show that the dynamic liquid holdup increases with increasing liquid velocity and decreases with increasing superficial gas velocity, reactor pressure and bed temperature. The dynamic liquid holdup and pressure drop values are obviously higher than those measured for air-water system at the same fluid fluxes, reactor pressure and bed temperature due to the surface tension effects. For higher reactor pressure and temperature, the trickle to pulse transition boundary shifts towered higher superficial velocities of both gas and liquid.     

Gas–liquid flows through porous media in microgravity: The International Space Station Packed Bed Reactor Experiment

Experimental results on pressure drop and flow patterns for gas–liquid flow through packed beds obtained in the International Space Station with two types of packing are presented and analyzed. It is found that the pressure drop depends on the packing wettability in the viscous–capillary (V–C) regime and this dependence is compared with previously published results developed using short duration low-gravity aircraft tests. Within the V–C regime, the capillary contribution is the dominant force contributing to the pressure drop for the wetting case (glass) versus the viscous contribution dominating for the non-wetting case (Teflon). Outside of the V–C regime, it is also found that hysteresis effects that are often strong in normal gravity gas–liquid flows are greatly diminished in microgravity and pressure drop is nearly independent of packing wettability. A flow pattern transition map from bubble to pulse flow is also compared with the earlier aircraft data.     

The Relationship Between Hysteresis and Liquid Flow Distribution inTrickle Beds

Experiments were conducted on a trickle bed with 0.283 m ID to eluddate the relation-ship between hysteretic phenomena and liquid distribution. The hysteresis of pressure drop and the variance of radial liquid distribution were observed simultaneously. Residence time dlstribu-tion (KTD), holdup and mean residence time (RT) of liquid phase were also found to demonmtrate hystereels of the same nature. RTD, liquid holdup and mean RT calculated with a simple model from the distribution of liquid flow rate show chaxacteristic consistant with the experlmeataJ data, suggesting that the hyteretic phenomena originate from the multiplicity and nonuniformity of liquid flow distribution.     

A two-phase Eulerian approach using relative permeability concept for modeling of hydrodynamics in trickle-bed reactors at elevated pressure

Most commercial trickle-bed reactors (TBRs) employed in hydroprocessing and other industrially relevant operations normally operate at elevated pressures. Two-phase pressure drop and liquid holdup are two foremost important hydrodynamic parameters to consider for analysis and design of a TBR, including those operating at higher pressures. Even after several decades of research efforts directed towards the development of TBR technology, know-how about the hydrodynamics of two-phase flow in a TBR especially operating at high-pressure conditions has been inadequate. In this study, an effort has been made to assess the complex hydrodynamics of high-pressure TBR through the development of a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) based model to predict pressure drop and liquid saturation. A two-phase Eulerian CFD model envisaging the flow field as porous region has been utilized for evaluating these hydrodynamic parameters. Different combinations of relative permeability correlations in the closure terms have been exercised to realize the best fit. The comparisons between model predictions and numerous experimental data, collected from different independent sources under a varied set of operating conditions, lead to the favourable implementation of this less computationally intensive, yet first-principle based CFD model to forecast the two-phase hydrodynamics for high-pressure TBRs.     

Prediction of Two‐Phase Frictional Pressure Drop for the Concurrent Gas and Newtonian Liquids Upflow through Packed Beds

Correlations were developed to predict frictional pressure drop for concurrent gas‐liquid upflow through packed beds covering all the three identified flow regimes, i.e. bubble flow, pulse flow and spray flow. The observation that the gas and liquid flow rates have different influences on the two‐phase pressure drop in different flow regimes, was taken into consideration in the development of these correlations. More than 600 experimental pressure drop data from the present study and literature covering a wide range in gas‐liquid systems, flow rates and column packing were used.     

规整丝网填料旋转填充床的气相压降特性及脱硫性能

采用空气-水体系,对装有4种不同规格规整丝网填料的旋转填充床的压降特性进行了实验研究,考察了转速、气体流量、液体流量等操作参数及填料特性对气相压降的影响规律,并与传统不锈钢波纹丝网填料旋转填充床压降进行了比较. 结果表明,装有规整丝网填料的旋转填充床压降可降低35%~70%. 进一步采用压降较低的规整丝网填料以(NH4)2SO3为吸收剂进行氨法脱硫性能研究,结果表明,随转子转速和(NH4)2SO3浓度增大,SO2脱除率升高;随进气口SO2浓度升高及气液比增大,SO2脱除率降低;SO2脱除率最高可达97%,可满足国家排放标准.     

网板填料复合旋转床的流体力学与传质性能

开发了一种新型的气液接触设备——网板填料复合旋转床。常压下以空气-水物系和乙醇-水物系在网板填料复合旋转床中进行流体力学与传质性能实验,考察了气液流量和转子转速对网板填料复合旋转床压降和传质性能的影响。实验结果表明,气体流量和转子转速的增大均使干、湿床气相压降增大;液体流量的增加对湿床压降的影响不明显。回流量和转速的增加均使等板高度减少至一定值后几乎不变。网板填料复合旋转床具有通量大、效率高、压降小的特点。     

规整填料层压降的计算及与散装填料的比较

根据文献[6]导出的规整填料层压降关联式,由实验数据计算出9种规整填料本文关联式的压降常数,用空气-水物系和非水物系的实验数据进行了验证,并与Billet关联式计算值和实验值进行了比较;对规整填料层与散装填料的泛点和压降进行了比较。结果表明:该关联式与实验数据吻合较好,压降计算误差在±15％;规整填料力学性能优于散装填料。     

Comparative study of dry pressure drop and flow behaviour of gas flow through sieve plate packing

Sieve plate packing is a newly developed packing that has been used in several industries due to its simple structure and operating flexibility, and no liquid flooding. In this work, first, systematic experiments were conducted to measure the pressure drop of gas flow through six sieve plate packings. The results indicated that the geometric characteristics of the packing have complicated effects on the pressure drops. Based on this, CFD simulations on the gas flow field were conducted using the realizable k-ε model, and flow behaviours such as the pressure drop, pressure nephogram, and velocity distributions within different packings were obtained. The simulation results clearly showed interesting flow patterns, including the contraction and expansion of the gas stream through the sieve hole, the flow separation on the sharp edge of the hole, and the vortexes formed when gas impacts the downstream plate. By comparing the flow patterns and the pressure drop under different packings operating at different conditions, the effects of the geometric characteristics of the packing on the pressure drop could be clearly distinguished from the flow behaviours, so that the variations in pressure drop with various packing structures were clearly indicated. Finally, based on the experimental data and the simulated results, correlations for the prediction of the pressure drops were proposed. This work will provide a useful basis for understanding the flow behaviour of gas and liquid two-phase flow in sieve plate packing.     

涓流床中液体分布形态与滞后特性

采用电容层析成像仪(ECT)和压力传感器在气-液预液泛模式润湿床层的条件下分别测定了空气-水体系在内径140 mm有机玻璃塔中由不同粒径玻璃珠所组成床层的持液量滞后和压降滞后曲线.利用平行流区模型对实验数据进行了分析,得出了不同操作状态下的膜流分率、簇状流区和气相流区的比例以及各流区的流速.发现在高的气液流速下,单相区...     

新型径向叶片式旋转床压降分析及气相流场模拟

针对折流式旋转床压降高、能耗大的问题,提出了一种新型超重力旋转床设备--径向叶片式旋转床。首先,对该旋转床的压降进行了理论分析和建模,并利用水-空气体系进行了实验研究。通过改变气量、转速和液量探究了新型径向叶片式旋转床压降的变化规律,结果表明压降随气量、转速和液量的增加而增加,且随着气量和转速的增加,液量对压降的贡献逐渐减小。压降模型的预测值与实验数据的相对偏差基本在10%以内,表明模型可以较好地预测新型径向叶片式旋转床的压降。另外,通过计算流体力学（CFD）软件的模拟获得了旋转床内气相流场和压力分布的结果,发现转子内压降是总压降的主要部分;气体进入转子后会因叶片作用使得周向速度变大,并在转子外缘处达到最大值;气体的进口流速将会影响旋转床内的气相分布。利用实验数据对CFD模拟结果进行了验证,两者的相对偏差在10%左右。     

Liquid-fluidized magnetically stabilized beds

The fluid mechanics of liquid-fluidized magnetically stabilized beds (MSBs) have been studied to determine their operating characteristics and properties. Experiments were conducted to study the operating regimes, bed expansion and pressure drop, and axial liquid dispersion.Several regimes exist for magnetized, liquid-fluidized beds. These include the unfluidized or packed, stable, roll-cell, and random motion regimes. The transition between the stable and roll-cell regimes was found to be strongly dependent on the type of fluid distributor grid used. A hysteresis was found in both the pressure drop and bed expansion behavior. With decreasing liquid velocity, the pressure drop through the bed fell immediately to a value below the weight of the bed and the bed remained expanded even after the liquid flow had ceased. The height of the bed in the stable regime was found to depend on the liquid velocity but not on the strength of the magnetic field.Contacting experiments indicate axial dispersion in a liquid-fluidized MSB to be nearly the same as for packed beds and independent of the path taken to the stable operating condition.