流化床生物质惰性颗粒混合分离特性①

在Φ99×1000mm的圆柱流化床中,选用不同粒径的沙子／锯末、沙子／菜籽体系,研究了不同沉积组分含量,尤其研究了生物质、惰性颗粒在富沉积组分情形下床层表观气速、静床高度对流化床二组分混合物的混合与分离的影响。结果表明静床高度对分高度无影响,沉积组分适宜的粒度及高表观气速有利于流化床二组分混合物的混合,可使混合度达到87％。     

生物质惰性颗粒混合物的混合分离特性

在D99mm×1000mm的圆柱流化床中,选用不同粒径的沙子／锯末、沙子／菜籽双组分混合物,研究了不同沉积组分含量,尤其是富沉积组分情形下床层表观气速、静床高度对流化床二组分混合物的混合与分离的影响．实验结果表明：静床高度对生物质惰性颗粒混合物分离指数无影响,沉积组分适宜的粒度及床层高和表观气速有利于生物质惰性颗粒混合物的混合．     

流化床二组分混合物的适宜分离气速

在等密度与非等密度二组分混合物分离体系中，考察操作气速对分离度的影响，提出物料的静床高对高效分离气速没有影响，而操作气速取其混合物最小流化速度的１．２倍左右时，二组分混合物产生高效分离，并且此操作气速随着二组分混合物分离状态的判定值（等密度混合物指Ｒｍｆ值，非等密度混合物主要指Ｒｐ值）的增加而拓宽。     

床形结构对气固流化床流化质量和气体返混特性的影响

用实验方法比较了一个二维床和一个大型三维床内FCC颗粒流化床在鼓泡域和湍动域内的流化质量和气体返混特性。实验结果表明,床形对A类颗粒气固流化床具有非常大的影响。二维床和三维床的流动和气固混合行为既具有相似性,如床膨胀随气速的变化趋势;也具有很大的差异性,既包括三维床流化质量差、轴向气体扩散系数大等量上的不同,又包括压力脉动、轴向气体扩散系数的变化趋势以及湾流模式等质上的不同。总之,在本研究中,二维床体现的是一种具有强烈壁效应的小型流化床的特征,而三维床则体现的是静床高度具有很大影响的大型流化床的特征。     

微型流化床内气体返混

微型流化床基础和应用在近几年受到越来越多的关注。针对微型流化床对气固反应分析的应用要求,利用脉冲示踪法研究了内径10 mm和21 mm两种尺寸微型流化床中的气体返混特性,具体考察了管内径、颗粒静床高度、床料颗粒粒径和气体表观流速对气体返混程度的影响。结果表明:随着床内径、颗粒静床高度和表观气速的减小和床料颗粒粒径的增大,气体在床内的返混程度减小。使用粒径约270 μm粗颗粒时,两种床径的浅层微型流化床中的气体返混程度都较小,对应的Peclet数在27以上,证明了床内气体流动接近平推流,从而为利用微型流化床最小化气体返混对反应测试的影响,获得近本征反应动力学参数提供了流动特性的保障。     

单孔射流流化床内颗粒混合特性的数值模拟

在欧拉-拉格朗日坐标系下,采用离散单元法对单孔射流流化床内颗粒混合特性进行了数值模拟。引入混合指数对床内轴向及径向布置的颗粒混合质量进行定量分析,并研究了不同表观气速、不同弹性系数对颗粒混合特性的影响。模拟得到了颗粒轴向及径向混合序列图、气体和颗粒速度分布、整床颗粒混合指数分布、参量变化时整床颗粒混合指数分布。结果表明：流化床床层内颗粒混合速度受颗粒内循环能力和颗粒扩散能力的综合作用。单口射流喷动流化床颗粒轴向混合速度主要由颗粒内循环速度决定,颗粒径向混合速度主要由颗粒扩散能力决定。表观气速增大时,颗粒内循环速度增加,从而加快了颗粒轴向混合进程,但对颗粒径向混合影响微弱;弹性系数增大时,颗粒混合速度及混合质量均下降,并且弹性系数增大对颗粒径向混合进程影响小于颗粒轴向混合。     

单孔射流流化床内颗粒混合特性的数值模拟

在欧拉-拉格朗日坐标系下,采用离散单元法对单孔射流流化床内颗粒混合特性进行了数值模拟。引入混合指数对床内轴向及径向布置的颗粒混合质量进行定量分析,并研究了不同表观气速、不同弹性系数对颗粒混合特性的影响。模拟得到了颗粒轴向及径向混合序列图、气体和颗粒速度分布、整床颗粒混合指数分布、参量变化时整床颗粒混合指数分布。结果表明:流化床床层内颗粒混合速度受颗粒内循环能力和颗粒扩散能力的综合作用。单口射流喷动流化床颗粒轴向混合速度主要由颗粒内循环速度决定,颗粒径向混合速度主要由颗粒扩散能力决定。表观气速增大时,颗粒内循环速度增加,从而加快了颗粒轴向混合进程,但对颗粒径向混合影响微弱;弹性系数增大时,颗粒混合速度及混合质量均下降,并且弹性系数增大对颗粒径向混合进程影响小于颗粒轴向混合。     

摇摆流化床的气固流动特性

采用二维床及D类玻璃珠颗粒,在表观气速U_g=0.267~0.978 m/s、摇摆幅值Θ=5°~15°、摇摆周期T=8~20 s的实验条件下,对摇摆流化床内气固流动过程及气体通过流化床的时均总压降进行了研究,并通过与常规直立床和倾斜床进行对比,分析了床体摇摆对气固流动的影响。结果表明,在平均角速度ω_ave>2(°)/s的条件下,当初始装料量和表观气速相同时,气体通过摇摆流化床的时均总压降低于直立床,高于相同最大倾角时的倾斜床;惯性力所产生的压降在0.15 kPa以下,其对床层压降的影响较小,床体倾斜导致气体向边壁区域聚集是影响摇摆流化床内气固流动特性的主要因素,由此导致床内存在固定床和下行移动床状态的非流化区域,使得处于流化区域的颗粒量减少,同时还降低了流化床层在竖直方向的静压。非流化区域的存在还会造成流化区域的气速高于直立床表观气速,两者表观气速之比为1.04~1.49。     

循环流化床回流物料循环的特性

为了研究循环物料在流化床内回流并参与循环的过程,进一步揭示流化床内物料的循环特性,文中搭建了冷态循环流化床顶部回流试验台。利用激光多普勒粒子动态分析仪(PDA)对塔内颗粒回流时床内气固二相流场和颗粒浓度分布进行了测量。同时对物料回流量和床内表观气速等操作条件对回流过程的影响进行了考察。研究表明,回流颗粒在流化床内的返混可以分为3个区域:回流区、返混加速区和主流区,回流颗粒造成床内流场的不均匀性。回流长度主要受物料回流量和床内表观气速影响。     

尿基复合肥流化床造粒工艺参数优化

在φ300的流化床造粒机上,对尿基复合肥流化床造粒过程中流化空气的温度与气速、晶种静床高度、尿素溶液雾化状况等因素对造粒过程及产品质量的影响进行了系统研究。     

Bubbling fluidization of biomass and sand binary mixtures: Minimum fluidization velocity and particle segregation

Understanding the minimum fluidization velocity of biomass and sand mixtures is fundamental to ensuring the optimal performance of fluidized beds in a thermo-conversional process, such as fast pyrolysis. The present work aimed to determine the minimum fluidization velocity of binary mixtures using the characteristic diagram of pressure drop in the bed and to develop an experimental correlation for the minimum fluidization velocity of biomass and sand mixtures. Three types of biomass (sweet sorghum bagasse, waste tobacco and soybean hulls) and four sands with different sizes were investigated. The results showed that the fluid dynamic behavior of binary mixtures is directly related to the biomass size and shape. For sweet sorghum bagasse (more irregular particles), higher biomass percentages led to lower minimum fluidization velocities, which differed from the behaviors observed for waste tobacco and soybean hulls. The diameter ratio inert/biomass effectively influenced the segregation, with a higher ratio causing more pronounced bed segregation. A good fluidization regime (with little segregation) for biomass and sand mixtures was obtained using the smallest sand (d₅₀ = 0.35). Considering the studied operating conditions, the proposed correlation can be used satisfactorily to predict the minimum fluidization velocities for mixtures of biomass and sand in fluidized beds.     

Mixing–segregation phenomena of binary system in a fluidized bed

A study on mixing–segregation phenomena in a gas fluidized bed of binary density system was performed by analysis of the residence time distribution and mixing degree. The effect of particle mixing on the residence time distribution and solid mixing was studied in a binary particle system with different densities. Residence time distribution curve and mean residence time of each particle were measured according to the flotsam particle size, mixing ratio and gas velocity in a gas fluidized bed (0.109 m I.D., 1.8 m height). The characteristics of residence time distribution and the deviation of mean residence time of each particle are consistent with previous mixing index based on the axial concentration of jetsam. From this study, mixing index of binary particle system with different densities should be considered by not only axial concentration distribution of jetsam particle but also characteristics of residence time distribution. This result suggests that the solid movement by fluidization gas is more important than solid axial dispersion.     

Distribution of large biomass particles in a sand‐biomass fluidized bed: Experiments and modeling

The axial distribution of large biomass particles in bubbling fluidized beds comprised of sand and biomass is investigated in this study. The global and local pressure drop profiles are analyzed in mixtures fluidized at superficial gas velocities ranging from 0.2 to 1 m/s. In addition, the radioactive particle tracking technique is used to track the trajectory of a tracer mimicking the behavior of biomass particles in systems consisting of 2, 8, and 16% of biomass mass ratio. The effects of superficial gas velocity and the mixture composition on the mixing/segregation of the bed components are explored by analyzing the circulatory motion of the active tracer. Contrary to low fluidization velocity (U = 0.36 m/s), biomass circulation and distribution are enhanced at U = 0.64 m/s with increasing the load of biomass particles. The axial profile of volume fraction of biomass along the bed is modeled on the basis of the experimental findings. © 2014 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 60: 869–880, 2014     

Dynamics of jetsam layer in continuous segregation of binary heterogeneous particles in gas-solid fluidized bed

Investigations on the dynamics of height of defluidized jetsam layer were carried out during the continuous segregation studies of heterogeneous binary particles in a fluidized bed system. The effect of bottom discharge pipe, flow rates of gas and solid and composition of flotsam in the feed on the growth of defluidized layer has been studied. It is found that the steady state defluidized bed height decreases with increase in gas velocity, feed composition and bottom discharge pipe diameter, and decrease in solid flow rate. A model based on the exponential growth of the defluidized bed height is used to compare the experimental data on the dynamics of defluidized bed height. Correlations are developed for growth constant and steady state bed height in terms of operating and geometric parameters. The agreement between the model and experimental data is satisfactory.     

Hydrodynamics of gas-solid fluidized bed of disparately sized binary particles

The hydrodynamics of binary mixture of Geldart Group A and D particles in a turbulent fluidized bed were investigated by experiment and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method in this paper. The results showed that at low gas velocity, the binary mixtures tend to segregate. At moderate gas velocity, they incline to mix well in the dense phase. Further increasing gas velocity, small particles are entrained and accumulate in the upper regime of the bed, and a segregation trend of the binary mixture appears again. At high gas velocities, segregation efficiency in the continuous classification process increases with increasing the gas velocity and mean residence time of the binary mixture, however, decreases with increasing the small particle content. A strong particle recirculation appears all over the dense phase of the bed, causing an approximately uniform solid composition in radial direction of the fluidized bed.     

灰熔聚冷模流化床中双组份体系颗粒分离特性的研究

本研究采用了等密度及不等密度的三种双组份混合体系，考察了不同分离气速及不同原始配比时沉积组份的分离效率和分离速率；给出了这两种分离特性的定量关联式；提供了达到高效分离（分离效率大于90％）的气速选择范围；得到的分离速率的定量方程能成功预测实际焦粉－灰球混合体系的实验结果，为实际灰熔聚气化炉中分离柱的高效稳定操作提供了依据     

Comprehensive experimental investigation on biomass-glass beads binary fluidization: A data set for CFD model validation

Fluidization behavior of biomass and glass beads binary mixtures in a bubbling fluidized bed was experimentally investigated. Mixtures containing different mass fraction of Loblolly Pine white wood and glass beads were fluidized at different fluidization velocities. The particle properties were characterized in a QICPIC that uses a dynamic image processing method to measure both particle size and sphericity. The minimum fluidization velocity was determined using the pressure drop method. An image processing method was developed to capture the dynamic expanded bed height at a very high frequency. The effect of biomass mass fraction and inlet gas velocity on mixing and segregation behavior was studied and analyzed through pressure drop measurements. Pressure drop fluctuations and expanded bed height fluctuations via fast Fourier transform were analyzed and compared. The complete and accurate experimental data reported in this study could provide a benchmark data set for various computational fluid dynamics models validation, calibration, and identification.     

Segregation and mixing effects in the riser of a circulating fluidized bed

Segregation and mixing effects of binary mixtures of particles having difference in sizes and densities were studied in 0.1016 m-diameter riser of a circulating fluidized bed at gas velocities between 2.01 and 4.681 m/s and solids circulation rate between 12.5 and 50 kg/m² s. Two groups of bed materials (three quartz sand-spent fcc catalyst mixtures with different initial mass % of sand and two coal-iron mixtures, one with almost same sizes but with different densities and the other having both different sizes and densities) were used. Using local axial mass % of heavier/coarser particles and their mean sizes the extent of segregation was evaluated. The influence of operating conditions like superficial gas velocity and solids circulation rate on segregation was examined and found that with their increase segregation effects generally tend to decrease and a uniform mixture conforming to initial composition of the mixture results. Using the data available in the literature and those of the present authors an empirical correlation to obtain the extent of segregation in CFBs has been proposed.