MAXIMIZING SELECTIVITY OF LIQUID-LIQUID REACTION SYSTEMS. CONTROL OF THE DISPERSION PROCESS

Currently available information on droplet coalescence and break-up rates in turbulent flows in mixing vessels can be used to control drop sizes in dispersed phase equipment. The effect of drop size distributions on the selectivity and productivity in multi-reaction systems is examined in this paper.

The reaction system features the primary desired product (C) as resulting from reaction (in the bulk phase) between a reactant (A) in the drop phase and a second reactant (B) in the bulk phase. An adverse reaction is also envisaged which consumes (C) by further reaction with (B) to form a waste product. While small drops promote conversion because of large interfacial area, larger drops promote selectivity because of the facility of the product to re-enter the drop phase avoiding further reaction (to form waste) in the bulk phase. The effect of the bivariate distribution of drop size and reactant (A) concentration in the feed to a continuous stirred tank reactor on the selectivity and productivity of (C) is investigated within the framework of film theory while neglecting drop dynamics such as coalescence and break-up.

The results show the selectivity can be substantially improved by controlling drop size and distribution of the reactants among the differently sized droplets. Contrary to conventional wisdom which emphasizes creation of interfacial area by promoting very small droplets, it emerges that optimal distributions of drop size and reactant concentration which maximize productivity of the desired product exist. The practical implications are discussed.     

软段含离子基团的阴离子型水性聚氨酯胶粘剂的研究(Ⅱ)——硬段结构的影响

以含有不同离子基团的聚酯多元醇为软段,采用丙酮法合成了一系列水性聚氨酯乳液。研究了不同硬段结构和硬段含量和扩链剂对其干膜物理机械性能和吸水率的影响。     

Numerical Analysis of the Constrained Blister Test

The constrained blister test is investigated through finite element analysis to determine the applicabilities and the limitations of the new technique. Numerical results confirm that the strain energy release rate asymptotically approaches a constant value. These results also show that the test technique and the approximate solution for strain energy release rate are applicable for some practical cases.     

Hydrodynamics and liquid phase axial mixing in orifice pipe reactor

Two phase flow in a horizontal pipe, with orifice plates placed at regular intervals as obstructions, was studied for the effect of phase velocities on flow patterns, fractional phase hold-ups, pressure drop and liquid phase axial dispersion. Radioactive technetium-99m (as an aqueous solution of sodium pertechnatate) was used as tracer. A pulse injection technique with two point measurements was employed. Three different orifice diameters were used (8 mm, 16 mm, and 20 mm) in a pipe diameter of 32 mm. The orifice spacing was 500 mm in all cases. Superficial gas (air) velocity was varied over a range from 0.02 m/s to 1.0 m/s and superficial liquid (water) velocity from 0.03 m/s to 0.85 m/s. Different flow patterns under different flow conditions were identified and a generalised flow map is presented. Variations in hold-ups and pressure drop with flow patterns have been explained. Rational correlations have been developed for fractional phase hold-ups and pressure drop. A preliminary comparison of two phase gas-liquid flow in a horizontal pipe with orifice obstructions (to be called orifice pipe reactor), as a gas-liquid contacting device, is made with a conventional bubble column reactor. Recommendations have been made for future work.     

用弯曲模型推导二组元复合材料杨氏模量新公式

用弯曲模型推导了适用于悬丝耦合弯曲共振法检测金属第二组元的杨氏模量的理论公式。通过实验数据计算。结果表明在两组元h2/h1≈1时与文献[2]的计算结果几乎接近，为用悬丝耦合弯曲共振法检测各种减振材料，陶瓷材料杨氏模量提供了理论公式；同时用改进后的弯曲模型推导出了适用于纤维复合材料横向杨氏模量的预测公式。     

斜板沉降器的设计

简要叙述了流离倾斜斜板的层膜上的单个液滴的基本聚结原理。着重介绍重力沉降器的设计方法，并指出在设计过程中可能出现的错误。     

Phase holdup and liquid dispersion in gas-liquid-solid circulating fluidized beds

Axial and radial profiles of gas and solids holdups have been studied in agas-liquid-solid circulating fluidized bed at 140mm i.d..Experimental results indicate that the axialand radial profiles of gas and solids holdups are more uniform than those in a conventionalfluidized bed.Axial and radial liquid dispersion coefficients in the gas-liquid-solid circulating fluidizedbed are investigated for the first time.It is found that axial and radial liquid dispersioncoefficients increases with increaes in gas velocity and solids holdup.The liquid velocity has littleinfluence on the axial liquid dispersion coefficient,but would adversely affect the redial liquiddispersion coefficient.It can be concluded that the gas-liquid-solid circulating fluidized bed hasadvantages such as better interphase contact and lower liquid dispersion along the axial directionover the expanded bed.     

Adaptive receding horizon control for constrained MIMO systems

An adaptive control algorithm for open-loop stable, constrained, linear, multiple input multiple output systems is presented. The proposed approach can deal with both input and output constraints, as well as measurement noise and output disturbances. The adaptive controller consists of an iterative set membership identification algorithm, that provides a set of candidate plant models at each time step, and a model predictive controller, that enforces input and output constraints for all the plants inside the model set. The algorithm relies only on the solution of standard convex optimization problems that are guaranteed to be recursively feasible. The experimental results obtained by applying the proposed controller to a quad-tank testbed are presented.     

硅疏水改性聚胺阻垢剂的制备及其性能

用γ-缩水甘油醚氧丙基三甲氧基硅烷(KH560)、1-氯辛烷对低相对分子质量聚乙烯亚胺(PEI)进行疏水接枝改性,得到了含硅疏水改性聚胺阻垢剂。通过FTIR、TG、粒径分析、Zeta电位测试等分析改性后聚胺阻垢剂的结构与性能。结果表明,改性后产物热稳定性提高、黏度增大、表面张力降低、溶液粒径增大。将改性聚胺阻垢剂用于分散铝硅酸钠颗粒,对处理前后的颗粒进行红外光谱表征,并通过对悬浮分散液进行稳定性、颗粒沉降等测试,评价聚胺阻垢剂的阻垢分散性能并初步讨论其分散机理。当m(PEI, M_w=10000)∶m(KH560)∶m(1-氯辛烷)=10∶2∶0.5,反应时间6 h,反应温度75℃时,合成的阻垢剂分散性能最佳。当结疤的质量浓度为30 g/L时,悬浮液颗粒沉降速度达到最低值0.047 cm/d,沉降速率减小程度达到94.8%,分散性显著提高。经过改性后的PEI在氧化铝工业生产中具有高效的阻垢作用,可通过在工厂进行条件优化,进一步替代传统的强酸型阻垢剂,减小管道腐蚀程度,降低能耗。     

氯乙烯悬浮聚合分散体系的中试研究

通过大量试验分析了HPMC-E50和HPMC-F50在氯乙烯悬浮聚合中对PVC树脂的影响,从而确定了复合分散体系的质量分数以及分散剂的配比。结果表明,PVA和HPMC-E50复合分散体系的分散能力优于PVA和HPMC-F50复合分散体系;在悬浮聚合中,PVA和HPMC-E50复合分散体系与VCM的比例以0.05%~0.06%为宜;在PVA和HPMC-E50复合分散体系中,HPMC-E50所占比例以40%~60%为宜。