规整填料单元内流场的三维LDV测量

引言 近二三十年,规整填料已广泛应用于反应、分离和混合等各类化工设备中,但对于规整填料内部流体流动规律的深入研究目前仍比较缺乏.以气液传质设备为例,规整填料塔内流体的流动分布会直接影响塔的传质性能,因此,国内外很多研究机构在这方面做了大量的研究,但绝大部分研究集中在宏观流动模型的建立及其实验验证方面1-5].

LDV measurements of flow field in a unit of structured packing

It has long been recognized that the flow pattern,especially the velocity distribution of the fluid,is of great importance in determining the performance of the equipment using structured packing as its internals.By using three-dimensional laser Doppler velocimetry(LDV),the liquid velocity distribution of the glycerol aqueous solution was measured in a typical unit of structured packing(Mellapak 350Y).Time averaged three-dimensional velocity distributions of the unit were measured at different flow rates.The experimental data showed that the liquid velocity profile of the single phase flow was complex because of the special geometry of the unit of structured packing.In the central region of the unit,the liquid was mixed strongly and re-distributed.It was the main cause generating the vortexes and secondary flow.