全尺寸隔水管在复杂应力状态下的力学特性试验研究

为对隔水管在复杂应力状态下的力学特性进行试验研究,研制了能够模拟高液压环境下管柱力学行为的特殊试验装置——深水管柱力学模拟试验系统,并借助该系统对全尺寸隔水管在受内外压条件下进行了力学特性模拟试验。结果表明:试验系统运行良好,能够有效地按照要求进行加载、卸载。试验中通过对隔水管试件进行内外压加载,同时对系统两端的轴向活塞加压,消除了由于内外压产生的轴向力,实现了在内外压条件下的隔水管力学特性模拟试验。通过在管柱外壁粘贴电阻应变片,得到了其真实径向应变与环向应变随内外压变化的关系曲线,并通过分析计算得到了试件的真实应力状态。由于隔水管加工制造等方面的误差,真实的应变数据、应力状态与理论推导结果并不重合。为了提高深水作业的安全性与经济性,可以借用试验结果对理论推导值进行修正,也说明了用试验方法进行隔水管力学特性研究的重要性。该试验系统为深水作业管柱等的模拟试验提供了一个良好的平台,能够有效降低深水钻采作业的风险,提高深水钻采作业的经济性与安全性,具有较高的推广应用价值。     

Experimental study on dynamic response of smooth and straked risers in tandem arrangement coupling interference effect

An experiment was conducted in a combined wave–current water flume on two tandem risers subjected to uniform flow. The riser model has an effective length of 2.0 m. The aspect ratio is 111.11. The upstream riser is smooth and the downstream riser fitted with three-strand helical strakes with pitch 17.5D and height 0.25D. By varying the external flow velocities and spacing ratios, through comparisons with the dynamic response of isolated smooth and isolated straked riser, the paper observe how interference effect impacts the dynamic characteristics and dynamic response of two risers in tandem arrangement, reveal how the suppression efficiency of the three-strand helical strakes responds to spacing ratio and external flow velocity, and explore the wake excitation effect of inter-riser fluids on the downstream riser and their dynamic feedback to the upstream riser. The results show that the dominant frequency of the upstream smooth riser is sensitivity to the change of the spacing ratio is low, and the displacement response is offset or enhanced in different degree due to the difference of the interference efficiency. The downstream straked riser dominates frequency and displacement higher than the isolated straked riser. The wake vortex of the upstream smooth riser acts on the downstream riser, occupying a dominant position in the vibration of the downstream riser. It degrades the vibration suppression efficiency of the three-strand helical strakes: the suppression efficiency is the highest at spacing ratio of 8, being a merely 70.57%. With the increase of the spacing ratio, the CF displacement of the riser gradually decreases, and the IL displacement gradually increases. The interference efficiency partition and suppression efficiency at different spacing ratios reflects the dynamic feedback of the upstream smooth riser is much smaller than the interference effect of the downstream suppression riser.     

Modeling the electrostatic effect on the hydrodynamic behavior in FCC risers: From understanding to application

A CFD simulation was proposed to investigate the electrostatic effect on the hydrodynamic behavior of turbulent gas–solid flow in FCC risers. The simulation was first verified using the open experimental data with expected electrostatic effects observed in FCC risers. The influences of several operating parameters on the degree of electrification in FCC risers were analyzed, such as surface charge densities, pressure, gas velocity. It was noted that the gas velocity played a highly significant role compared with solid flux, while the effect of pressure was relatively weak. Further analysis showed that a much stronger electrostatic effect was found in small-scale FCC risers than their large-scale counterparts, and in addition, the major regions affected by the electrostatic charge depend on the scale of the riser. Finally, an external electric field was applied to optimize the flow field distribution in the FCC riser. The results of the electrostatic effects on the hydrodynamic behaviors in FCC risers are of great use in providing a reference for the optimization of FCC risers and their scaling.     

Finite memory quadratic Volterra model for the response prediction of a slender marine structure under a Morison load

A quadratic Volterra model with a finite nonlinear memory effect was introduced and applied to the time series prediction of a slender marine structure exposed to the Morison load. First, the unknown nonlinear single-input–single-output dynamic system was identified using the nonlinear autoregressive with exogenous input (NARX) technique based on the prepared datasets of the wave elevation and system response, which was obtained by running nonlinear time domain analysis for a certain short term sea state. The structure of NARX was designed in such a way that the linear part had infinite memory, whereas the nonlinear part had finite memory of a certain length. Second, the frequency domain Volterra kernels, both linear and quadratic, were derived analytically by applying the harmonic probing method to the identified system. To derive the frequency response functions, the sigmoidal function used in NARX to realize the nonlinear relationship between the input and output was expanded to polynomials based on the Taylor series expansion, so that the harmonics of same frequencies were easily matched between the input and output. Finally, the time series of the system response under arbitrarily given short term sea states were predicted using the quadratic Volterra series. The proposed methodology was used to predict the nonlinear dynamic response of a 2-dimentional free standing catenary riser exposed to a random ocean wave load, and the comparison between the prediction and simulation results was made on the probability distribution of the maximum excursion of riser top. The results show that the proposed methodology can successfully capture the nonlinear effects of the dynamic response of a slender marine structure induced by the quadratic term of the Morison formula.     

Theoretical and numerical studies on the flow multiplicity phenomenon for gas–solids two-phase flows in CFB risers

The dependence of the fully-developed flow profiles on the inlet flow conditions for gas–solids two-phase flows, i.e. the flow multiplicity phenomenon, in circulating fluidized bed (CFB) risers was proposed and discussed in this article. The flow multiplicity phenomenon for gas–solids two-phase flows was first proved mathematically based on the conservation equations of mass and momentum. Then the CFD model using Eulerian–Eulerian approach with k–ε turbulence model for each phase was further adopted to analyze the details of this flow multiplicity phenomenon. It is theoretically and numerically revealed that for gas–solids two-phase flows, the flow profiles in the fully-developed region are always dominated by the flow profiles at the inlet. The solids concentration profile is closely coupled with the velocity profile, and the inlet solids concentration and velocity profiles can largely influence the fully-developed concentration and velocity profiles.     

ANALYSIS OF THE CHAOTIC DYNAMICS OF A HIGH-FLUX CFB RISER USING SOLIDS CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENTS

A high-flux circulating fluidized bed （CFB） riser （0.076-m I.D. and 10-m high） was operated in a wide range of operating conditions to study its chaotic dynamics, using FCC catalyst particles （dp= 67μm, ρp = 1500 kg·m^-3）. Local solids concentration fluctuations measured using a reflective-type fiber optic probe were processed to determine chaotic invariants （Kolmogorov entropy and correlation dimension）, Radial and axial profiles of the chaotic invariants at different operating conditions show that the core region exhibits higher values of the chaotic invariants than the wall region. Both invariants vary strongly with local mean solids concentration. The transition section of the riser exhibits more complex dynamics while the bottom and top sections exhibit a more uniform macroscopic and less-complex microscopic flow structure. Increasing gas velocity leads to more complex and less predictable solids concentration fluctuations, while increasing solids flux generally lowers complexity and increases predictability. Very high solids flux, however, was observed to increase the entropy.     

STUDY ON THE OVERALL PRESSURE BALANCE OF A DOWNFLOW CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED SYSTEM

A pressure balance model for a circulating fluidized bed unit that incorporates a downer has been proposed. The model predictions were validated with the experimental data obtained from a special cold-model circulating fluidized bed. Comparison of the operation stability between a CFB downer and a CFB riser has been carried out. Only one critical gas velocity exists in the CFB-riser for a given riser solids flux, while there can be many critical gas velocities for the operation of a CFB downer. Therefore, it is possible to achieve high solids concentration in a CFB downer if appropriate operating conditions are used.     

循环流化床煤燃烧/热解双反应器压力分布的实验研究

实验测量了一种新型的循环流化床煤燃烧/热解冷模反应器中提升管及立管内的压力分布，其中提升管的内径为100 mm、高为6 m;立管内径为44 mm、高为3 m，热解室的截面为200 mm×200 mm、高为770 mm。分别考察了提升管内的表观气速Ur、循环量Gs、加到热解室内的松动气量Qa以及初始装料量G等对系统压力分布的影响。结果表明，在立管底部阀门开度不变的情况下随着Ur的增加，提升管及立管内的压力梯度都趋于减小；在提升管内表观气速一定的情况下随着循环量Gs的增加，提升管及立管内的压力分布也随之增大；加到热解室内的松动气对立管内的压力分布影响较大，而对提升管内的压力分布影响相对较小；在立管底部阀门开度及Ur一定的情况下，随着初始装料量的增加提升管及立管内的压力分布也趋于增大。     

分布轴向力作用下隔水管横向自由振动分析

隔水管固有频率的精确计算对保证隔水管的安全使用和防止共振的发生有着极为重要的意义.在分析中,考虑了分布轴向力和顶张力的共同作用,建立了隔水管横向振动力学模型;基于牛顿定律和纵横弯曲梁理论,对微单元受力分析,得到隔水管横向自由振动的四阶偏微分方程;利用分离变量法将四阶偏微分方程简化为四阶变系数常微分方程;采用积分法求解四阶变系数常微分方程,得到隔水管横向自由振动固有频率的解析解.结果表明:(1)分布轴向力作用下隔水管横向自由振动的固有频率和振型,与将分布轴向力简化为集中力作用下隔水管的固有频率和振型有很大差别;(2)顶张力一定时,随着分布轴向力减小,隔水管固有频率增大;分布轴向力一定时,随着顶张力增大,隔水管固有频率增大;(3)采用积分法求解隔水管横向振动特性时,计算精度高,为隔水管的优化设计提供了可靠的理论依据.     

Planar dynamics of inclined curved flexible riser carrying slug liquid–gas flows

Flexible risers transporting hydrocarbon liquid–gas flows may be subject to internal dynamic fluctuations of multiphase densities, velocities and pressure changes. Previous studies have mostly focused on single-phase flows in oscillating pipes or multiphase flows in static pipes whereas understanding of multiphase flow effects on oscillating pipes with variable curvatures is still lacking. The present study aims to numerically investigate fundamental planar dynamics of a long flexible catenary riser carrying slug liquid–gas flows and to analyse the mechanical effects of slug flow characteristics including the slug unit length, translational velocity and fluctuation frequencies leading to resonances. A two-dimensional continuum model, describing the coupled horizontal and vertical motions of an inclined flexible/extensible curved riser subject to the space–time varying fluid weights, flow centrifugal momenta and Coriolis effects, is presented. Steady slug flows are considered and modelled by accounting for the mass–momentum balances of liquid–gas phases within an idealized slug unit cell comprising the slug liquid (containing small gas bubbles) and elongated gas bubble (interfacing with the liquid film) parts. A nonlinear hydrodynamic film profile is described, depending on the pipe diameter, inclination, liquid–gas phase properties, superficial velocities and empirical correlations. These enable the approximation of phase fractions, local velocities and pressure variations which are employed as the time-varying, distributed parameters leading to the slug flow-induced vibration (SIV) of catenary riser. Several key SIV features are numerically investigated, highlighting the slug flow-induced transient drifts due to the travelling masses, amplified mean displacements due to the combined slug weights and flow momenta, extensibility or tension changes due to a reconfiguration of pipe equilibrium, oscillation amplitudes and resonant frequencies. Single- and multi-modal patterns of riser dynamic profiles are determined, enabling the evaluation of associated bending/axial stresses. Parametric studies reveal the individual effect of the slug unit length and the translational velocity on SIV response regardless of the slug characteristic frequency being a function of these two parameters. This key observation is practically useful for the identification of critical maximum response.