Evaluation of the effect of wall boundary conditions on numerical simulations of circulating fluidized beds

A computational fluid dynamics （CFD） modeling of the gas-solids two-phase flow in a circulating fluidized bed （CFB） riser is carried out. The Eularian-Eularian method with the kinetic theory of granular flow is used to solve the gas-solids two-phase flow in the CFB riser. The wall boundary condition of the riser is defined based on the Johnson and Jackson wall boundary theory （Johnson ＆ Jackson, 1987） with specularity coefficient and particle-wall restitution coefficient.The numerical results show that these two coefficients in the wall boundary condition play a major role in the predicted solids lateral velocity, which affects the solid particle distribution in the CFB riser. And the effect of each of the two coefficients on the solids distribution also depends on the other one. The generality of the CFD model is further validated under different operatin~ conditions of the CFB riser.     

Effect of coefficient of restitution in Euler-Euler CFD simulation of fluidized-bed hydrodynamics

Collision between particles plays an important role in determining the hydrodynamic characteristics of gas-solid flow in a fluidized bed.In the present work,earlier work(Loha,Chattopadhyay. Chatterjee,2013) was extended to study the effect of the elasticity of particle collision on the hydrodynamic behavior of a bubbling fluidized bed filled with 530-μm particles.The Eulerian-Eulerian two-fluid model was used to simulate the hydrodynamics of the bubbling fluidized bed.where the solid-phase properties were calculated by applying the kinetic theory of granular flow.To investigate the effect of the elasticity of particle collision,different values of the coefficient of restitution were applied in the simulation and their effects were studied in detail.Simulations were performed for two different solid-phase wall boundary conditions.No bubble formation was observed for perfectly elastic collision.The bubble formation started as soon as the coefficient of restitution was set below 1.0,and the space occupied by bubbles in the bed increased with a decrease in the coefficient of restitution.Simulation results were also compared with experimental data available in the literature,and good agreement was found for coefficients of restitution of 0.95 and 0.99.     

A new drag model for TFM simulation of gas-solid bubbling fluidized beds with Geldart-B particles

In this work, a new drag model for TFM simulation in gas-solid bubbling fluidized beds was proposed, and a set of equations was derived to determine the meso-scale structural parameters to calculate the drag characteristics of Geldart-B particles under low gas velocities. In the new model, the meso-scale structure was characterized while accounting for the bubble and meso-scale structure effects on the drag coefficient. The Fluent software, incorporating the new drag model, was used to simulate the fluidization behavior. Experiments were performed in a Plexiglas cylindrical fluidized bed consisting of quartz sand as the solid phase and ambient air as the gas phase. Comparisons based on the solids hold-up inside the fluidized bed at different superficial gas velocities, were made between the 2D Cartesian simulations, and the experimental data, showing that the results of the new drag model reached much better agreement with exoerimental data than those of the Gidasoow dra~ model did.     

粉粒流化床中松木生物质热解特性的研究

通过冷模实验考察了双颗粒流化床的流化特性。结果表明,在适宜的气速范围内,双颗粒流化床层内部可保持较好的流化状态。松木生物质在粉粒流化床反应器中的热解和催化热解实验结果表明,生物质热解时挥发分的释放存在一个最快的温度区域,生物质中约92%的挥发分在723 K时即可释放完全。773 K时,生物质热解产物中的无机气体(IOG)、低碳烃气体(HCG)和碳氢化合物液体(HCL)的收率之和只有3.1%。随着热解温度的升高,IOG、HCG和HCL的收率均逐渐增加,1 173 K时,其收率之和达到58.7%,且产物主要以CO为主。CoMo-B催化剂可有效促进生物质催化加氢热解产物的二次气相反应,在863 K下可得到6.3%,轻质芳烃化合物(苯、甲苯、二甲苯和萘)是1 173 K下非催化过程的两倍。     

不同气氛下煤连续热解产物的分配规律及产品品质分析

在连续进出料的流化床中研究了热解温度为850 ℃时,含有O₂、H₂、CO、CO₂、CH₄的反应气氛对热解产物分配规律及产品组成的影响。采用Raman、BET等测试方法对不同热解气氛下制得半焦的品质进行了评价,结合热重分析了影响半焦反应活性的因素。结果表明,无O₂气氛下,H₂与CO₂存在时降低了焦油产率,而CO与CH₄促进了焦油的生成。CH₄的裂解析碳使半焦产率上升。O₂的加入使CO₂、CO含量明显增加,半焦及焦油产率降低。N₂中引入O₂时,PAHs含量降低。CH₄促进了烷基萘与苯类的生成,CO则抑制酚类裂解生成苯类。CO₂的气化作用促进了微孔的生成,相应地,半焦的比表面积快速增加,半焦的反应活性也最高。CO歧化与CH₄热裂解产生的析碳堵塞了部分孔道,降低了比表面积。H₂与CH₄所产生的氢自由基能渗透到半焦内部,引起半焦结构的缩聚,进而影响氧化反应活性。     

非磁性纳米SiO_2颗粒在磁场流化床中的流态化

研究了非磁性纳米SiO2颗粒在添加磁性大颗粒磁场流化床中的流化性能。磁性大颗粒的添加量在20%～60%(wt)之间,磁感应强度的大小分别为0.0477、0.0596、0.0715 T。实验中通过测定床层膨胀曲线、床层压降曲线,详细地考察了磁性大颗粒的添加量、磁感应强度及气速的大小对纳米SiO2颗粒流化性能的影响。结果表明:把磁场能引入普通流化床中之后,加入的磁性粗颗粒能够有效地破碎纳米SiO2床层中的活塞、沟流和大聚团,降低最小流化速度,且在最小流化速度时无气泡,使床层膨胀比增加,提高床层的整体流化质量;在流化颗粒相中,磁场能的加入还可以保持床层的稳定性,维持流态化所需的气体体积。     

生物质在微型流化床中热解动力学与机理

利用微型流化床反应分析仪(MFBRA)研究了生物质在氩气氛中的热解反应,通过在线反应物供给和生成气组成变化监测,实现了设定温度下生物质热解反应速率的测试、动力学参数的求算和反应机理的分析。应用该仪器测定的生物质在800℃的热解时间为10s,明显小于传统文献报道值。测试的气体释放顺序与反应动力学参数初步证实了生成的不同气体间存在耦合反应,且各气体生成难易程度存在差异。测试的反应级数为1.62,以整体挥发分为基准的活化能与指前因子分别是11.77kJ/mol和1.45s-1,明显小于常规热重方法的测试值。     

循环流化床锅炉火焰温度及黑度图像检测

本文在图像处理技术的基础上提出了一种改进的比色法.对于充满颗粒介质的燃烧过程,该方法可从一个彩色CCD图像中获得介质温度和黑度图像.本方法不依赖于CCD的光谱特性及其三基色代表性波长,也不依赖于图像处理系统.在一台480 t/h燃煤循环流化床锅炉上进行了试验.与热电偶测量结果相比,使用本方法测量温度是可行的,而且其与锅炉负荷的相关性也是明显的.使用本系统得到的火焰黑度可以做进一步的研究.     

CFD modeling of liquid–solid fluidization: Effect of drag correlation and added mass force

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has been widely used to study the hydrodynamics of gas–solid fluidization; however, its applications in liquid–solid fluidization are relatively rare. In this study, CFD simulations of a liquid–solid fluidized bed are carried out, focusing on the effect of drag correlation and added mass force on the hydrodynamics of liquid–solid fluidization. It is shown that drag correlation has a significant effect on the simulation results and the correlation proposed by Beetstra et al. (2007) gives the best agreement with experimental data. We further show that the added mass force does play an important role in CFD simulation of liquid–solid fluidization, and therefore should not be ignored in CFD simulations.     

流化床甲烷部分氧化制合成气Ni催化剂及助剂La的作用

在流化床中,考察了不同Ni担载量的Ni/γ-Al2O3催化剂对POM反应的催化性能,以8％Ni最佳,TPR结果表明。催化剂表面主要有两种化学状态的NiO。当镍担载量≤2％时,催化剂表面 仅存在一种高温下才能被还原的NiO,在Ni催化剂中添加La,可削弱NiO与载体间的相互作用,并且可减缓在CH4＋O2气氛下升温过程中NiO与载体发生强相互作用 生成NiAl2O4,因此添加La的Ni催化剂在750℃就能引发甲烷部分氧化（POM）反应,且反应引发后可获得与经700℃H2还原后的Ni^0催化剂相同的反应性能。