CIESC Journal ›› 2024, Vol. 75 ›› Issue (3): 801-814.DOI: 10.11949/0438-1157.20231331

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Numerical simulation of flow and mass transfer characteristics in porous plate bubbling column reactor

Juan WANG1,2(), Xiuming LI1,2, Weitao SHAO1,2, Xu DING1,2, Ying HUO3, Lianchao FU3, Yunyu BAI1,2, Di LI1,2   

  1. 1.State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China
    2.Beijing Key Laboratory of Process Fluid Filtration and Separation, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China
    3.CNOOC Tianjin Chemical Research and Design Institute Co. , Ltd. , Tianjin 300131, China
  • Received:2023-12-13 Revised:2024-01-11 Online:2024-05-11 Published:2024-03-25
  • Contact: Juan WANG

多孔板鼓泡塔流动与传质特性数值模拟

王娟1,2(), 李秀明1,2, 邵炜涛1,2, 丁续1,2, 霍莹3, 付连超3, 白云宇1,2, 李迪1,2   

  1. 1.中国石油大学重质油全国重点实验室,北京 102249
    2.中国石油大学过程流体过滤与分离技术北京市重点实验室,北京 102249
    3.中海油天津化工研究设计院有限公司,天津 300131
  • 通讯作者: 王娟
  • 作者简介:王娟(1977—),女,博士,副教授,wangjuan@cup.edu.cn

Abstract:

A numerical simulation investigation was performed on the gas-liquid two-phase flow and gas-liquid mass transfer characteristics within a bubbling column reactor with various numbers of horizontally placed porous plates using the Euler-Euler dual-fluid model. Furthermore, the research investigated the impact of horizontal porous plates situated at different positions and various superficial gas velocities on gas holdup, bubble diameter, and gas-liquid mass transfer coefficient in the bubbling column reactor. The results indicate that the distribution of gas holdup was affected by the quantity and location of the porous plates. As the number of porous plates increased, the gas holdup in the upper part of the liquid phase of the bubbling column reactor increased; after installing the porous plate, the average gas holdup at the inner diameter of the reactor changed significantly, resulting in an M-shaped distribution; at various superficial gas velocities, the proportion of small bubbles with a diameter of 1—2 mm accounted for over 30% in the bubbling column reactor without the installation of a porous plate. Conversely, the proportion of small bubbles increased significantly after the installation of a porous plate. The gas-liquid mass transfer coefficient is relatively gentle in the central area (radial dimensionless between -0.5 and 0.5), with little fluctuation. Finally, the volume mass transfer coefficient obtained from the simulation calculation was compared with the calculated value of Akita’s correlation equation. The calculation result was slightly higher.

Key words: bubbling column reactor, CFD-PBM model, bubble diameter, gas holdup, gas-liquid volumetric mass transfer coefficient

摘要:

采用Euler-Euler双流体模型对安装不同数量的水平多孔板的鼓泡塔内气液两相流动及传质特性进行数值模拟研究,并探究了不同表观气速条件对鼓泡塔内气含率、气泡直径分布和气液传质系数的影响。结果表明,不同数量的多孔板和不同位置的多孔板都会影响气含率的分布;随着多孔板的数目增加,鼓泡塔液相上方区域的气含率增加,但影响区域有限;安装多孔板后,鼓泡塔内径向位置的平均气含率变化明显,出现“M”形状的分布。不同表观气速下,未安装多孔板的鼓泡塔内直径为1~2 mm的微小气泡占比超过30%;安装多孔板后,微小气泡占比明显增加;气液传质系数在中心区域(径向无量纲为-0.5~0.5)较为平缓,波动不大。最后将模拟计算得到的气液体积传质系数与Akita的关联式计算值进行比较,本文计算结果略高。

关键词: 鼓泡塔, CFD-PBM模型, 气泡直径, 气含率, 气液体积传质系数

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