Constraint strength and axial/radial particle velocity profiles for an integrated riser outlet--颗粒学报PARTICUOLOGY

Wang, D., Yan, C., Lu, C., Li, R., Zhao, B., & Zhang, S. (2015). Constraint strength and axial/radial particle velocity profiles for an integrated riser outlet. Particuology, 21, 179-186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.partic.2014.08.009

Constraint strength and axial/radial particle velocity profiles for an integrated riser outlet

Dewu Wang ^{a b}, Chaoyu Yan^b, Chunxi Lu ^b *, Rui Li ^a, Bin Zhao ^a, Shaofeng Zhang ^{a c}

a School of Chemical Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China
b State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China
c Engineering Research Center of Seawater Utilization Technology of Ministry of Education, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China

10.1016/j.partic.2014.08.009

Volume 21, August 2015, Pages 179-186

Received 27 February 2014, Revised 18 July 2014, Accepted 8 August 2014, Available online 5 January 2015, Version of Record 6 June 2015.

E-mail: lcx725@sina.com

Highlights

• Gas–solid distributor and upper fluidized bed imposed constraints on gas–solid flow in the riser.

• Effects of different operating conditions on constraint strength were investigated experimentally.

• Effect of constraint strength on particle velocity distribution in the coupled riser was studied.

• An empirical model describing the outlet constraint strength was established.

Abstract

To study axial/radial profiles of particle velocity in the affected region of an integrated riser outlet, a cold model was developed for the integrated riser reactor combining the gas–solid distributor with the fluidized bed. Constraints, related to the gas–solid distributor and the upper fluidized bed, imposed on the particle flow in the riser outlet region, were investigated experimentally. The experimental results showed that with increasing superficial gas velocity, these constraints have strong influences on particle flow behavior, the particle circulation flux in the riser, and the height of the static bed material of the upper fluidized bed. When the constraints have greater prominence, the axial profile of the cross-sectionally averaged particle velocity in the outlet region initially increases and then decreases, the rate of decrease being proportional to the constraint strength. Along the radial direction of the outlet section, the region where the local particle velocity profile tends to decrease appears near the dimensionless radius r/R = 0.30 initially and then, with increasing constraint strength, gradually extends to the whole section from the inner wall. Based on the experimental data, an empirical model describing the constraint strength was established. The average relative error of the model is within 7.69%.

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Keywords

Combined fluidized bed; Riser; Outlet structure; Particle velocity; Constraint strength

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