Hydrodynamics of Continuous Spiral Dryer with Rotatory Conical Sleeves: Experiments versus CFD Simulations

In this study, a continuous and airtight twin-spiral dryer was developed in accordance with the characteristics and challenges in the process of disposing polysilicon slurry. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations were used to investigate the flow field in the rotating twin-spiral continuous dryer and an original discrete phase model was also elaborated to compare with the cold-modeling experimental results. The corresponding flow field was obtained using the available inlet velocity of 0.05–0.3 m/s and the rotational speed of the inner cone of 12–44 r/min, the residence time distribution, and tracked particles trajectory. Results showed that the residence time of the tracer particles in the cone cylinder was about 15.8–25.4% of the time spent out of it, and the particle’s residence time was much shorter in contrast to the rotational speed and inlet velocity. The external ribbon had a larger influence on the fluid, thereby leading to a larger velocity in the region outside the cone compared to that in the region inside the cone. In addition, the appearance of the vortex and boundary layer separation at the back of the ribbon and the spoke bar had secondary diversion effects on the fluid. Furthermore, the inlet velocity had little influence on the flow field while the rotational speed of the cone greatly affected the flow field. Hence, the CFD simulations showed good agreement with the experimental results. © 2017 Tianjin University and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany

Highly efficient degradation of acid orangeⅡon a defect-enriched Fe-based nanoporous electrode by the pulsed square-wave method

The degradation of acid orange II(AO II)by a nanoporous Fe-Si-B(NP-Fe Si B)electrode under the pulsed square-wave potential has been investigated in this research.Defect-enriched NP-Fe Si B electrode was fabricated through dealloying of annealed Fe_(76)Si_(9)B_(15)amorphous ribbons.The results of UV-vis spectra and FTIR indicated that AO II solution was degraded efficiently into unharmful molecules H_(2)O and CO_(2)on NPFe Si B electrode within 5 mins under the square-wave potential of±1.5 V.The degradation efficiency of the NP-Fe Si B electrode remains 98.9%even after 5-time recycling.The large amount of active surface area of the nanoporous Fe Si B electrode with lattice disorders and stacking faults,and alternate electrochemical redox reactions were mainly responsible for the excellent degradation performance of the NP-Fe Si B electrode.The electrochemical pulsed square-wave process accelerated the redox of Fe element in Fe-based nanoporous electrode and promoted the generation of hydroxyl radicals(·OH)with strong oxidizability as predominant oxidants for the degradation of azo dye molecules,which was not only beneficial to improving the catalytic degradation activity,but also beneficial to enhancing the reusability of the nanoporous electrode.This work provides a highly possibility to efficiently degrade azo dyes and broadens the application fields of nanoporous metals.