Effect on the Flow Behaviors by Adding Internals in a Riser Reactor

Riser reactor is a key unit in the Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC), and it has important influences on increasing the yield coefficient of gas and oil. In this paper, the behaviors of gas-solid two-phase flow in the traditional y-type riser reactor are investigated by numerical simulation. The calculated particle concentration distribution is in good agreement with the experimental data, which verified the advanced models and calculating methods. The non-uniform distribution, such as core-annulus flow, may result in the unreasonable matching relationship of catalyst-to-oil ratio. An optimized riser with cuneal internals is proposed and the comparison of two different structures of riser reactor is presented. The comparison results show that the cuneal internals in the riser both can block effectively the slip down of the particles near wall region and weaken core-annulus flow structure due to the redistribution of particles. The results also prove that the particle concentration distribution becomes uniform along the axial and radial direction in the optimized riser by adding cuneal internals, which would be benefits for the catalytic cracking reactions.

气固流化床内费托铁基催化剂的流化特性

为研究费托(Fischer-Tropsch, FT)催化剂在气固流化床内的流动过程,分析了催化剂的主要物性参数,在不同直径流化床内测量了各表观气速下FT催化剂的流动特性,并与广泛应用的流化催化裂化(Fluid Catalytic Cracking, FCC)催化剂的流态化行为进行了对比。结果表明,同为A类颗粒,相较于FCC催化剂,由于FT催化剂的休止角较小(约为FCC催化剂的75%),其临界流化速度较小、床层膨胀高度和气节高度较小;两种催化剂在流化床内流化过程基本相似,随表观气速增大依次出现膨胀、鼓泡、湍动等流型,但各流型转变时的临界速度差异较大。催化剂物性参数对流化特性影响较大,FT催化剂在各阶段流化过程均相对稳定,有利于催化剂在流化床内均匀分布,其气固接触效果优于FCC催化剂;不同催化剂床层高径比下气节高度变化的转折点与流型存在对应关系,可将气节高度随表观气速的变化关系作为判断湍动流化区内流型临界速度的依据。