The gas flow field in a cyclone separator,operated within a temperature range of 293 K-1373 K and a pressure range of 0.1-6.5 MPa,has been simulated using a modified Reynolds-stress model(RSM)on commercial software pl...The gas flow field in a cyclone separator,operated within a temperature range of 293 K-1373 K and a pressure range of 0.1-6.5 MPa,has been simulated using a modified Reynolds-stress model(RSM)on commercial software platform FLUENT 6.1.The computational results show that the temperature and pressure significantly influence the gas velocity vectors,especially on their tangential component,in the cyclone.The tangential velocity decreases with an increase in temperature and increases with an increase in pressure.This tendency of the decrease or increase,however,reduces gradually when the temperature is above 1000 K or the pressure goes beyond 1.0 MPa.The temperature and pressure have a relatively weak influence on the axial velocity profiles.The outer downward flow rate increases with a temperature increase,whereas it decreases with a pressure increase.The centripetal radial velocity is strong in the region of 0-0.25D below the vortex finder entrance,which is named as a short-cut flow zone in this study.Based on the simulation results,a set of correlations was developed to calculate the combined effects of temperature and pressure on the tangential velocity,the downward flow rate in the cyclone and the centripetal radial velocity in the short-cut flow region underneath the vortex finder.展开更多
The gas flow field and the separation efficiency of a novel fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) riser terminal device, named as Super Short Quick Separator (SSQS), were studied. On the basis of above investigations, a sect...The gas flow field and the separation efficiency of a novel fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) riser terminal device, named as Super Short Quick Separator (SSQS), were studied. On the basis of above investigations, a section-lateral-mixing separation model was proposed, which included both the effect of inertia and structure of gas outlet on particles capture. After final modification, the results predicted with this model could be in good agreement with the cold experimental data. According to this model, the separation efficiency of SSQS is mainly influenced by the difference between the arc radius and the center pipe radius as well as the magnitude of particle tangential velocity.展开更多
基金the financial assistance from the National Key Project of Basic Research of the Ministry for Science and Technology of China(No.2005CB22120103).
文摘The gas flow field in a cyclone separator,operated within a temperature range of 293 K-1373 K and a pressure range of 0.1-6.5 MPa,has been simulated using a modified Reynolds-stress model(RSM)on commercial software platform FLUENT 6.1.The computational results show that the temperature and pressure significantly influence the gas velocity vectors,especially on their tangential component,in the cyclone.The tangential velocity decreases with an increase in temperature and increases with an increase in pressure.This tendency of the decrease or increase,however,reduces gradually when the temperature is above 1000 K or the pressure goes beyond 1.0 MPa.The temperature and pressure have a relatively weak influence on the axial velocity profiles.The outer downward flow rate increases with a temperature increase,whereas it decreases with a pressure increase.The centripetal radial velocity is strong in the region of 0-0.25D below the vortex finder entrance,which is named as a short-cut flow zone in this study.Based on the simulation results,a set of correlations was developed to calculate the combined effects of temperature and pressure on the tangential velocity,the downward flow rate in the cyclone and the centripetal radial velocity in the short-cut flow region underneath the vortex finder.
文摘The gas flow field and the separation efficiency of a novel fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) riser terminal device, named as Super Short Quick Separator (SSQS), were studied. On the basis of above investigations, a section-lateral-mixing separation model was proposed, which included both the effect of inertia and structure of gas outlet on particles capture. After final modification, the results predicted with this model could be in good agreement with the cold experimental data. According to this model, the separation efficiency of SSQS is mainly influenced by the difference between the arc radius and the center pipe radius as well as the magnitude of particle tangential velocity.
