Mass transfer enhancement and hydrodynamic performance with wire mesh coupling solid particles in bubble column reactor

It is of vital significance to investigate mass transfer enhancements for chemical engineering processes.This work focuses on investigating the coupling influence of embedding wire mesh and adding solid particles on bubble motion and gas-liquid mass transfer process in a bubble column.Particle image velocimetry(PIV)technology was employed to analyze the flow field and bubble motion behavior,and dynamic oxygen absorption technology was used to measure the gas-liquid volumetric mass transfer coefficient(kLa).The effect of embedding wire mesh,adding solid particles,and wire mesh coupling solid particles on the flow characteristic and kLa were analyzed and compared.The results show that the gas-liquid interface area increases by 33%-72%when using the wire mesh coupling solid particles strategy compared to the gas-liquid two-phase flow,which is superior to the other two strengthening methods.Compared with the system without reinforcement,kLa in the bubble column increased by 0.5-1.8 times with wire mesh coupling solid particles method,which is higher than the sum of kLa increases with inserting wire mesh and adding particles,and the coupling reinforcement mechanism for affecting gas-liquid mass transfer process was discussed to provide a new idea for enhancing gas-liquid mass transfer.

Smoothed-Particle Hydrodynamics Simulation of Ship Motion and Tank Sloshing under the Effect of Regular Waves

Predicting the response of liquefied natural gas(LNG)contained in vessels subjected to external waves is extremely important to ensure the safety of the transportation process.In this study,the coupled behavior due to ship motion and liquid tank sloshing has been simulated by the Smoothed-Particle Hydrodynamics(SPH)method.Firstly,the sloshing flow in a rectangular tank was simulated and the related loads were analyzed to verify and validate the accuracy of the present SPH solver.Then,a three-dimensional simplified LNG carrier model,including two prismatic liquid tanks and a wave tank,was introduced.Different conditions were examined corresponding to different wave lengths,wave heights,wave heading angles,and tank loading rates.Finally,the effects of liquid tank loading rate on LNG ship motions and sloshing loading were analyzed,thereby showing that the SPH method can effectively provide useful indications for the design of liquid cargo ships.

Aero-Hydrodynamic Coupled Dynamic Characteristics of Semi-Submersible Floating Offshore Wind Turbines Under Inflow Turbulence

In this study,the frequency characteristics of the turbulent wind and the effects of wind-wave coupling on the low-and high-frequency responses of semi-submersible floating offshore wind turbines(FOWT)are investigated.Various wave load components,such as first-order wave loads,combined first-and second-order difference-frequency wave loads,combined first-and second-order sum-frequency wave loads,and first-and complete second-order wave loads are taken into consideration,while different turbulent environments are considered in aerodynamic loads.The com-parison is based on time histories and frequency spectra of platform motions and structural load responses and statistical values.The findings indicate that the second-order difference-frequency wave loads will significantly increase the natural frequency of low-frequency motion in the responses of the platform motion and structure load of the semi-submersible platform,which will cause structural fatigue damage.Under the action of turbulent wind,the influences of second-order wave loads on the platform motion and structural load response cannot be ignored,especially under extreme sea conditions.Therefore,in order to evaluate the dynamic responses of semi-submersible FOWT more accurately,the actual environment should be simulated more realistically.

Numerical Simulation of Bubble Formation at a Single Orifice in Gas-fluidized Beds with Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics and Finite Volume Coupled Method

A coupled method describing gas–solid two-phase flow has been proposed to numerically study the bubble formation at a single orifice in gas-fluidized beds.Solid particles are traced with smoothed particle hydrodynamics,whereas gas phase is discretized by finite volume method.Drag force,gas pressure gradient,and volume fraction are used to couple the two methods.The effect of injection velocities,particle sizes,and particle densities on bubble growth is analyzed using the coupled method.The simulation results,obtained for two-dimensional geometries,include the shape and diameter size of a bubble as a function of time;such results are compared with experimental data,previous numerical results,and other approximate model predictions reported in the literature.Moreover,the flow profiles of gas and particle phases and the temperature distribution by the heat transfer model around the forming bubble are also discussed.All results show that the coupled method efficiently describes of the bubble formation in fluidized beds.The proposed method is applicable for solving gas–solid two-phase flow in fluidization.

Dynamic Coupling Analysis of Semisubmersible Platform Float-over Method for Docking Case

In this paper,the multi-body coupled dynamic characteristics of a semisubmersible platform and an HYSY 229 barge were investigated.First,coupled hydrodynamic analysis of the HYSY 229 barge and the semisubmersible platform was performed.Relevant hydrodynamic parameters were obtained using the retardation function method of three-dimensional frequency-domain potential flow theory.The results of the hydrodynamic analysis were highly consistent with the test findings,verifying the accuracy of the multifloating hydrodynamic coupling analysis,and key hydrodynamic parameters were solved for different water depths and the coupling effect.According to the obtained results,the hydrodynamic influence was the largest in shallow waters when the coupling effect was considered.Furthermore,the coupled motion equation combined with viscous damping,fender system,and mooring system was established,and the hydrodynamics,floating body motion,and dynamic response of the fender system were analyzed.Motion analysis revealed good agreement among the surge,sway,and yaw motions of the two floating bodies.However,when the wave period reached 10 s,the motion of the two floating bodies showed severe shock,and a relative motion was also observed.Therefore,excessive constraints should be added between the two floating bodies during construction to ensure construction safety.The numerical analysis and model test results of the semisubmersible platform and HYSY 229 barge at a water depth of 42 m and sea conditions of 0°,45°,and 90° were in good agreement,and the error was less than 5%.The maximum movement of the HYSY 229 barge reached 2.61 m in the sway direction,whereas that of the semisubmersible platform was 2.11 m.During construction,excessive constraints should be added between the two floating bodies to limit their relative movement and ensure construction safety.

Monolithic Coupling of the Pressure and Rigid Body Motion Equations in Computational Marine Hydrodynamics

In Fluid Structure Interaction(FSI) problems encountered in marine hydrodynamics, the pressure field and the velocity of the rigid body are tightly coupled. This coupling is traditionally resolved in a partitioned manner by solving the rigid body motion equations once per nonlinear correction loop, updating the position of the body and solving the fluid flow equations in the new configuration. The partitioned approach requires a large number of nonlinear iteration loops per time–step. In order to enhance the coupling, a monolithic approach is proposed in Finite Volume(FV) framework,where the pressure equation and the rigid body motion equations are solved in a single linear system. The coupling is resolved by solving the rigid body motion equations once per linear solver iteration of the pressure equation, where updated pressure field is used to calculate new forces acting on the body, and by introducing the updated rigid body boundary velocity in to the pressure equation. In this paper the monolithic coupling is validated on a simple 2D heave decay case. Additionally, the method is compared to the traditional partitioned approach(i.e. "strongly coupled" approach) in terms of computational efficiency and accuracy. The comparison is performed on a seakeeping case in regular head waves, and it shows that the monolithic approach achieves similar accuracy with fewer nonlinear correctors per time–step. Hence, significant savings in computational time can be achieved while retaining the same level of accuracy.

Hydrodynamic Response of A Fully Coupled TLP Hull-TTR System with Detailed Modeling of A Hydraulic Pneumatic Tensioner and Riser Joints

Tension Leg Platform(TLP)in deepwater oil and gas field development usually consists of a hull,tendons,and top tension risers(TTRs).To maintain its top tension,each TTR is connected with a tensioner system to the hull.Owing to the complicated configuration of the tensioners,the hull and TTRs form a strong coupled system.Traditionally,some simplified tensioner models are applied to analyze the TLP structures.There is a large discrepancy between their analysis results and the actual mechanism behaviors of a tensioner.It is very necessary to develop a more detailed tensioner model to consider the coupling effects between TLP and TTRs.In the present study,a fully coupled TLP hull-TTR system for hydrodynamic numerical simulation is established.A specific hydraulic pneumatic tensioner is modeled by considering 4 cylinders.The production TTR model is stacked up by specific riser joints.The simulation is also extended to analyze an array of TTRs.Different regular and irregular waves are considered.The behaviors of different cylinders are presented.The results show that it is important to consider the specific configurations of the tensioner and TTRs,which may lead to obviously different response behaviors,compared with those from a simplified model.

A Further Study on an Extended Nonlinear Ocean-Atmosphere Coupled Hydrodynamic Characteristic System and the Abrupt Feature of ENSO Events

An extended ocean-atmosphere coupled characteristic system including thermodynamic physical processes in ocean mixed layer is formulated in order to describe SST explicitly and remove possible limitation of ocean-atmosphere coupling assumption in hydrodynamic ENSO models. It is revealed that there is a kind of abrupt nonlinear characteristic behaviour, which relates to rapid onset and intermittency of El Nino events, on the second order slow time scale due to the nonlinear interaction between a linear unstable low-frequency primary eigen component of ocean-atmosphere coupled Kelvin wave and its higher order harmonic components under a strong ocean-atmosphere coupling background. And, on the other hand, there is a kind of finite amplitude nonlinear characteristic behaviour on the second order slow time scale due to the nonlinear interaction between the linear unstable primary eigen component and its higher order harmonic components under a weak ocean-atmosphere coupling background in this model system.

Purity-dependent Lorenz number,electron hydrodynamics and electron-phonon coupling in WTe_(2)

We present a study of electrical and thermal transport in Weyl semimetal WTe_(2)down to 0.3 K.The Wiedemann-Franz law holds below 2 K and a downward deviation starts above.The deviation is more pronounced in cleaner samples,as expected in the hydrodynamic picture of electronic transport,where a fraction of electron-electron collisions conserve momentum.Phonons are the dominant heat carriers and their mean-free-path does not display a Knudsen minimum.This is presumably a consequence of weak anharmonicity,as indicated by the temperature dependence of the specific heat.Frequent momentum exchange between phonons and electrons leads to quantum oscillations of the phononic thermal conductivity.Bloch-Grüneisen picture of electron-phonon scattering breaks down at low temperature when Umklapp ph-ph collisions cease to be a sink for electronic flow of momentum.Comparison with semi-metallic Sb shows that normal ph-ph collisions are amplified by anharmonicity.In both semimetals,at cryogenic temperature,e-ph collisions degrade the phononic flow of energy but not the electronic flow of momentum.

Investigation on the Hydrodynamic Performance of An Ultra Deep Turret-Moored FLNG System

Hydrodynamic performance of an ultra deep turret-moored Floating Liquefied Natural Gas （FLNG） system is investigated. Hydrodynamic modeling of a turret-moored FLNG system, in consideration of the coupling effects of the vessel and its mooring lines, has been addressed in details. Based on the boundary element method, a 3-D panel model of the FLNG vessel and the related free water surface model are established, and the first-order and second-order mean-drift wave loads and other hydrodynamic coefficients are calculated. A systematic model test program consisting of the white noise wave test, offset test and irregular wave test combined with current and wind, etc. is performed to verify the numerical model. Owing to the depth limit of the water basin, the model test is carried out for the hydrodynamics of the FLNG coupled with only the truncated mooring system. The numerical simulation model features well the hydrodynamic performance of the FLNG system obtained from the model tests. The hydrodynamic characteristics presented in both the numerical simulations and the physical model tests would serve as the guidance for the ongoing project of FLNG system.

Investigation of the Hydrodynamic Performance of a Novel Semi-Submersible Platform with Multiple Small Columns

This paper presents a novel semi-submersible(SEMI) platform concept, called the multiple small columns(MSC) SEMI that improves upon the hydrodynamic performance of the conventional SEMI. Unlike the conventional SEMI, the proposed MSC SEMI utilizes multiple small circular columns to support the deck and a large pontoon that increases the structural displacement. The novelty of the MSC SEMI is its reduction of the hydrodynamic load on the structure and suppression of its motion response, particularly in the heave direction. The MSC SEMI has the advantages of increasing the added mass, radiation damping, and natural period of the structure. A comprehensive investigation of the hydrodynamic performance of the novel MSC SEMI is conducted in both the time and frequency domains with a special focus on the resulting hydrodynamic load and motion response. Numerical simulation results demonstrate that the MSC SEMI concept can reduce the hydrodynamic load and motion response and improve the hydrodynamic performance of SEMIs as expected.

煤矿矿井水水质形成及演化的水动力场-水化学场-微生物场耦合作用与数值模拟

煤矿矿井水的水质形成与演化过程机理复杂,受水动力场、水化学场和微生物场等多场作用影响显著。深入研究并揭示煤矿矿井水水质形成机理与演化趋势、阐明采空区封闭后矿井水的多场耦合作用机制是矿井水污染防控与修复的理论基础。以鄂尔多斯盆地某煤矿采空区为水文地质原型,在前期研究的基础上,进一步建立了煤矿采空区积水水位回升、蓄满后水动力-水化学-微生物场(HCB)多场耦合室内相似模拟和数值模型。采空区水动力场研究结果表明基质-裂隙双孔隙模型能有效模拟采空区水位回升过程,模拟误差为9.9%,其模拟精度远高于理论预测和单孔隙模型。水化学场模拟结果与试验较为吻合,SO_(4)^(2-)、HCO_(3)-和p H模拟相对误差分别为3.0%、21.0%和6.2%,模拟结果较为可靠。模拟结果显示采空区蓄水过程中水岩反应和微生物作用不明显;而蓄满后水动力几乎停滞,但水化学场和微生物场较为活跃,2号煤和3号煤层中黄铁矿的氧化反应使得SO_(4)^(2-)质量浓度提升约24.6%;后期采空区水环境演化为弱酸性、厌氧还原条件,微生物降解作用凸显,将SO_(4)^(2-)有一定的“自净”能力。通过调整微生物代谢速率常数,可将SO_(4)^(2-)降解比例提高到61.6%。实际工程场景中可通过补充碳源、人工建立密闭厌氧环境等强化手段实现这一目标。将多场耦合室内试验和数值模拟技术拓展到煤矿采空区积水水质形成与演化规律研究,研究结论可为煤矿区矿井水污染防治提供指导。

浮式风力机若干特征动力学问题综述

总结浮式风力机类型及其对应的特征动力学问题,针对浮式风力机气动荷载、水动荷载的计算方法以及结构动力学、控制动力学典型问题进行论述。讨论了气动—水动—结构—伺服耦合分析的难点,重点分析了二阶波浪力、畸形波等非线性波浪荷载、流荷载及涡激运动对浮式风力机特征动力响应的影响。阐述了浮式风力机动力学研究的试验方法、数值仿真方法、样机测试方法,并对模型试验技术的相似理论、气动模型的实现和难点以及数值仿真的频域方法、时域方法和分析工具进行了归纳对比。研究表明:浮式风力机多场、多体耦合动力分析机理及相关技术仍不成熟,气动荷载、高阶非线性波浪荷载耦合模型的建立是动力学问题研究的重点,数值仿真及模型试验是浮式风力机动力响应研究的主要方法,样机测试技术的积累将促进设计标准的完善及浮式风电的产业化发展。

核电工程异形水箱流固耦合分布式参数模型与效用研究

在流固耦合动力分析领域,传统的Housner模型在工程设计中发挥重要作用。但其理论推导仅适用于规则水箱,采用集中质量总体模型描述液体晃动的整体效应,难以有效模拟异形水箱储液结构的局部精细响应,亟须建立适用于不规则水体晃荡的分布式附加质量模型。基于势流理论推导了一种模态综合法模型,实现了分布质量与储液器壁激振加速度的解耦。该模型能够有效剥离分布式的脉冲质量与对流质量;同时,实体网格的振型分析适用于任意形状水体的动力分析。通过算例的形式将该模型与精细声学-结构耦合(Acoustic-Structural coupling,CAS)模拟法进行了比较,验证了模型的精确性与可靠性。最后,基于本文的模型研究了核电异形的安全水箱在不同水位和减晃格栅分布下的动力响应规律,并检验了其在工程中的适用性。

山区县域洪水预测研究--以阳朔县为例

山区县域的洪水灾害是我国防洪减灾体系中的薄弱环节。为提升洪水预测的准确性,以桂林阳朔县为例,基于HEC-HMS和InfoWorksICM模拟平台,构建田家河流域的水文水动力模型。利用2017—2022年间多场洪水数据对模型进行率定和验证。在此基础上,根据田家河与漓江的洪峰遭遇,预测12种不同洪水重现期组合的情景工况,并对每种情景下的淹没耕地面积、村庄数量、旧城区淹没面积以及新城区淹没面积进行统计和分析。研究结果表明:(1)遇龙河沿岸受灾情况受其上游暴雨洪水的影响,田家河流域洪水重现期TTJH=50a时,淹没耕地面积将超过8.15km2,沿途受影响村庄超过27个;(2)旧城区主要受漓江过境洪水的影响,漓江洪水重现期TLJ=20a时,漓江水位漫堤行洪,西街将处于1~2m的水深之中;(3)新城区对田家河流域及漓江洪水都表现出较高的敏感性,当洪水等级超过TTJH=10a且TLJ=20a或者TTJH=20a且TLJ=10a时,新城区将会遭遇较严重的洪灾。研究结果可为山区县域洪水预测提供参考。

海上浮式风机多体系统耦合动力模型研究

海上浮式风机是近年来随着海上风电的快速发展,为了捕获深海更丰富、更持久的风能而提出的一种风力发电装置,已成为当今风能开发的主要方向。作为一种多体系统,由于海上浮式风机结构特殊,加上环境复杂,对其进行准确的计算和分析尤为重要。本文对海上浮式风机的耦合动力模型进行了研究,建立了复杂工况下Spar型海上浮式风机改进的14-DOF耦合动力模型,包括气动力模块、水动力模块和结构分析模块等,用于扩展其适用范围和准确计算风机的动力响应,并通过数值仿真对所建模型进行了分析和验证。主要的改进有:不对平台和塔架的转动角度作小量近似,扩展其适用范围;考虑角速度和欧拉角速度的换算关系,不作等化处理。此外,所建模型考虑风机叶片扭转角对叶片变形的影响,得到了较为准确的叶片面内外响应。同时采用线性势流理论对水动力进行计算,较之Morison方程适用性更广。仿真分析表明,本文所建模型可以更准确地计算海上浮式风机系统的动力响应,且具有更广的适用范围。

考虑水动力条件及水系连通的平原河网圩区畅流活水方案

针对平原河网地区水动力条件不足等问题,以嘉兴市新塍镇为例,探究不同畅流活水方案对河道水质的改善效果。构建MIKE11水动力学水质耦合模型,分析“引水/水系连通—水质”驱动响应规律,以NH3-N浓度为主要指标,分析不同活水方案的水质改善效果,并提出优化调控方案。结果表明,集中引水对区域水质改善影响较小,分散设置多个引水点可明显提高水质;直接对水质较差河道进行补水,污染物消减率在8%~30%之间,水质改善效果较明显;合理的水系连通工程可进一步增加畅流活水方案水质改善效果。

水下大振幅压电纤维致动柔性结构的非线性流体动力特性及实验

水下智能材料驱动柔性结构在机器鱼、水下航行器及精密医疗等领域具有广阔应用前景。本文研究了水下大振幅压电纤维(Macro Fiber Composite,MFC)致动柔性结构的非线性流体动力特性,建立了流固耦合振动模型,并进行了实验验证。通过参数化的二维CFD分析了不同特征振动频率及振幅下柔性结构周围流场的分布演化规律,发现随着柔性结构特征振幅增大,其周围流场逐渐出现了涡旋脱落及对流现象,且流体阻尼效应的非线性随之增强。提出了由特征振动频率和振幅共同确定的非线性修正流体动力函数解析表达式,分析结果表明:在小振幅情况下,修正流体动力函数虚部也就是流体阻尼效应随着特征振动频率的增大而减小;而当特征振幅增大到一定值后,流体阻尼效应随着特征振动频率的增大却呈现出先减小后增大的变化规律,具有强烈的非线性特性。开展了水下MFC致动柔性结构振动特性验证实验,证实柔性结构在MFC主动激励下的实测幅频、相频特性与理论预测结果基本一致,验证了所提修正流体动力函数表达式及流固耦合振动模型的有效性。

三楔气体轴承的动静压特性分析

针对氢燃料电池汽车车载空压机的轴承-转子系统,提出兼具静压和动压特性的三楔式气体轴承.开展轴承动静压耦合作用机制和流场特性、动静态参数研究,并与传统的圆柱气体轴承进行对比.为了计算轴承的流场特性,在Fluent软件的用户自定义函数(UDF)中编写动网格程序,并提出相应的计算流体力学(CFD)瞬态模拟方法来求解轴颈任意偏心位置时的轴承非线性气膜力与动态参数.研究表明,在运行工况变化时,三楔气体轴承动静压效应的强度会不断变化,但始终能通过耦合效应为转子提供有效、稳定的支承.在低转速范围内,静压效应是影响三楔气体轴承性能的主要因素,表现出与圆柱气体轴承相似的支承效果,保证车载压缩机在启停或升速过程中的稳定运转.当转速增大时,三楔气体轴承的动压效应显著增强,能在更低的供气压力下为高速旋转的车载压缩机提供支承.相较于需要外接气源的圆柱气体轴承,三楔气体轴承能在仅利用氢燃料电池汽车供气系统内部气路的情况下为转子提供稳定的支承,适应车载空压机中气体压力有限且须频繁启停、变速的工作环境.

基于MIKE21研究生态补水对巢湖水质时空分布的影响

选取引江济淮工程中引江济巢段的2条生态补水路线,设计3种生态补水方案:方案一为西兆线、菜巢线双线引入巢湖,经裕溪河巢湖闸流出;方案二为兆河单线引入巢湖,由白石天河的白山节制枢纽流出;方案三为生态补水经兆河单线进入巢湖,经裕溪河巢湖闸流出。利用MIKE21软件建立巢湖水动力水质耦合模型,模拟巢湖水动力和水质时空变化过程及4个敏感区域(南淝河入湖口、峔山岛、忠庙和饮用水水源地)的水质改善效果。总体看来,方案二对南淝河入湖口、峔山岛、忠庙水质改善效果最优,而方案三使饮用水水源地总磷(TP)浓度降幅最大。方案二降低了峔山岛、忠庙区域蓝藻暴发的潜在风险,使总氮(TN)/TP分别从14.7、13.4降至7.4、4.0;方案三使饮用水水源地的TN/TP从10.0降至4.8,降低了饮用水水源地蓝藻暴发的潜在风险,但3个生态补水方案中南淝河入湖口区域的TN/TP均在15~20,表明蓝藻暴发风险依然较高。引江济巢工程对巢湖水环境改善有积极的效果,可以保证巢湖市饮用水水源地的水质安全,但由于西半湖的水动力环境未得到改善,蓝藻暴发的潜在风险依然较高,因此,要优化生态补水方案,并有效控制入湖河流流域的地表径流污染、农业面源污染及城市合流制系统的溢流污染。