A novel heat-integrated distillation scheme on pilot scale for producing C5 foaming agent, a mixture of isopentane and pentane in a certain proportion, was proposed with the aid of process simulation. Compared with th...A novel heat-integrated distillation scheme on pilot scale for producing C5 foaming agent, a mixture of isopentane and pentane in a certain proportion, was proposed with the aid of process simulation. Compared with the conventional distillation scheme, C5 foaming agent was directly separated at the top of the original isopentane or pentane column in the novel scheme, instead of first refining the two isomerides to high purities and then mixing them into final products. This improvement reduced the difficulty of the separation and avoided meaningless exergy loss caused by re-mixing, which finally contributed to an energy-efficient design by a big margin. Moreover, the column grand composite curves(CGCCs)were used to modify all distillation columns, indicating that there is potential to improve the energy efficiency further. Therefore, double-effect, or heat-integrated distillation was also adopted. Energy and exergy analyses were then conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme for the purpose of energy saving. The simulation results of the conventional distillation scheme were in agreement with its on-site counterpart. Analyses showed that the novel heat-integrated scheme reduced hot utility by 27.12%,, cold utility by 24.49%,, and total exergy loss by 23.95%,.展开更多
Anthraquinone dyes are a class of typical carcinogenic and hard-biodegradable organic pollutants.This study aimed to enhance the decolorization of anthraquinone dye by rationally designing an expected immobilized syst...Anthraquinone dyes are a class of typical carcinogenic and hard-biodegradable organic pollutants.This study aimed to enhance the decolorization of anthraquinone dye by rationally designing an expected immobilized system.Reactive blue 4(RB4) was used as a substrate model and a previous isolated dyedegrading strain Aspergillus flavus A5pl was purposefully immobilized.Considering the effects of cell attachment and mass transfer,the polyurethane foam(PUF) with open pore structure was selected as the immobilization carrier.Results showed that the RB4 decolorization efficiency was significant enhanced after immobilization.Compared to the free mycelium system,the decolorization time of200 mg·L^(-1)RB4 was shortened from 48 h to 28 h by the PUF-immobilized cell system.Moreover,the PUF-immobilized system could tolerate RB4 up to 2000 mg-L^(-1).In the packed bed bioreactor(PBBR),an average decolorization efficiency of 93.3% could be maintained by the PUF-immobilized system for26 days.The decolorization process of RB4 was well described by the logistic equation and the degradation pathway was discussed.It was found that the higher specific growth rate of the PUF-immobilized cells was one of reasons for the enhanced decolorization.The good performance of the PUFimmobilized cell system would make it have potential application value for RB4 bioremediation.展开更多
The porous ceramics based on Al2O3-TiO2/ZrO2-SiO2 from particle-stabilized wet foam by direct foaming were discussed.The initial Al2O3-TiO2 suspension was prepared by adding TiO2 suspension to partially hydrophobized ...The porous ceramics based on Al2O3-TiO2/ZrO2-SiO2 from particle-stabilized wet foam by direct foaming were discussed.The initial Al2O3-TiO2 suspension was prepared by adding TiO2 suspension to partially hydrophobized colloidal Al2O3 suspension with equimolar amount,to form Al2TiO5 on sintering.The secondary ZrO2-SiO2 suspension was prepared using the equimolar composition,and to obtain ZrSiO4,ZrTiO4,and mullite phases in the sintered samples,the secondary suspension was blended into the initial suspension at 0,10,20,30,and 50 vol％.The wet foam exhibited an air content up to 87％,Laplace pressure from 1.38 to 2.23 mPa,and higher adsorption free energy at the interface of approximately 5.8×108 to 7.5×108J resulting an outstanding foam stability of 87％.The final suspension was foamed,and the wet foam was sintered from 1400 to 1600 ℃ for 1 h.The porous ceramics with pore size from 150 to 400 μm on average were obtained.The phase identification was accomplished using X-ray diffraction (XRD),differential thermal analysis (DTA),and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA),and microstructural analysis was performed using field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM).展开更多
基金Supported by the Program of Introduction of Talents of Discipline to Universities(B06006)
文摘A novel heat-integrated distillation scheme on pilot scale for producing C5 foaming agent, a mixture of isopentane and pentane in a certain proportion, was proposed with the aid of process simulation. Compared with the conventional distillation scheme, C5 foaming agent was directly separated at the top of the original isopentane or pentane column in the novel scheme, instead of first refining the two isomerides to high purities and then mixing them into final products. This improvement reduced the difficulty of the separation and avoided meaningless exergy loss caused by re-mixing, which finally contributed to an energy-efficient design by a big margin. Moreover, the column grand composite curves(CGCCs)were used to modify all distillation columns, indicating that there is potential to improve the energy efficiency further. Therefore, double-effect, or heat-integrated distillation was also adopted. Energy and exergy analyses were then conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme for the purpose of energy saving. The simulation results of the conventional distillation scheme were in agreement with its on-site counterpart. Analyses showed that the novel heat-integrated scheme reduced hot utility by 27.12%,, cold utility by 24.49%,, and total exergy loss by 23.95%,.
基金funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21066001)the Scientific Research Foundation of Guangxi University(XJZ130360)the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program for Undergraduate of Guangxi University(202010593174)。
文摘Anthraquinone dyes are a class of typical carcinogenic and hard-biodegradable organic pollutants.This study aimed to enhance the decolorization of anthraquinone dye by rationally designing an expected immobilized system.Reactive blue 4(RB4) was used as a substrate model and a previous isolated dyedegrading strain Aspergillus flavus A5pl was purposefully immobilized.Considering the effects of cell attachment and mass transfer,the polyurethane foam(PUF) with open pore structure was selected as the immobilization carrier.Results showed that the RB4 decolorization efficiency was significant enhanced after immobilization.Compared to the free mycelium system,the decolorization time of200 mg·L^(-1)RB4 was shortened from 48 h to 28 h by the PUF-immobilized cell system.Moreover,the PUF-immobilized system could tolerate RB4 up to 2000 mg-L^(-1).In the packed bed bioreactor(PBBR),an average decolorization efficiency of 93.3% could be maintained by the PUF-immobilized system for26 days.The decolorization process of RB4 was well described by the logistic equation and the degradation pathway was discussed.It was found that the higher specific growth rate of the PUF-immobilized cells was one of reasons for the enhanced decolorization.The good performance of the PUFimmobilized cell system would make it have potential application value for RB4 bioremediation.
文摘The porous ceramics based on Al2O3-TiO2/ZrO2-SiO2 from particle-stabilized wet foam by direct foaming were discussed.The initial Al2O3-TiO2 suspension was prepared by adding TiO2 suspension to partially hydrophobized colloidal Al2O3 suspension with equimolar amount,to form Al2TiO5 on sintering.The secondary ZrO2-SiO2 suspension was prepared using the equimolar composition,and to obtain ZrSiO4,ZrTiO4,and mullite phases in the sintered samples,the secondary suspension was blended into the initial suspension at 0,10,20,30,and 50 vol％.The wet foam exhibited an air content up to 87％,Laplace pressure from 1.38 to 2.23 mPa,and higher adsorption free energy at the interface of approximately 5.8×108 to 7.5×108J resulting an outstanding foam stability of 87％.The final suspension was foamed,and the wet foam was sintered from 1400 to 1600 ℃ for 1 h.The porous ceramics with pore size from 150 to 400 μm on average were obtained.The phase identification was accomplished using X-ray diffraction (XRD),differential thermal analysis (DTA),and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA),and microstructural analysis was performed using field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM).
