This paper presents an alternate method to remove the sand carried by natural gas in the upstream pipelines therefore preventing sand abrasive erosion in pipelines used in transporting high speed natural gas. Convent...This paper presents an alternate method to remove the sand carried by natural gas in the upstream pipelines therefore preventing sand abrasive erosion in pipelines used in transporting high speed natural gas. Conventionally, most experts pay much attention to improving the anti erosion characteristics of the pipeline materials to solve the problem of serious abrasive erosion, but without significant success. Based on the theory of multiphase flow and analysis of the characteristics of sandy jets, a new equipment named 'Sand Catcher' is introduced in this article. Experimental results show that the Sand Catcher effectively removes most of the sand in the natural gas and significantly reduces the abrasive erosion of the pipelines. The Sand Catcher can be widely applied in practice in the near future.展开更多
Modern production processes in chemical, pharmaceutical and biological industries are characterized by complex process structures, which consist of different apparatuses and process steps. Modeling the entire process ...Modern production processes in chemical, pharmaceutical and biological industries are characterized by complex process structures, which consist of different apparatuses and process steps. Modeling the entire process requires simulating all units altogether, while taking into account interconnections between them, Nevertheless, in the area of solids processing, there is nowadays an unfilled gap from the side of computer support of process modeling in allowing effective optimization and prediction of the behavior of the whole plant, This paper presents a tool for flowsheet simulation which allows the simulation of the stationary behavior of complex processes dealing with solids and its extension towards dynamic modeling, Also, a new simulation concept is proposed on the basis of the multiscale approach. On the macroscale, fiowsheet simulation is performed with the help of the SolidSim system. Parameters for the macromodels in Solid-Sim are predicted by microscale simulation. The models for the two scales are then coupled by inter-scale communication laws. Application of the proposed modeling concept is shown by an example of fluidized bed granulation.展开更多
文摘This paper presents an alternate method to remove the sand carried by natural gas in the upstream pipelines therefore preventing sand abrasive erosion in pipelines used in transporting high speed natural gas. Conventionally, most experts pay much attention to improving the anti erosion characteristics of the pipeline materials to solve the problem of serious abrasive erosion, but without significant success. Based on the theory of multiphase flow and analysis of the characteristics of sandy jets, a new equipment named 'Sand Catcher' is introduced in this article. Experimental results show that the Sand Catcher effectively removes most of the sand in the natural gas and significantly reduces the abrasive erosion of the pipelines. The Sand Catcher can be widely applied in practice in the near future.
文摘Modern production processes in chemical, pharmaceutical and biological industries are characterized by complex process structures, which consist of different apparatuses and process steps. Modeling the entire process requires simulating all units altogether, while taking into account interconnections between them, Nevertheless, in the area of solids processing, there is nowadays an unfilled gap from the side of computer support of process modeling in allowing effective optimization and prediction of the behavior of the whole plant, This paper presents a tool for flowsheet simulation which allows the simulation of the stationary behavior of complex processes dealing with solids and its extension towards dynamic modeling, Also, a new simulation concept is proposed on the basis of the multiscale approach. On the macroscale, fiowsheet simulation is performed with the help of the SolidSim system. Parameters for the macromodels in Solid-Sim are predicted by microscale simulation. The models for the two scales are then coupled by inter-scale communication laws. Application of the proposed modeling concept is shown by an example of fluidized bed granulation.
