Hydrodynamic and turbulent structures in the trayed bubble column with 1.2 m inner diameter have been characterized from liquid-phase velocity-time series data obtained by the hot-film anemometer. Wavelet transform an...Hydrodynamic and turbulent structures in the trayed bubble column with 1.2 m inner diameter have been characterized from liquid-phase velocity-time series data obtained by the hot-film anemometer. Wavelet transform analysis was used for denoising the measured data and also for evaluating quantifiers of turbulence, viz., local intermittency measure, intermittency index and flatness factor. These quantifiers help in detecting the passage of bubbles and reveal the hidden structures and patterns in data. Also, the wavelet scalewise analysis of the turbulence at various locations in the column and under different operating conditions could be used to build a direct relationship between the local gas holdup and flatness factor. The methodology is therefore suitable for online evaluation of the trayed bubble column performance and shows promise for developing strategies for improving process performance.展开更多
Flow and concentration fields of liquid phase in a gas-liquid contacting system are simulated to showthe Rayleigh convection by utilizing the finite-element method. The Schlieren images in CO2-ethanol system provided ...Flow and concentration fields of liquid phase in a gas-liquid contacting system are simulated to showthe Rayleigh convection by utilizing the finite-element method. The Schlieren images in CO2-ethanol system provided direct visual verification of the present simulation, and the simulated results were well consistent with theexperimental observation. The influence of the Rayleigh convection on mass transfer is analyzed qualitatively andquantitatively based on the simulated and the experimental results.展开更多
文摘Hydrodynamic and turbulent structures in the trayed bubble column with 1.2 m inner diameter have been characterized from liquid-phase velocity-time series data obtained by the hot-film anemometer. Wavelet transform analysis was used for denoising the measured data and also for evaluating quantifiers of turbulence, viz., local intermittency measure, intermittency index and flatness factor. These quantifiers help in detecting the passage of bubbles and reveal the hidden structures and patterns in data. Also, the wavelet scalewise analysis of the turbulence at various locations in the column and under different operating conditions could be used to build a direct relationship between the local gas holdup and flatness factor. The methodology is therefore suitable for online evaluation of the trayed bubble column performance and shows promise for developing strategies for improving process performance.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 20076032).
文摘Flow and concentration fields of liquid phase in a gas-liquid contacting system are simulated to showthe Rayleigh convection by utilizing the finite-element method. The Schlieren images in CO2-ethanol system provided direct visual verification of the present simulation, and the simulated results were well consistent with theexperimental observation. The influence of the Rayleigh convection on mass transfer is analyzed qualitatively andquantitatively based on the simulated and the experimental results.