期刊
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE
卷 152, 期 -, 页码 127-139出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2016.06.013
关键词
PIV; LSIA; Tubular photocatalytic reactor; Velocity distribution; Particle distribution
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51422604, 21276206]
- National 863 Program of China [2013AA050402]
- China Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
Although turbulent flow is generally needed for good suspension of photocatalysts, lower flow rates are preferred from an economic viewpoint for energy-efficient operation. However, no experimental work has been conducted to reveal how photocatalyst particles move and distribute in a tubular photocatalytic reactor under mild operating conditions, which is critical for reactor design and configuration of the light concentration. In our study, the photocatalyst itself was employed as a tracer particle for Particle Image Velocity (PIV) measurement. PIV combined with a new laser sheet image analysis (LSIA) technology was employed to investigate both the particle velocity and number distribution in the tubular reactor. It was found that, in the inlet, a higher velocity distribution of fluid generally occurred in the lower part of the tube. However, in the middle and outlet regions of the tube, a higher velocity distribution existed in the upper part of the tube. LSIA investigation showed that the transport capacity of the fluid and the initial particle size distribution are two essential factors influencing particle number distribution in the suspension. Regardless of the particle size, the middle part of the reactor holds the maximum number of particles while the outlet has the minimum number of particles. In the inlet, both small and large particles show similar number distribution trends against the flow rate. However, in the middle part of the tube, the number of small particles decreases with the flow rate while the number of the large particles shows the opposite trend. The difference in velocity distribution along the radial direction also significantly affects the particle distribution. One interesting finding is that, regardless of the particle size, the number of particles in the upper part of the tube is always higher than that in centre. Stokes' drag law and the Saffman lift force were employed to explain this experimental finding. In the last section, the correlation between particle distribution and optical properties was numerically investigated by a modified differential approximation (MDA) method. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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