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INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS IN HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER
卷 121, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2021.105109
关键词
Heat/mass transfer; Residence time distribution; Thermal storage; Methane steam reforming; Structured packed beds
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51536007, 201806280098]
- China Scholarship Council (CSC)
The packing configuration in packed beds affects the heat/mass transfer, dispersion, and reaction characteristics, where a narrower RTD curve indicates more uniform velocity distribution and less dispersion; regions with backflow are detrimental to heat/mass transfer and chemical reactions, affecting reaction rates; a smaller DVRTD corresponds to better heat/mass transfer and higher reaction rates.
Packed beds with methane steam reforming reaction (MSR) can be used as thermochemical storage devices. The packing configuration can have a significant effect on the flow distribution which will further influence the heat/mass transfer, dispersion and reaction characteristics. In the present paper, the hydraulic, dispersion, heat/mass transfer and the MSR reaction properties are investigated in packed beds with the simple-cubic (SC) packing, the body-centered cubic (BCC) packing and face-centered cubic (FCC) packing forms. ANSYS FLUENT integrated with user defined scalars (UDS) and user defined functions (UDF) are used to perform the simulations. Results show that firstly, the residence time distribution (RTD) can be used to evaluate the dispersion property in packed beds where a narrower RTD curve reflects a more uniform velocity distribution with less dispersion. Secondly it is found that, regions with backflow are not beneficial for heat/mass transfer and chemical reactions from two aspects. One is that the heat transfer between the main fluid and the particle surfaces is weak and low temperature of the particles will reduce the reaction rates. The other is that the poor species transport will prevent the reactant to flow into the reaction region and the products cannot be taken away by the main flow timely, which will have a negative effect on the reaction. Thirdly, it is revealed that, the dimensionless variation of the residence time distribution (DVRTD) can reflect the heat/mass transfer and reaction performances, where a smaller DVRTD corresponds to better heat/mass transfer and higher reaction rates.
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