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中国化学工程学报 ›› 2019, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (12): 2876-2883.DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2019.01.034

• Fluid Dynamics and Transport Phenomena • 上一篇    下一篇

Thermal cracking characteristics of n-decane in the rectangular and circular tubes

Zhiliang Lei, Bin Liu, Qin Huang, Kuo He, Zewei Bao, Quan Zhu, Xiangyuan Li   

  1. School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
  • 收稿日期:2018-11-22 修回日期:2019-01-26 出版日期:2019-12-28 发布日期:2020-03-17
  • 通讯作者: Zewei Bao
  • 基金资助:
    This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 91741201 and Grant No. 91641121).

Thermal cracking characteristics of n-decane in the rectangular and circular tubes

Zhiliang Lei, Bin Liu, Qin Huang, Kuo He, Zewei Bao, Quan Zhu, Xiangyuan Li   

  1. School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
  • Received:2018-11-22 Revised:2019-01-26 Online:2019-12-28 Published:2020-03-17
  • Contact: Zewei Bao
  • Supported by:
    This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 91741201 and Grant No. 91641121).

摘要: To investigate the effect of regenerative cooling channel geometry on pyrolysis of endothermic hydrocarbon fuel, a series of supercritical pyrolysis experiments of n-decane in the rectangular and circular tubes were conducted. Moreover, sensitivity analysis of production of propylene and methane as well as CFD simulation were also done. The results showed that gas yield and conversion in the circular tube with an inner diameter of 2 mm had a similar tendency with the one of 1.5 mm in inner diameter. The conversion in the circular tube was much less than that in the rectangular tube at the same outlet temperature. The heat sink of the rectangular tube at the same outlet temperature was larger than that of circular tubes, but the temperature at the corner of the rectangular tube was relatively high. According to the experimental data of the test tubes, a correlation between the conversion and the temperature in the rectangular and circular tubes at the same outlet temperature was fitted, providing a reference for the design of regenerative cooling channels.

关键词: Hydrocarbons, Supercritical fluid, Pyrolysis, Rectangular tube, Circular tube

Abstract: To investigate the effect of regenerative cooling channel geometry on pyrolysis of endothermic hydrocarbon fuel, a series of supercritical pyrolysis experiments of n-decane in the rectangular and circular tubes were conducted. Moreover, sensitivity analysis of production of propylene and methane as well as CFD simulation were also done. The results showed that gas yield and conversion in the circular tube with an inner diameter of 2 mm had a similar tendency with the one of 1.5 mm in inner diameter. The conversion in the circular tube was much less than that in the rectangular tube at the same outlet temperature. The heat sink of the rectangular tube at the same outlet temperature was larger than that of circular tubes, but the temperature at the corner of the rectangular tube was relatively high. According to the experimental data of the test tubes, a correlation between the conversion and the temperature in the rectangular and circular tubes at the same outlet temperature was fitted, providing a reference for the design of regenerative cooling channels.

Key words: Hydrocarbons, Supercritical fluid, Pyrolysis, Rectangular tube, Circular tube