Numerical investigation of film forming characteristics and mass transfer enhancement in horizontal polycondensation kettle

doi:10.1016/j.cjche.2023.05.003

中国化学工程学报 ›› 2023, Vol. 63 ›› Issue (11): 31-42.DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2023.05.003

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Numerical investigation of film forming characteristics and mass transfer enhancement in horizontal polycondensation kettle

Xupeng Chen, Jintao Wu, Jianfei Sun, Kunpeng Yu, Jianzhong Yin

State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China

收稿日期:2022-12-23 修回日期:2023-05-09 出版日期:2023-11-28 发布日期:2024-01-08
通讯作者: Jianzhong Yin,E-mail:jzyin@dlut.edu.cn
基金资助:
The authors are very grateful for the financial support of the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2020YFA0710202, 2018YFC0808805)

Numerical investigation of film forming characteristics and mass transfer enhancement in horizontal polycondensation kettle

Xupeng Chen, Jintao Wu, Jianfei Sun, Kunpeng Yu, Jianzhong Yin

State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China

Received:2022-12-23 Revised:2023-05-09 Online:2023-11-28 Published:2024-01-08
Contact: Jianzhong Yin,E-mail:jzyin@dlut.edu.cn
Supported by:
The authors are very grateful for the financial support of the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2020YFA0710202, 2018YFC0808805)

摘要/Abstract

摘要： The process of producing high viscosity polyester by transesterification polycondensation needs to adjust the operating conditions and equipment structure of pre-polycondensation kettle and final polycondensation kettle to realize process intensification. In view of this, the fluid volume function method of computational fluid dynamics numerical simulation was used to investigate the film formation and surface renewal characteristics of horizontal polycondensation kettle under different operating conditions, including viscosity, rotating speed and liquid height. The results show that the viscosity and rotating speed were positively correlated with the film area and surface renewal in the pre-polycondensation stage. However, increasing the viscosity by several orders of magnitude in the final polycondensation kettle, the larger the film area and film thickness, but the overall surface renewal of the disk decreased. Therefore, a hexagonal hole disk is designed. By comparison, it is found that the film is more uniform, the surface update frequency is higher, and the power consumption can be reduced by more than 20%.

关键词: Pre-polycondensation kettle, Final polycondensation kettle, Film forming characteristic, Surface renewal, Numerical simulation

Abstract: The process of producing high viscosity polyester by transesterification polycondensation needs to adjust the operating conditions and equipment structure of pre-polycondensation kettle and final polycondensation kettle to realize process intensification. In view of this, the fluid volume function method of computational fluid dynamics numerical simulation was used to investigate the film formation and surface renewal characteristics of horizontal polycondensation kettle under different operating conditions, including viscosity, rotating speed and liquid height. The results show that the viscosity and rotating speed were positively correlated with the film area and surface renewal in the pre-polycondensation stage. However, increasing the viscosity by several orders of magnitude in the final polycondensation kettle, the larger the film area and film thickness, but the overall surface renewal of the disk decreased. Therefore, a hexagonal hole disk is designed. By comparison, it is found that the film is more uniform, the surface update frequency is higher, and the power consumption can be reduced by more than 20%.

Key words: Pre-polycondensation kettle, Final polycondensation kettle, Film forming characteristic, Surface renewal, Numerical simulation

Xupeng Chen, Jintao Wu, Jianfei Sun, Kunpeng Yu, Jianzhong Yin. Numerical investigation of film forming characteristics and mass transfer enhancement in horizontal polycondensation kettle[J]. 中国化学工程学报, 2023, 63(11): 31-42.

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