An experimental system for measuring the VLE of polymer solutions based on the staticvapor-pressure method has been established,VLE data for mixtures of toluene and polystyrene withdifferent molecular weight covering a wide range from 2.98×10~3 to 3.84×10~6 were obtained at 35℃.The reduced pressure p/p°versus weight fraction W plot is found to be independent on the molecularweight of the polymer within the experimental error.Calculated activity coefficients are also independenton the molecular weight.However,for the Flory-Huggins interaction parameter x,not only a strongconcentration dependence is observed,but also the molecular weight of the polymer exerts definiteinfluence.Generally,the parameter x slightly increases as the molecular weight of the polymer decreasesespecially when the molecular weight is low.The dependence of the parameter x on the molecularweight can be neglected when the molecular weight of polymer is greater than 1.00×10~4.

A detailed study is carried out on the nonconvex feasible region of heat exchanger net-works with uncertain stream parameters.The new property of nonconvex feasible region——infeasiblehole property is revealed.By theoretical analysis to infeasible hole property,and combining with amethod of mathematical programming,the problem of flexibility analysis for the heat exchanger net-work with nonconvex feasible region can be solved more reasonably.

Solid-liquid suspension in an agitated tank with a draft tube was investigated witha newly developed infrared turbidimeter for measuring solid concentration.The diameter of theflared inlet transition tube and the distance from the inlet to the tank bottom are two importantparameters for draft tube design The NAX-4 impeller,developed in this study,is characterized byits high flow efficiency and low power consumption.Some modifications are made to the Bald′smodel by considering the effects of solid concentration and fluid viscosity on the critical speed forcomplete off-bottom suspension.The modified equation fits the experimental data satisfactority andcan be used in scale-up design

A new approach is presented for deriving the residence time distribution(RTD)in open-type reactors with exclusion of residence in the fore section.Inasmuch as failure to predict the con-version of chemical reactions has been evidenced in many occasions,numerical solution of tracerdispersion in the presence of background concentration gradient of reactant is given to demonstratethe strong effect of background reactant on the true RTD a reactant molecule experiences.Withinthe error of computation,the conversion of a first-order chemical reaction under steady state is shownto be equal in both closed and open reactors,despite difference in relevant RTDs

The enhancement of convective heat transfer in a glass tube heat exchanger was researched.A simple and efficient method using spiral wire turbulence promotors in the glass tube isrecommended.A series of experiments were conducted,and thetlon have been obtained.Performance evaluations Nr the enhanced heattrans比r In this heatexchanger are su门niii ed up and discussed Based on the vlewp01nt Of止berinodynaffi1CS,止he avaHableenergy lossof the heat transfer swtern Inside the tube Is analwed to determine and evaluate the over-all趴ct oQthe enhanced heat transfer,The mechanism ofenhanced heat transfer]n the glass tubeand the Influence of turbutlvlty In the fough tube are also analysed and discussed.

A number of experiments regarding hydrodynamics have been carried out in the open turbinerotating disc contactor using quartz particles as solid phase,tap water and kerosene as liquid phase.Flooding phenomenon has been observed.The variables studied include the rotor speed,compartment heigh,stator ring opening,column diameter and the superficial velocity of eachphase Correlations for predicting the solid phase holdup and characteristic velocity have been devel-oped.In comparison with liquid-liquid system,the presence of solid particles will result in higherdispersed phase holdup but lower characteristic velocity and total throughput.

The Soave[1]equation of state is extensively accepted because of its accuracy andsimplicity.In 1988,Tan et al.[2]suggested a modification by introducing atemperature-dependent factor to parameter"b"on the basis of statistical meaning,anda good accuracy was obtained for supercritical fluids as well as fluids approaching criti-cal conditions but not for mixtures.In the previous work,an extended Soave equa-tion of state[3]has been proposed to improve the prediction of liquid density.In thispaper,the extended equation is used to calculate vapor-liquid equilibria of mixtures atsubcritical conditions.