scholarly journals Modelling of propane emissions from a tank containing a liquefied phase

2018 ◽  
Vol 240 ◽  
pp. 01034
Author(s):  
Zdzisław Salamonowicz ◽  
Radosław Makowski

During gas-phase release from the tank containing liquefied gas, the phenomenon of boiling, heat transfer from moist air to the tank, heat exchange between shell, liquid, and vapor, and mass loss can be observed. The aim of this paper is modelling the thermal response of the tank containing liquefied gas during jet emission of the vapor phase. The model takes into account heat exchange between air, tank’s shell, liquid phase, vapor phase and mass balance. The proposed model predicts: pressure inside the tank, tank’s shell temperature in part with liquid and vapor, the temperature of the liquid phase and vapor phase, and mass loss from the tank. The results of the theoretical model were compared with experimental results. An experiment based on the typical home container for LPG, containing 10 kg of propane (27 dm3 volume) was conducted. In general, the proposed model predicts well the changes in measured parameters temperatures and pressure - during vapor phase emission from a tank containing liquefied gas.

1965 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 1484-1492 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. J. J. Myron ◽  
G. R. Freeman

The value of G(–ethanol) in the vapor phase is nearly double that in the liquid phase. Part of the difference appears to be due to the recombination of radicals in liquid cages. Ethanol molecules, on the average, break into smaller fragments in the gas than in the liquid phase radiolysis. The isotopic compositions of the hydrogen produced from various deuterated ethanols are consistent with the suggestion that the reaction[Formula: see text]occurs to a significant extent in the liquid but not in the gas phase. This reaction probably involves the shift of a hydrogen atom along a hydrogen bond. The reaction[Formula: see text]does not occur to an appreciable extent in the liquid phase. In the liquid phase the relative contributions of the three different groups in the ethanol molecule to hydrogen production are in the order [Formula: see text] A similar trend occurs in the gas, although the contributions of the three groups are more nearly equal in this phase. Isotope effects, in the range kH/kD = 2.2–3.9 per bond, occur in the methane formation mechanism. The isotope effects are somewhat smaller in the liquid than in the vapor phase and somewhat smaller in the inhibited than in the uninhibited systems. A comparison of product distributions in the liquid and gas radiolyses of several compounds by γ-rays and by α-particles indicates that L.E.T. effects can also occur in the gas phase.


1988 ◽  
Vol 53 (8) ◽  
pp. 1688-1710 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladislav Kaspar ◽  
Egon Eckert ◽  
Tomáš Vaněk ◽  
Miloš Marek

A methodology for the modelling and simulation of tray columns in which gas absorption is accompanied by a chemical reaction is suggested. The presented model is based on the concept of a non-equilibrium stage and the effect of chemical reaction is described by enhancement factors. Pseudo-enhancement factors are introduced for components in liquid phase which take part in the reaction but are not transferred through the gas-liquid interface. A method for calculation of these factors from enhancement factors of components in gas phase and reaction stoichiometry is suggested. The advantages of the so-called global approach to the solution of the system of non-linear algebraic equations forming the column model are shown; this approach enables simply to combine universal equations with specific equations valid for a particular case. An example of CO2 absorption into aqueous solution of K2CO3 and KHCO3 in a tray column illustrates the usefulness of the approach. The proposed model is compared with simplified models and models in which the concept of pseudo-enhancement factors is not included. The comparison proves the superiority of the presented model.


1991 ◽  
Vol 24 (7) ◽  
pp. 277-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Gomólka ◽  
B. Gomólka

Whenever possible, neutralization of alkaline wastewater should involve low-cost acid. It is conventional to make use of carbonic acid produced via the reaction of carbon dioxide (contained in flue gases) with water according to the following equation: Carbon dioxide content in the flue gas stream varies from 10% to 15%. The flue gas stream may either be passed to the wastewater contained in the recarbonizers, or. enter the scrubbers (which are continually sprayed with wastewater) from the bottom in oountercurrent. The reactors, in which recarbonation occurs, have the ability to expand the contact surface between gaseous and liquid phase. This can be achieved by gas phase dispersion in the liquid phase (bubbling), by liquid phase dispersion in the gas phase (spraying), or by bubbling and spraying, and mixing. These concurrent operations are carried out during motion of the disk aerator (which is a patent claim). The authors describe the functioning of the disk aerator, the composition of the wastewater produced during wet gasification of carbide, the chemistry of recarbonation and decarbonation, and the concept of applying the disk aerator so as to make the wastewater fit for reuse (after suitable neutralization) as feeding water in acetylene generators.


1999 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 85-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Behrendt

A mathematical model for nitrification in an aerated fixed bed reactor has been developed. This model is based on material balances in the bulk liquid, gas phase and in the biofilm area. The fixed bed is divided into a number of cells according to the reduced remixing behaviour. A fixed bed cell consists of 4 compartments: the support, the gas phase, the bulk liquid phase and the stagnant volume containing the biofilm. In the stagnant volume the biological transmutation of the ammonia is located. The transport phenomena are modelled with mass transfer formulations so that the balances could be formulated as an initial value problem. The results of the simulation and experiments are compared.


1986 ◽  
Vol 51 (6) ◽  
pp. 1222-1239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavel Moravec ◽  
Vladimír Staněk

Expression have been derived in the paper for all four possible transfer functions between the inlet and the outlet gas and liquid steams under the counter-current absorption of a poorly soluble gas in a packed bed column. The transfer functions have been derived for the axially dispersed model with stagnant zone in the liquid phase and the axially dispersed model for the gas phase with interfacial transport of a gaseous component (PDE - AD). calculations with practical values of parameters suggest that only two of these transfer functions are applicable for experimental data evaluation.


1981 ◽  
Vol 46 (8) ◽  
pp. 1941-1946 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karel Setínek

A series of differently crosslinked macroporous 2,3-epoxypropyl methacrylate-ethylenedimethacrylate copolymers with chemically bonded propylsulphonic acid groups were used as catalysts for the kinetic study of reesterification of ethyl acetate by n-propanol in the liquid phase at 52 °C and in the gas phase at 90 °C. Analysis of kinetic data by the method of nonlinear regression for a series of equations of the Langmuir-Hinshelwood type showed that kinetic equations which describe best the course of the reaction are the same as for the earlier studied sulphonated macroporous styrene-divinylbenzene copolymers. Compared types of catalysts differ, however, in the dependence of their activity on the degree of crosslinking of the copolymer used.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3255
Author(s):  
Aizhao Zhou ◽  
Xianwen Huang ◽  
Wei Wang ◽  
Pengming Jiang ◽  
Xinwei Li

For reducing the initial GSHP investment, the heat transfer efficiency of the borehole heat exchange (BHE) system can be enhanced to reduce the number or depth of drilling. This paper proposes a novel and simple BHE design by changing the cross-sectional shape of the U-tube to increase the heat transfer efficiency of BHEs. Specifically, in this study, we (1) verified the reliability of the three-dimensional numerical model based on the thermal response test (TRT) and (2) compared the inlet and outlet temperatures of the different U-tubes at 48 h under the premise of constant leg distance and fluid area. Referent to the circular tube, the increases in the heat exchange efficiencies of the curved oval tube, flat oval tube, semicircle tube, and sector tube were 13.0%, 19.1%, 9.4%, and 14.8%, respectively. (3) The heat flux heterogeneity of the tubes on the inlet and outlet sides of the BHE, in decreasing order, is flat oval, semicircle, curved oval, sector, and circle shapes. (4) The temperature heterogeneity of the borehole wall in the BHE in decreasing order is circle, sector, curved oval, flat oval, and semicircle shapes. (5) Under the premise of maximum leg distance, referent to the heat resistance of the tube with a circle shape at 48 h, the heat exchange efficiency of the curved oval, flat oval, semicircle, and sector tubes increased 12.6%, 17.7%, 10.3%, and 7.8%, respectively. (6) We found that the adjustments of the leg distance and the tube shape affect the heat resistance by about 25% and 12%, respectively. (7) The flat-oval-shaped tube at the maximum leg distance was found to be the best tube design for BHEs.


Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (11) ◽  
pp. 3873
Author(s):  
Guozhu Zhang ◽  
Ziming Cao ◽  
Yiping Liu ◽  
Jiawei Chen

Investigation on the long-term thermal response of precast high-strength concrete (PHC) energy pile is relatively rare. This paper combines field experiments and numerical simulations to investigate the long-term thermal properties of a PHC energy pile in a layered foundation. The major findings obtained from the experimental and numerical studies are as follows: First, the thermophysical ground properties gradually produce an influence on the long-term temperature variation. For the soil layers with relatively higher thermal conductivity, the ground temperature near to the energy pile presents a slowly increasing trend, and the ground temperature response at a longer distance from the center of the PHC pile appears to be delayed. Second, the short- and long-term thermal performance of the PHC energy pile can be enhanced by increasing the thermal conductivity of backfill soil. When the thermal conductivities of backfill soil in the PHC pile increase from 1 to 4 W/(m K), the heat exchange amounts of energy pile can be enhanced by approximately 30%, 79%, 105%, and 122% at 1 day and 20%, 47%, 59%, and 66% at 90 days compared with the backfill water used in the site. However, the influence of specific heat capacity of the backfill soil in the PHC pile on the short-term or long-term thermal response can be ignored. Furthermore, the variation of the initial ground temperature is also an important factor to affect the short-and-long-term heat transfer capacity and ground temperature variation. Finally, the thermal conductivity of the ground has a significant effect on the long-term thermal response compared with the short-term condition, and the heat exchange rates rise by about 5% and 9% at 1 day and 21% and 37% at 90 days as the thermal conductivities of the ground increase by 0.5 and 1 W/(m K), respectively.


1968 ◽  
Vol 46 (20) ◽  
pp. 3235-3240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon R. Freeman ◽  
E. Diane Stover

The initial yields of the major products of the gamma radiolysis of liquid methylcyclopentane (MCP) at 25° are: G(H2) = 4.2, G(1-methylcyclopentene plus methylenecyclopentane) = 2.7, G(3- plus 4-methyl-cyclopentene) = 1.0, G(open chain hexene) = 1.0, and G(bimethylcyclopentyl) = 0.9. The effects of scavengers on the product yields are reported and the mechanism is discussed.The liquid phase radiolytic decompositions of cyclohexane (CH), methylcyclohexane (MCH), cyclopentane (CP), and MCP are compared. The net amount of C—C bond cleavage is much greater in the five-membered than in the six-membered rings. Methyl substitution on the ring reduces G(H2) by about one unit, mainly because of the formation of a type of ion (QH+) that does not yield hydrogen when neutralized by an electron. The QH+ type ions are formed in MCH and MCP, but not in CH and CP. In all the systems, another type of ion (N+) that does not yield hydrogen when neutralized by an electron is formed with a G value of about unity. The type of ion (PH+) that does yield hydrogen when neutralized by an electron has a G value of 3.4 in CH and CP, but only 2.0 in MCP. It is concluded that G(total ionization) is in the vicinity of 4.4 in the liquid compounds, virtually the same as the gas phase values.


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