Numerical study on flue gas–liquid flow with side-entering mixing

Abstract

In this article, the side-entry agitator commonly used in the wet desulfurization absorption tower of a 300 MW thermal power unit was taken as the research object, and the gas–liquid two-phase flow field in the stirring tank was numerically simulated by using the two-fluid model based on Euler–Euler method. The vertical and horizontal velocity field distribution and gas phase distribution in the stirring tank were studied. The results showed that the side-entry agitator formed a “fountain” circulating flow in the stirring tank. The high-speed region of the liquid flow was mainly concentrated near the mixing blade and the bottom banded region. The range of large changes in the fluid velocity was mainly concentrated from the bottom of the mixing tank to 2–3 m from the bottom. The distribution of the oxidizing air was concentrated in the middle of the stirring tank. The mixing effect of two phases in the stirred tank was good, and the oxidizing air was fully diffused. The numerical study in this article has reference significance for in-depth understanding of the flow field and mixing effect of the side-entry agitator.

Keywords

• side-entry mixing
• two-phase flow
• flue gas desulfurization
• numerical simulation