The effect of operating pressure on the radial heat transfer coefficients, in a non-adiabatic fixed packed bed was studied at atmospheric and higher pressures, The study was concerned with investigating the effect of ...The effect of operating pressure on the radial heat transfer coefficients, in a non-adiabatic fixed packed bed was studied at atmospheric and higher pressures, The study was concerned with investigating the effect of the pressure on the radial thermal conductivity （K^r） and wall heat transfer coefficient （h~） for both pellets and monolith catalysts. The study included beds that were packed with pellets and monoliths, separately. The radial temperature distribution was measured at different beds heights and feed flow rates for both types of packing. Steady-state temperatures were measured using nine chromel-alumel thermocouples arranged on a stainless steel-cross. After temperatures were collected, the radial thermal conductivity and wall heat transfer coefficient were calculated using a two-dimensional pseudo-homogeneous model. The results showed that, the radial temperature profile at the entrance of the heating section was nearly even, and a constant temperature along the radius （0F/0r=0） taken as a boundary condition to solve the partial differential equation controlling the heat transfer. Temperature profiles obtained at elevated pressures were smoother at the center of the reactor and increased sharply near the wall, than profiles at atmospheric pressure. It could also be observed, that the radial temperature profiles in the center of the reactor using a monolith catalyst at elevated pressure were more even and smoother than those of pellets. Temperature profiles in fixed beds were found to be very sensitive to Ker and hw. In pressures between atmospheric and 10 bars, there was no change in the effective heat transport parameters （i.e. they are independent of pressure in this range）. Both parameters were strongly affected by the pressure changes, above 10 bars. For the same Reynolds number （Ker） increased by 27% and 53% at 11 and 20 bars, respectively, in pellets catalyst. And they increased by factors of 2.3 and 4, when the pressure increased to the same pressures, in monolith catalyst. On the other hand, the effect of pressure on （hw） was completely the opposite, h,~ for pellets and monolith catalysts were found to be decreasing with increasing the pressure. Moreover, both coefficients increased with the Reynolds number at all applied pressures. This increase was higher for pellets than it for monoliths.展开更多
To study the influence of the Soret and Dufour effects on the reactive characteristics of a porous packed bed with endothermic reactions and forced convection, a two-dimensional mathematical model considering the cros...To study the influence of the Soret and Dufour effects on the reactive characteristics of a porous packed bed with endothermic reactions and forced convection, a two-dimensional mathematical model considering the cross-diffusion effects was developed in accordance with the thermodynamics of irreversible processes and the local thermal non-equilibrium model. The simulation results were validated by comparing with experimental data. The influence of the Soret and Dufour effects on the heat transfer, mass transfer and endothermic chemical reaction in the non-thermal equilibrium packed bed is discussed. It was found that when the Peclet number reaches 1865, the maximum relative error of the concentration of gas product induced by the Soret effect is 34.7% and that of the solid fractional conversion caused by the Dufour effect is 10.8% at reaction time 160 s and initial temperature 1473 K. The differences induced by the Soret and Dufour effects are demonstrated numerically to increase gradually with the initial temperature of feeding gas and the Peclet number.展开更多
The charging pattern may affect blast furnace permeability, coke ratio, and the freedom to select lowgrade raw materials. Ore-coke mixed charging is a potential technique for optimizing the charging pattern. In recent...The charging pattern may affect blast furnace permeability, coke ratio, and the freedom to select lowgrade raw materials. Ore-coke mixed charging is a potential technique for optimizing the charging pattern. In recent years,charging small-sized coke （nut coke） into the burden layer has been applied to save raw materials and decrease cost. Although mixed charging, especially adding nut coke into the burden layer, may have many advantages, the mechanisms and side effects of nut coke use are not well understood, and the mixing ratio is still limited in industrial blast furnace operation. In this study ,the status of mixed charging, especially nut coke used in blast furnaces, was investigated. A cold flow model was established to study the permeability of the packed bed in the blast furnace ＂dry zone＂ under different conditions with the aim of better understanding the mechanisms of mixing coke and nut coke into the burden layer. The effect of coke size, mixing coke ratio, layer numbers, and gas flow rate on the pressure drop of the packed bed was investigated. The experimental results show that mixing the nut coke in the ore layers decreases the pressure drop to different extents depending on mixing ratio.展开更多
The particle packed bed energy storage system has advantages such as low costs and wide temperature ranges,which can be combined with solar thermal power generation systems to solve the inherent volatility and discont...The particle packed bed energy storage system has advantages such as low costs and wide temperature ranges,which can be combined with solar thermal power generation systems to solve the inherent volatility and discontinuity of renewable energy.Developing new materials with low costs and excellent storage performances is one of the eternal research hotspots in the field of energy storage.This paper innovatively uses sintered ore particles as energy storage material and studies the effect of particle size on the airflow resistance characteristics,energy storage characteristics,and thermocline evolution characteristics of the packed bed through thermal energy storage experiments.The results indicate that for the particles in the macro scale,the smaller the particle,the lower the absolute permeability of the bed and the greater the airflow resistance.The packed bed with smaller particles has a larger specific surface area,larger bulk mass,and smaller bed voidage.Therefore,the packed beds with smaller particles have better thermocline characteristics,less irreversible loss,and can achieve higher thermal efficiency and higher exergy efficiency in the heat storage cycle.The cycle thermal efficiency in packed beds with 25-40 mm,16-25 mm,and 10-16 mm particles is 53.58%,56.27%,and 57.60%,respectively,and the cycle exergy efficiency is 61.81%,69.25%,and 74.13%,respectively.Moreover,this paper also studies the effect of discharging airflow rates on thermal storage performance.The experimental results indicate that suitable discharging strategies should be selected based on different heat demands.展开更多
Packed bed reactors are commonly found in the process industry,for example in flame-assisted calci-nation for cement production.Understanding the heat transfer inside the bed is essential for process control,product q...Packed bed reactors are commonly found in the process industry,for example in flame-assisted calci-nation for cement production.Understanding the heat transfer inside the bed is essential for process control,product quality and energy efficiency.Here we propose a technique to determine the internal temperature distribution of packed beds based on a combination of lifetime-based phosphor ther-mometry,ray tracing simulations,and assimilation of temperature data using finite element heat transfer simulations.To establish and validate the technique,we considered a reproducible regular packing of 6 mm diameter aluminum spheres,with one of the spheres in the top layer being electrically heated.If a sphere inside the packing is coated with thermographic phosphors and excitation light is directed to-wards the packing,luminescence from the coated sphere exits the packed bed after multiple reflection and the sphere's temperature can be determined.Isothermal measurements showed that the temper-ature obtained by phosphor thermometry is independent of the luminescent sphere location.When imaging the luminescence on a camera,the luminescence distribution in recorded image depended,however,on the position of the sphere.Therefore,in setups with multiple phosphor-coated spheres,their signals can be separated using a least squares fit.We demonstrate the approach using a setup with three luminescent spheres and validated the temperature readings against thermocouple measurements.To obtain the spatial signatures for individual sphere positions required for the least squares fit,ray tracing simulations were used.These provide an efficient alternative to single sphere measurements that are only practical for regular spherical packed beds.Multi-point measurements were used as input to a finite element heat transfer simulations to determine parameters such as particle-to-particle air gap distance.With these,the full temperature distribution inside the bed could be assimilated from the measured values.展开更多
Nowadays,the design of fixed packed bed reactors still relies on empirical correlations,which,especially for small tube to particle diameter ratios,are mostly too inaccurate because of the presence of wall effects.The...Nowadays,the design of fixed packed bed reactors still relies on empirical correlations,which,especially for small tube to particle diameter ratios,are mostly too inaccurate because of the presence of wall effects.Therefore,the simulation of fixed packed bed reactors plays an important role to predict and control the flow and process parameters in such,nowadays and in the future.Because of its straightforward applicability to non-uniform packings with particles of arbitrary shapes,the immersed boundary method(IBM)has advantages over other numerical methods and is used more and more frequently.This paper compares two approaches of IBMs for the simulation of fixed bed reactors with spherical shaped particles.The classic,smooth approach is compared to the straightforward to implement blocked-off method for velocity fields above the fixed bed for particle Reynolds numbers of 300 and 500.Results from experimental inline PIV-measurements of the reactor to be simulated serve as a basis for comparison.Very good agreement with the experiment is found for both simulation methodologies with higher resolutions,considering the more stable flow at a particle Reynolds number of 300.Differences in the different IBM approaches occurred for the more unsteady flow at a particle Reynolds number of 500.Compared to the blocked-off method,the smooth IBM reflects the formation of additional jets and recirculation zones better right above the bed,though increasing the fluid mesh resolution improves the accuracy of the blocked-off method.Overall,a more diffusive behaviour is found for the blocked-off simulations due to the stairstep representation,which is avoided by using interpolation stencils as in the smooth IBM.With higher mesh refinement in the blocked-off IBM this effect can be reduced,but this also increases the computational effort.展开更多
The main current approaches for generation of the packed bed models are based on rigid body dynamics(RBD)and Newton's laws(discrete element methods-DEM).This paper deals with the development and analysis of a nove...The main current approaches for generation of the packed bed models are based on rigid body dynamics(RBD)and Newton's laws(discrete element methods-DEM).This paper deals with the development and analysis of a novel code based on analytical geometry approach for the packed bed generation.The architecture and main algorithms of the novel code are described and clarified.The parameters of the packed bed generated via the novel code are compared with experimental data and packed beds generated via Blender(RBD),Yade(DEM).The novel code demonstrates many advantages,such as good correlation with experimental data,no overlaps between pellets in the packed bed,and a low computational time for packed bed generation.The packed bed model can be directly exported in.step format.Other advantages are also demonstrated and clarified.The novel code is attached to this paper and can be freely used by engineers and scientists.展开更多
The present paper presents an experimental and numerical investigation of the dispersion of the gaseous jet flow and co-flow for the simple unit cell(SUC)and body-centred cubic(BCC)configuration of particles in packed...The present paper presents an experimental and numerical investigation of the dispersion of the gaseous jet flow and co-flow for the simple unit cell(SUC)and body-centred cubic(BCC)configuration of particles in packed beds.The experimental setup is built in such a way that suitable and simplified boundary conditions are imposed for the corresponding numerical framework,so the simulations can be done under very similar conditions as the experiments.Accordingly,a porous plate is used for the co-flow to achieve the uniform velocity and the fully developed flow is ensured for the jet flow.The SUC and BCC particle beds consist of 3D-printed spheres,and the non-isotropy near the walls is mostly eliminated by placing half-spheres at the channel walls.The flow velocities are analysed directly at the exit of the particle bed for both beds over 36 pores for the SUC configuration and 60 pores for the BCC configuration,for particle Reynolds numbers of 200,300,and 400.Stereo particle image velocimetry is experimentally arranged in such a way that the velocities over the entire region at the exit of the packed bed are obtained instantaneously.The numerical method consists of a state-of-the-art immersed boundary method with adaptive mesh refinement.The paper presents the pore jet structure and velocity field exiting from each pore for the SUC and BCC packed particle beds.The numerical and experimental studies show a good agreement for the SUC configuration for all flow velocities.For the BCC configuration,some differences can be observed in the pore jet flow structure between the simulations and the experiments,but the general flow velocity distribution shows a good overall agreement.The axial velocity is generally higher for the pores located near the centre of the packed bed than for the pores near the wall.In addition,the axial velocities are observed to increase near the peripheral pores of the packed bed.This behaviour is predominant for the BCC configuration as compared to the SUC configuration.The velocities near the peripheral pores can become even higher than those at the central pores for the BCC configuration.It is shown that both the experiments as well as the simulations can be used to study the complex fluid structures inside a packed bed reactor.展开更多
The large molecular weight and high hydrophilicity of chloramphenicol(CAP) residuals in wastewater led to severe degradation difficulty,which propelled the development of new wastewater degradation processes and react...The large molecular weight and high hydrophilicity of chloramphenicol(CAP) residuals in wastewater led to severe degradation difficulty,which propelled the development of new wastewater degradation processes and reactors based on process intensification.This study enhanced the CAP degradation by ozone/peroxydisulfate(PDS) advanced oxidation process in a submerged rotating packed bed(SRPB)reactor.Compared the usage of different oxidants,it was indicated that the combination of O_(3) and PDS exhibited a higher degradation efficiency than ozone and PDS alone.The more desired degradation efficiency could be achieved at the operating conditions of ascending PDS concentration,SRPB rotational speed,ozone concentration,reduced initial CAP concentration,and the water qualities of ascended pH,lower Cl^(-)and initial CO_(3)^(2-) concentrations.Under the optimized conditions of C_(CAP)=20 mg·L^(-1),C_(O3)=30 mg·L^(-1),C_(PDS)=100 mg·L^(-1),and N=400 r·min^(-1),and water qualities of pH=10,the maximum chloramphenicol degradation efficiency of 97% and kinetic constant of 0.23 min^(-1) were achieved after treating 16 min.A comparison of the results with previously reported advanced oxidation processes of CAP indicated that the enhanced O^(3)/PDS advanced oxidation system using the SRPB can significantly improve the degradation efficiency of CAP.展开更多
Methods and procedures of three-dimensional （3D） characterization of the pore structure features in the packed ore particle bed are focused. X-ray computed tomography was applied to deriving the cross-sectional imag...Methods and procedures of three-dimensional （3D） characterization of the pore structure features in the packed ore particle bed are focused. X-ray computed tomography was applied to deriving the cross-sectional images of specimens with single particle size of 1-2, 2-3, 3-4, 4-5, 5-6, 6-7, 7-8, 8-9, 9-10 ram. Based on the in-house developed 3D image analysis programs using Matlab, the volume porosity, pore size distribution and degree of connectivity were calculated and analyzed in detail. The results indicate that the volume porosity, the mean diameter of pores and the effective pore size （d50） increase with the increasing of particle size. Lognormal distribution or Gauss distribution is mostly suitable to model the pore size distribution. The degree of connectivity investigated on the basis of cluster-labeling algorithm also increases with increasing the particle size approximately.展开更多
The structured packed bed is considered a promising reactor owing to its low pressure drop and good heat transfer performance.In the heat transfer process of thermal storage in packed beds,natural convection plays an ...The structured packed bed is considered a promising reactor owing to its low pressure drop and good heat transfer performance.In the heat transfer process of thermal storage in packed beds,natural convection plays an important role.To obtain the mixed convective heat transfer characteristics and mechanisms in packed beds,numerical simulations and coupling analyses were carried out in this study on the unsteady process of fluid flow and heat transfer.A three-dimensional model of the flow channel in the packed bed was established,and the Navier–Stokes equations and Laminar model were adopted for the computations.The effects of the driving force on fluid flow around a particle were studied in detail.The differences in velocity and density distributions under different flow directions due to effect of the aiding flow or opposing flow were intuitively demonstrated and quantitatively analyzed.It was found that the driving force strengthens the fluid flow near the particle surface when aiding flow occurs and inhibits the fluid flow when opposing flow occurs.The boundary layer structure was changed by the natural convection,which in turn influences the field synergy angle.For the aiding flow,the coordination between the velocity and density fields is higher than that for the opposing flow.By analysis the effects of physical parameters on mixed convective heat transfer,it is indicated that with an increase in the fluid-solid temperature difference or the particle diameter,or a decrease in the fluid temperature,the strengthening or inhibiting effect of natural convection on the heat transfer became more significant.展开更多
The strength properties of green sinter beds,including the Young’s modulus and maximum bed strain,were evaluated using uniaxial compression tests.The green-sinter-bed samples were scanned using X-ray computed tomogra...The strength properties of green sinter beds,including the Young’s modulus and maximum bed strain,were evaluated using uniaxial compression tests.The green-sinter-bed samples were scanned using X-ray computed tomography(XCT),and the geometry characteristics of the granules were quantified by XCT image analysis.The orthogonal array method was applied to determine the concomitant effects of the moisture,hydrated lime,and concentrate contents on the bed strength characteristics.Less bed strain was observed when the granules had a thin adhering layer and increased interlock contacts,which had a great capacity to resist the applied load collectively.The optimal combination for decreasing the bed maximum strain was 5.8%moisture,2%hydrated lime,and 0%concentrate.The moisture and concentrate contents were the most significant factors determining the green bed strength.Increasing the moisture and concentrate contents produced granules with a thicker and more deformable adhering layer,resulting in a more compact bed.The addition of hydrated lime inhibited rearrangement,deformation,and fracture of the granules in green sinter bed during compression.展开更多
In the present work, forced convection heat transfer in plate channels filled with metallic or non metallic particles (packed beds) or sintered porous media is simulated numerically using a thermal non equilibrium...In the present work, forced convection heat transfer in plate channels filled with metallic or non metallic particles (packed beds) or sintered porous media is simulated numerically using a thermal non equilibrium model. The numerical simulation results are compared with experimental data. The difference between convection heat transfer in packed beds and in sintered porous media and the effects of the boundary condition assumptions are investigated. The results show that the numerical simulation of convection heat transfer of air or water in packed beds using the local thermal non equilibrium model and the variable porosity model agrees well with the experimental data. The convection heat transfer coefficient in sintered porous media is much higher than that in packed beds. In the numerical simulation of convection heat transfer in sintered porous media, the boundary conditions on the wall should be that the particle temperatures are equal to the fluid temperature.展开更多
To reach the target of smaller pressure drop and better heat transfer performance, packed beds with small tube-to-particle diameter ratio(D/dp<10) have now been considered in many areas. Fluid-to-wall heat transfer...To reach the target of smaller pressure drop and better heat transfer performance, packed beds with small tube-to-particle diameter ratio(D/dp<10) have now been considered in many areas. Fluid-to-wall heat transfer coefficient is an important factor determining the performance of this type of beds. In this work, local fluid-to-wall heat transfer characteristic in packed beds was studied by Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD) at different Reynolds number for D/dp=1.5, 3.0 and 5.6. The results show that the fluid-to-wall heat transfer coefficient is oscillating along the bed with small tube-to-particle diameter ratio. Moreover, this phenomenon was explained by field synergy principle in detail. Two arrangement structures of particles in packed beds were recommended based on the synergy characteristic between flow and temperature fields. This study provides a new local understanding of fluid-to-wall heat transfer in packed beds with small tube-to-particle diameter ratio.展开更多
In this study,the fluid flow and mixing process in an impinging stream-rotating packed bed(IS-RPB)is simulated by using a new three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics model.Specifically,the gaseliquid flow is si...In this study,the fluid flow and mixing process in an impinging stream-rotating packed bed(IS-RPB)is simulated by using a new three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics model.Specifically,the gaseliquid flow is simulated by the Euler-Euler model,the hydrodynamics of the reactor is predicted by the RNG k-εmethod,and the high-gravity environment is simulated by the sliding mesh model.The turbulent mass transfer process is characterized by the concentration variance c^(2) and its dissipation rateεc formulations,and therefore the turbulent mass diffusivity can be directly obtained.The simulated segregation index Xs is in agreement with our previous experimental results.The simulated results reveal that the fringe effect of IS can be offset by the end effect at the inner radius of RPB,so the investigation of the coupling mechanism between IS and RPB is critical to intensify the mixing process in IS-RPB.展开更多
Dust emissions during storage of non-moving bulk materials are studied with a numerical method.The model relies on a contact-model-free Discrete Element Method(DEM)to model the bulk particle-fluid interaction and the ...Dust emissions during storage of non-moving bulk materials are studied with a numerical method.The model relies on a contact-model-free Discrete Element Method(DEM)to model the bulk particle-fluid interaction and the dust removal coupled with Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD)to model the gas and the dust phase in a multiphase framework.Here,two storage scenarios are considered:a flown through packed bed and a flown over stockpile.For the first,the performed simulations reveal that the dust discharge can be correlated with the passing fluid pressure drop.For the second,a parameter study of factors influencing the dust emissions is performed.The parameters discussed are the stockpile size,the gas velocity,the slope angle,the particle diameter and the shape of the stockpile,taking into account conical and truncated conical stockpiles.Dust release correlations are obtained for both scenarios,which reflect very well the obtained numerical results.展开更多
In this paper,self-designed multi-hollow needle electrodes are used as a high-voltage electrode in a packed bed dielectric barrier discharge reactor to facilitate fast gas flow through the active discharge area and ac...In this paper,self-designed multi-hollow needle electrodes are used as a high-voltage electrode in a packed bed dielectric barrier discharge reactor to facilitate fast gas flow through the active discharge area and achieve large-volume stable discharge.The dynamic characteristics of the plasma,the generated active species,and the energy transfer mechanisms in both positive discharge(PD)and negative discharge(ND)are investigated by using fast-exposure intensified charge coupled device(ICCD)images and time-resolved optical emission spectra.The experimental results show that the discharge intensity,number of discharge channels,and discharge volume are obviously enhanced when the multi-needle electrode is replaced by a multihollow needle electrode.During a single voltage pulse period,PD mainly develops in a streamer mode,which results in a stronger discharge current,luminous intensity,and E/N compared with the diffuse mode observed in ND.In PD,as the gap between dielectric beads changes from 0 to250μm,the discharge between the dielectric bead gap changes from a partial discharge to a standing filamentary micro-discharge,which allows the plasma to leave the local area and is conducive to the propagation of surface streamers.In ND,the discharge only appears as a diffusionlike mode between the gap of dielectric beads,regardless of whether there is a discharge gap.Moreover,the generation of excited states N_(2)^(+)(B^(2)∑_(u)^(+))and N2(C^(3)Π_(u))is mainly observed in PD,which is attributed to the higher E/N in PD than that in ND.However,the generation of the OH(A^(2)∑^(+))radical in ND is higher than in PD.It is not directly dominated by E/N,but mainly by the resonant energy transfer process between metastable N_(2)(A^(3)∑_(u)^(+))and OH(X^(2)Π).Furthermore,both PD and ND demonstrate obvious energy relaxation processes of electron-to-vibration and vibration-to-vibration,and no vibration-to-rotation energy relaxation process is observed.展开更多
This study is focused on the simulation and optimization of packed-bed solar thermal energy storage by using sand as a storage material and hot-water is used as a heat transfer fluid and storage as well.The analysis h...This study is focused on the simulation and optimization of packed-bed solar thermal energy storage by using sand as a storage material and hot-water is used as a heat transfer fluid and storage as well.The analysis has been done by using the COMSOL multi-physics software and used to compute an optimization charging time of the storage.Parameters that control this optimization are storage height,storage diameter,heat transfer fluid flow rate,and sand bed particle size.The result of COMSOL multi-physics optimized thermal storage has been validated with Taguchi method.Accordingly,the optimized parameters of storage are:storage height of 1.4m,storage diameter of 0.4 m,flow rate of 0.02 kg/s,and sand particle size 12 mm.Among these parameters,the storage diameter result is the highest influenced optimized parameter of the thermal storage fromthe ANOVA analysis.For nominal packed bed thermal storage,the charging time needed to attain about 520 K temperature is more than 3500 s,while it needs only about 2000 s for the optimized storage which is very significant difference.Average charging energy efficiency of the optimized is greater than the nominal and previous concrete-based storage by 13.7%,and 13.1%,respectively in the charging time of 2700 s.展开更多
The intrinsic kinetics of iron oxide reduced by carbon monoxide is evaluated by a method of online measuring concentration of off-gas in an isothermal differential micro-packed bed. Under the condition of getting away...The intrinsic kinetics of iron oxide reduced by carbon monoxide is evaluated by a method of online measuring concentration of off-gas in an isothermal differential micro-packed bed. Under the condition of getting away from the influence of gas diffusion and gas–solid heat transfer and mass transfer, the reaction of Fe2O3 to Fe3O4, Fe3O4 to Fe O and Fe O to Fe in the process of single reaction can be clearly distinguished from each other, and the relevant activation energy is characterized to be 75.4, 74.4, and 84.0 k J·mol-1, respectively. Therefore, the change of surface area in the reaction process due to losing oxygen could be easily calculated by combining it with pre-exponential parameters of Arrhenius equations. In conclusion, these kinetic parameters are verified by the experimental data for the process of ore reduced by carbon monoxide in a packed bed.展开更多
To investigate the flow of primary slag bearing TiO2 in the cohesive zone of blast furnaces, experiments were carded out based on the laboratory-scale packed bed systems. It is concluded that the initial temperature o...To investigate the flow of primary slag bearing TiO2 in the cohesive zone of blast furnaces, experiments were carded out based on the laboratory-scale packed bed systems. It is concluded that the initial temperature of slag dripping increases with decreasing FeO content and increasing TiO2 content. The slag holdup decreases when the FeO content is in the range of 5wt%-10wt%, whereas it increases when the FeO content exceeds 10wt% . Meanwhile, the slag holdup decreases when the TiO2 content increases from 5wt% to 10wt% but increases when the TiO2 content exceeds 10wt%. Moreover, slag/coke interface analysis shows that the reaction between FeO and TiO2 occurs be- tween the slag and the coke. The slag/coke interface is divided into three layers： slag layer, iron-rich layer, and coke layer. TiO2 in the slag is reduced by carbon, and the generated Ti diffuses into iron.展开更多
文摘The effect of operating pressure on the radial heat transfer coefficients, in a non-adiabatic fixed packed bed was studied at atmospheric and higher pressures, The study was concerned with investigating the effect of the pressure on the radial thermal conductivity （K^r） and wall heat transfer coefficient （h~） for both pellets and monolith catalysts. The study included beds that were packed with pellets and monoliths, separately. The radial temperature distribution was measured at different beds heights and feed flow rates for both types of packing. Steady-state temperatures were measured using nine chromel-alumel thermocouples arranged on a stainless steel-cross. After temperatures were collected, the radial thermal conductivity and wall heat transfer coefficient were calculated using a two-dimensional pseudo-homogeneous model. The results showed that, the radial temperature profile at the entrance of the heating section was nearly even, and a constant temperature along the radius （0F/0r=0） taken as a boundary condition to solve the partial differential equation controlling the heat transfer. Temperature profiles obtained at elevated pressures were smoother at the center of the reactor and increased sharply near the wall, than profiles at atmospheric pressure. It could also be observed, that the radial temperature profiles in the center of the reactor using a monolith catalyst at elevated pressure were more even and smoother than those of pellets. Temperature profiles in fixed beds were found to be very sensitive to Ker and hw. In pressures between atmospheric and 10 bars, there was no change in the effective heat transport parameters （i.e. they are independent of pressure in this range）. Both parameters were strongly affected by the pressure changes, above 10 bars. For the same Reynolds number （Ker） increased by 27% and 53% at 11 and 20 bars, respectively, in pellets catalyst. And they increased by factors of 2.3 and 4, when the pressure increased to the same pressures, in monolith catalyst. On the other hand, the effect of pressure on （hw） was completely the opposite, h,~ for pellets and monolith catalysts were found to be decreasing with increasing the pressure. Moreover, both coefficients increased with the Reynolds number at all applied pressures. This increase was higher for pellets than it for monoliths.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China （51004071, 51164015） Special Project for High-end CNC Machine Tools and Basic Manufacturing Equipment of China （2012ZX04007-021） Liaoning Province College Excellent Talents Fund Project （LJQ2013012）
文摘To study the influence of the Soret and Dufour effects on the reactive characteristics of a porous packed bed with endothermic reactions and forced convection, a two-dimensional mathematical model considering the cross-diffusion effects was developed in accordance with the thermodynamics of irreversible processes and the local thermal non-equilibrium model. The simulation results were validated by comparing with experimental data. The influence of the Soret and Dufour effects on the heat transfer, mass transfer and endothermic chemical reaction in the non-thermal equilibrium packed bed is discussed. It was found that when the Peclet number reaches 1865, the maximum relative error of the concentration of gas product induced by the Soret effect is 34.7% and that of the solid fractional conversion caused by the Dufour effect is 10.8% at reaction time 160 s and initial temperature 1473 K. The differences induced by the Soret and Dufour effects are demonstrated numerically to increase gradually with the initial temperature of feeding gas and the Peclet number.
基金carried out at Delft University of Technology with the financial support of M2i(Materials Innovation Institute)under the project number M41.5.09326
文摘The charging pattern may affect blast furnace permeability, coke ratio, and the freedom to select lowgrade raw materials. Ore-coke mixed charging is a potential technique for optimizing the charging pattern. In recent years,charging small-sized coke （nut coke） into the burden layer has been applied to save raw materials and decrease cost. Although mixed charging, especially adding nut coke into the burden layer, may have many advantages, the mechanisms and side effects of nut coke use are not well understood, and the mixing ratio is still limited in industrial blast furnace operation. In this study ,the status of mixed charging, especially nut coke used in blast furnaces, was investigated. A cold flow model was established to study the permeability of the packed bed in the blast furnace ＂dry zone＂ under different conditions with the aim of better understanding the mechanisms of mixing coke and nut coke into the burden layer. The effect of coke size, mixing coke ratio, layer numbers, and gas flow rate on the pressure drop of the packed bed was investigated. The experimental results show that mixing the nut coke in the ore layers decreases the pressure drop to different extents depending on mixing ratio.
基金supported by the Science and Technology Project of State Grid Corporation of China(Grant No.5400-202419199A-1-1-ZN)。
文摘The particle packed bed energy storage system has advantages such as low costs and wide temperature ranges,which can be combined with solar thermal power generation systems to solve the inherent volatility and discontinuity of renewable energy.Developing new materials with low costs and excellent storage performances is one of the eternal research hotspots in the field of energy storage.This paper innovatively uses sintered ore particles as energy storage material and studies the effect of particle size on the airflow resistance characteristics,energy storage characteristics,and thermocline evolution characteristics of the packed bed through thermal energy storage experiments.The results indicate that for the particles in the macro scale,the smaller the particle,the lower the absolute permeability of the bed and the greater the airflow resistance.The packed bed with smaller particles has a larger specific surface area,larger bulk mass,and smaller bed voidage.Therefore,the packed beds with smaller particles have better thermocline characteristics,less irreversible loss,and can achieve higher thermal efficiency and higher exergy efficiency in the heat storage cycle.The cycle thermal efficiency in packed beds with 25-40 mm,16-25 mm,and 10-16 mm particles is 53.58%,56.27%,and 57.60%,respectively,and the cycle exergy efficiency is 61.81%,69.25%,and 74.13%,respectively.Moreover,this paper also studies the effect of discharging airflow rates on thermal storage performance.The experimental results indicate that suitable discharging strategies should be selected based on different heat demands.
基金funding by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft(DFG,German Research Foundation)-Project-ID 422037413-TRR 287.
文摘Packed bed reactors are commonly found in the process industry,for example in flame-assisted calci-nation for cement production.Understanding the heat transfer inside the bed is essential for process control,product quality and energy efficiency.Here we propose a technique to determine the internal temperature distribution of packed beds based on a combination of lifetime-based phosphor ther-mometry,ray tracing simulations,and assimilation of temperature data using finite element heat transfer simulations.To establish and validate the technique,we considered a reproducible regular packing of 6 mm diameter aluminum spheres,with one of the spheres in the top layer being electrically heated.If a sphere inside the packing is coated with thermographic phosphors and excitation light is directed to-wards the packing,luminescence from the coated sphere exits the packed bed after multiple reflection and the sphere's temperature can be determined.Isothermal measurements showed that the temper-ature obtained by phosphor thermometry is independent of the luminescent sphere location.When imaging the luminescence on a camera,the luminescence distribution in recorded image depended,however,on the position of the sphere.Therefore,in setups with multiple phosphor-coated spheres,their signals can be separated using a least squares fit.We demonstrate the approach using a setup with three luminescent spheres and validated the temperature readings against thermocouple measurements.To obtain the spatial signatures for individual sphere positions required for the least squares fit,ray tracing simulations were used.These provide an efficient alternative to single sphere measurements that are only practical for regular spherical packed beds.Multi-point measurements were used as input to a finite element heat transfer simulations to determine parameters such as particle-to-particle air gap distance.With these,the full temperature distribution inside the bed could be assimilated from the measured values.
基金funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft(DFG,German Research Foundation)-Project-ID 422037413-TRR 287Gefordert durch die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft(DFG)-Projektnummer 422037413-TRR 287.
文摘Nowadays,the design of fixed packed bed reactors still relies on empirical correlations,which,especially for small tube to particle diameter ratios,are mostly too inaccurate because of the presence of wall effects.Therefore,the simulation of fixed packed bed reactors plays an important role to predict and control the flow and process parameters in such,nowadays and in the future.Because of its straightforward applicability to non-uniform packings with particles of arbitrary shapes,the immersed boundary method(IBM)has advantages over other numerical methods and is used more and more frequently.This paper compares two approaches of IBMs for the simulation of fixed bed reactors with spherical shaped particles.The classic,smooth approach is compared to the straightforward to implement blocked-off method for velocity fields above the fixed bed for particle Reynolds numbers of 300 and 500.Results from experimental inline PIV-measurements of the reactor to be simulated serve as a basis for comparison.Very good agreement with the experiment is found for both simulation methodologies with higher resolutions,considering the more stable flow at a particle Reynolds number of 300.Differences in the different IBM approaches occurred for the more unsteady flow at a particle Reynolds number of 500.Compared to the blocked-off method,the smooth IBM reflects the formation of additional jets and recirculation zones better right above the bed,though increasing the fluid mesh resolution improves the accuracy of the blocked-off method.Overall,a more diffusive behaviour is found for the blocked-off simulations due to the stairstep representation,which is avoided by using interpolation stencils as in the smooth IBM.With higher mesh refinement in the blocked-off IBM this effect can be reduced,but this also increases the computational effort.
文摘The main current approaches for generation of the packed bed models are based on rigid body dynamics(RBD)and Newton's laws(discrete element methods-DEM).This paper deals with the development and analysis of a novel code based on analytical geometry approach for the packed bed generation.The architecture and main algorithms of the novel code are described and clarified.The parameters of the packed bed generated via the novel code are compared with experimental data and packed beds generated via Blender(RBD),Yade(DEM).The novel code demonstrates many advantages,such as good correlation with experimental data,no overlaps between pellets in the packed bed,and a low computational time for packed bed generation.The packed bed model can be directly exported in.step format.Other advantages are also demonstrated and clarified.The novel code is attached to this paper and can be freely used by engineers and scientists.
基金funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft(DFG,German Research Foundation)-Project-ID 422037413-TRR 287Gefördert durch die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft(DFG)-Projektnummer 422037413-TRR 287.
文摘The present paper presents an experimental and numerical investigation of the dispersion of the gaseous jet flow and co-flow for the simple unit cell(SUC)and body-centred cubic(BCC)configuration of particles in packed beds.The experimental setup is built in such a way that suitable and simplified boundary conditions are imposed for the corresponding numerical framework,so the simulations can be done under very similar conditions as the experiments.Accordingly,a porous plate is used for the co-flow to achieve the uniform velocity and the fully developed flow is ensured for the jet flow.The SUC and BCC particle beds consist of 3D-printed spheres,and the non-isotropy near the walls is mostly eliminated by placing half-spheres at the channel walls.The flow velocities are analysed directly at the exit of the particle bed for both beds over 36 pores for the SUC configuration and 60 pores for the BCC configuration,for particle Reynolds numbers of 200,300,and 400.Stereo particle image velocimetry is experimentally arranged in such a way that the velocities over the entire region at the exit of the packed bed are obtained instantaneously.The numerical method consists of a state-of-the-art immersed boundary method with adaptive mesh refinement.The paper presents the pore jet structure and velocity field exiting from each pore for the SUC and BCC packed particle beds.The numerical and experimental studies show a good agreement for the SUC configuration for all flow velocities.For the BCC configuration,some differences can be observed in the pore jet flow structure between the simulations and the experiments,but the general flow velocity distribution shows a good overall agreement.The axial velocity is generally higher for the pores located near the centre of the packed bed than for the pores near the wall.In addition,the axial velocities are observed to increase near the peripheral pores of the packed bed.This behaviour is predominant for the BCC configuration as compared to the SUC configuration.The velocities near the peripheral pores can become even higher than those at the central pores for the BCC configuration.It is shown that both the experiments as well as the simulations can be used to study the complex fluid structures inside a packed bed reactor.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(22288102)。
文摘The large molecular weight and high hydrophilicity of chloramphenicol(CAP) residuals in wastewater led to severe degradation difficulty,which propelled the development of new wastewater degradation processes and reactors based on process intensification.This study enhanced the CAP degradation by ozone/peroxydisulfate(PDS) advanced oxidation process in a submerged rotating packed bed(SRPB)reactor.Compared the usage of different oxidants,it was indicated that the combination of O_(3) and PDS exhibited a higher degradation efficiency than ozone and PDS alone.The more desired degradation efficiency could be achieved at the operating conditions of ascending PDS concentration,SRPB rotational speed,ozone concentration,reduced initial CAP concentration,and the water qualities of ascended pH,lower Cl^(-)and initial CO_(3)^(2-) concentrations.Under the optimized conditions of C_(CAP)=20 mg·L^(-1),C_(O3)=30 mg·L^(-1),C_(PDS)=100 mg·L^(-1),and N=400 r·min^(-1),and water qualities of pH=10,the maximum chloramphenicol degradation efficiency of 97% and kinetic constant of 0.23 min^(-1) were achieved after treating 16 min.A comparison of the results with previously reported advanced oxidation processes of CAP indicated that the enhanced O^(3)/PDS advanced oxidation system using the SRPB can significantly improve the degradation efficiency of CAP.
基金Projects(50934002,51074013,51304076,51104100)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(IRT0950)supported by the Program for Changjiang Scholars Innovative Research Team in Universities,ChinaProject(2012M510007)supported by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
文摘Methods and procedures of three-dimensional （3D） characterization of the pore structure features in the packed ore particle bed are focused. X-ray computed tomography was applied to deriving the cross-sectional images of specimens with single particle size of 1-2, 2-3, 3-4, 4-5, 5-6, 6-7, 7-8, 8-9, 9-10 ram. Based on the in-house developed 3D image analysis programs using Matlab, the volume porosity, pore size distribution and degree of connectivity were calculated and analyzed in detail. The results indicate that the volume porosity, the mean diameter of pores and the effective pore size （d50） increase with the increasing of particle size. Lognormal distribution or Gauss distribution is mostly suitable to model the pore size distribution. The degree of connectivity investigated on the basis of cluster-labeling algorithm also increases with increasing the particle size approximately.
基金support from National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant No.51906246)Cooperation Foundation of Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy,Chinese Academy of Sciences(grant No.DNL202017)Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(grant No.XDA29010300).
文摘The structured packed bed is considered a promising reactor owing to its low pressure drop and good heat transfer performance.In the heat transfer process of thermal storage in packed beds,natural convection plays an important role.To obtain the mixed convective heat transfer characteristics and mechanisms in packed beds,numerical simulations and coupling analyses were carried out in this study on the unsteady process of fluid flow and heat transfer.A three-dimensional model of the flow channel in the packed bed was established,and the Navier–Stokes equations and Laminar model were adopted for the computations.The effects of the driving force on fluid flow around a particle were studied in detail.The differences in velocity and density distributions under different flow directions due to effect of the aiding flow or opposing flow were intuitively demonstrated and quantitatively analyzed.It was found that the driving force strengthens the fluid flow near the particle surface when aiding flow occurs and inhibits the fluid flow when opposing flow occurs.The boundary layer structure was changed by the natural convection,which in turn influences the field synergy angle.For the aiding flow,the coordination between the velocity and density fields is higher than that for the opposing flow.By analysis the effects of physical parameters on mixed convective heat transfer,it is indicated that with an increase in the fluid-solid temperature difference or the particle diameter,or a decrease in the fluid temperature,the strengthening or inhibiting effect of natural convection on the heat transfer became more significant.
基金This work was financially supported by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(grant No.2018M640557)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant No.51906212)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant No.52036008).
文摘The strength properties of green sinter beds,including the Young’s modulus and maximum bed strain,were evaluated using uniaxial compression tests.The green-sinter-bed samples were scanned using X-ray computed tomography(XCT),and the geometry characteristics of the granules were quantified by XCT image analysis.The orthogonal array method was applied to determine the concomitant effects of the moisture,hydrated lime,and concentrate contents on the bed strength characteristics.Less bed strain was observed when the granules had a thin adhering layer and increased interlock contacts,which had a great capacity to resist the applied load collectively.The optimal combination for decreasing the bed maximum strain was 5.8%moisture,2%hydrated lime,and 0%concentrate.The moisture and concentrate contents were the most significant factors determining the green bed strength.Increasing the moisture and concentrate contents produced granules with a thicker and more deformable adhering layer,resulting in a more compact bed.The addition of hydrated lime inhibited rearrangement,deformation,and fracture of the granules in green sinter bed during compression.
基金Supported by the National Outstanding Youth Fundfrom the National Natural Science Foundation of China( No.5 0 0 2 5 617) and the Major State Basic ResearchDevelopment Program( No.G19990 3 3 10 6)
文摘In the present work, forced convection heat transfer in plate channels filled with metallic or non metallic particles (packed beds) or sintered porous media is simulated numerically using a thermal non equilibrium model. The numerical simulation results are compared with experimental data. The difference between convection heat transfer in packed beds and in sintered porous media and the effects of the boundary condition assumptions are investigated. The results show that the numerical simulation of convection heat transfer of air or water in packed beds using the local thermal non equilibrium model and the variable porosity model agrees well with the experimental data. The convection heat transfer coefficient in sintered porous media is much higher than that in packed beds. In the numerical simulation of convection heat transfer in sintered porous media, the boundary conditions on the wall should be that the particle temperatures are equal to the fluid temperature.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(5127618151476173)the National Basic Research Program of China(2011CB 710705)
文摘To reach the target of smaller pressure drop and better heat transfer performance, packed beds with small tube-to-particle diameter ratio(D/dp<10) have now been considered in many areas. Fluid-to-wall heat transfer coefficient is an important factor determining the performance of this type of beds. In this work, local fluid-to-wall heat transfer characteristic in packed beds was studied by Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD) at different Reynolds number for D/dp=1.5, 3.0 and 5.6. The results show that the fluid-to-wall heat transfer coefficient is oscillating along the bed with small tube-to-particle diameter ratio. Moreover, this phenomenon was explained by field synergy principle in detail. Two arrangement structures of particles in packed beds were recommended based on the synergy characteristic between flow and temperature fields. This study provides a new local understanding of fluid-to-wall heat transfer in packed beds with small tube-to-particle diameter ratio.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (22208328, 22378370 and 22108261)Fundamental Research Program of Shanxi Province(20210302124618)
文摘In this study,the fluid flow and mixing process in an impinging stream-rotating packed bed(IS-RPB)is simulated by using a new three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics model.Specifically,the gaseliquid flow is simulated by the Euler-Euler model,the hydrodynamics of the reactor is predicted by the RNG k-εmethod,and the high-gravity environment is simulated by the sliding mesh model.The turbulent mass transfer process is characterized by the concentration variance c^(2) and its dissipation rateεc formulations,and therefore the turbulent mass diffusivity can be directly obtained.The simulated segregation index Xs is in agreement with our previous experimental results.The simulated results reveal that the fringe effect of IS can be offset by the end effect at the inner radius of RPB,so the investigation of the coupling mechanism between IS and RPB is critical to intensify the mixing process in IS-RPB.
基金The research projects IGF 19411 N and IGF 20974 N of the research association Forschungs-Gesellschaft Verfahrens-Technik e.V.(GVT)are supported by the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy through the German Federation of Industrial Research Associations(AiF)as part of a program for promoting industrial community research(IGF)on the basis of a decision by the German Bundestag.
文摘Dust emissions during storage of non-moving bulk materials are studied with a numerical method.The model relies on a contact-model-free Discrete Element Method(DEM)to model the bulk particle-fluid interaction and the dust removal coupled with Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD)to model the gas and the dust phase in a multiphase framework.Here,two storage scenarios are considered:a flown through packed bed and a flown over stockpile.For the first,the performed simulations reveal that the dust discharge can be correlated with the passing fluid pressure drop.For the second,a parameter study of factors influencing the dust emissions is performed.The parameters discussed are the stockpile size,the gas velocity,the slope angle,the particle diameter and the shape of the stockpile,taking into account conical and truncated conical stockpiles.Dust release correlations are obtained for both scenarios,which reflect very well the obtained numerical results.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundations of China(Nos.51977023 and 52077026)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.DUT23YG227)。
文摘In this paper,self-designed multi-hollow needle electrodes are used as a high-voltage electrode in a packed bed dielectric barrier discharge reactor to facilitate fast gas flow through the active discharge area and achieve large-volume stable discharge.The dynamic characteristics of the plasma,the generated active species,and the energy transfer mechanisms in both positive discharge(PD)and negative discharge(ND)are investigated by using fast-exposure intensified charge coupled device(ICCD)images and time-resolved optical emission spectra.The experimental results show that the discharge intensity,number of discharge channels,and discharge volume are obviously enhanced when the multi-needle electrode is replaced by a multihollow needle electrode.During a single voltage pulse period,PD mainly develops in a streamer mode,which results in a stronger discharge current,luminous intensity,and E/N compared with the diffuse mode observed in ND.In PD,as the gap between dielectric beads changes from 0 to250μm,the discharge between the dielectric bead gap changes from a partial discharge to a standing filamentary micro-discharge,which allows the plasma to leave the local area and is conducive to the propagation of surface streamers.In ND,the discharge only appears as a diffusionlike mode between the gap of dielectric beads,regardless of whether there is a discharge gap.Moreover,the generation of excited states N_(2)^(+)(B^(2)∑_(u)^(+))and N2(C^(3)Π_(u))is mainly observed in PD,which is attributed to the higher E/N in PD than that in ND.However,the generation of the OH(A^(2)∑^(+))radical in ND is higher than in PD.It is not directly dominated by E/N,but mainly by the resonant energy transfer process between metastable N_(2)(A^(3)∑_(u)^(+))and OH(X^(2)Π).Furthermore,both PD and ND demonstrate obvious energy relaxation processes of electron-to-vibration and vibration-to-vibration,and no vibration-to-rotation energy relaxation process is observed.
文摘This study is focused on the simulation and optimization of packed-bed solar thermal energy storage by using sand as a storage material and hot-water is used as a heat transfer fluid and storage as well.The analysis has been done by using the COMSOL multi-physics software and used to compute an optimization charging time of the storage.Parameters that control this optimization are storage height,storage diameter,heat transfer fluid flow rate,and sand bed particle size.The result of COMSOL multi-physics optimized thermal storage has been validated with Taguchi method.Accordingly,the optimized parameters of storage are:storage height of 1.4m,storage diameter of 0.4 m,flow rate of 0.02 kg/s,and sand particle size 12 mm.Among these parameters,the storage diameter result is the highest influenced optimized parameter of the thermal storage fromthe ANOVA analysis.For nominal packed bed thermal storage,the charging time needed to attain about 520 K temperature is more than 3500 s,while it needs only about 2000 s for the optimized storage which is very significant difference.Average charging energy efficiency of the optimized is greater than the nominal and previous concrete-based storage by 13.7%,and 13.1%,respectively in the charging time of 2700 s.
基金Supported by the State Key Development Program for Basic Research of China(2015CB251402)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21206159)
文摘The intrinsic kinetics of iron oxide reduced by carbon monoxide is evaluated by a method of online measuring concentration of off-gas in an isothermal differential micro-packed bed. Under the condition of getting away from the influence of gas diffusion and gas–solid heat transfer and mass transfer, the reaction of Fe2O3 to Fe3O4, Fe3O4 to Fe O and Fe O to Fe in the process of single reaction can be clearly distinguished from each other, and the relevant activation energy is characterized to be 75.4, 74.4, and 84.0 k J·mol-1, respectively. Therefore, the change of surface area in the reaction process due to losing oxygen could be easily calculated by combining it with pre-exponential parameters of Arrhenius equations. In conclusion, these kinetic parameters are verified by the experimental data for the process of ore reduced by carbon monoxide in a packed bed.
基金financially supported by the National Science Found for Distinguished Young Scholars(No.51304014)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.U1260202)the Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities(No.B13004)
文摘To investigate the flow of primary slag bearing TiO2 in the cohesive zone of blast furnaces, experiments were carded out based on the laboratory-scale packed bed systems. It is concluded that the initial temperature of slag dripping increases with decreasing FeO content and increasing TiO2 content. The slag holdup decreases when the FeO content is in the range of 5wt%-10wt%, whereas it increases when the FeO content exceeds 10wt% . Meanwhile, the slag holdup decreases when the TiO2 content increases from 5wt% to 10wt% but increases when the TiO2 content exceeds 10wt%. Moreover, slag/coke interface analysis shows that the reaction between FeO and TiO2 occurs be- tween the slag and the coke. The slag/coke interface is divided into three layers： slag layer, iron-rich layer, and coke layer. TiO2 in the slag is reduced by carbon, and the generated Ti diffuses into iron.
