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    28 February 2024, Volume 24 Issue 2
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    The Chinese Journal of Process Engineering. 2024, 24(2):  0. 
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    Review
    Research progress in the preparation of porous biomass carbon materials and their applications in supercapacitors
    Xuemin ZHANG Guanyu HE Shaoqi YIN Tingting HUANG Jinping LI Jian ZHENG
    The Chinese Journal of Process Engineering. 2024, 24(2):  127-138.  DOI: 10.12034/j.issn.1009-606X.223036
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    The biomass carbon material is a kind of green and renewable energy material. Its efficient utilization is of great significance for the sustainable development of the energy environment and the green and low-carbon transition of energy. Biomass carbon materials are widely used in energy storage and conversion, catalysis, adsorption, and many other fields due to their porous nature, abundant functional groups, large specific surface area, excellent electrochemical performance, low cost, and renewable. However, the properties of biomass carbon materials are not only closely related to the microstructure, but also the heteroatom doping has an important impact on the structure and electrochemical properties of biomass carbon materials. The accurate structure regulation of biomass carbon materials is an effective way to improve their electrochemical performance. In this work, the preparation methods of biomass carbon materials and their applications in supercapacitors are comprehensively reviewed, and the relationship between the structure and properties of porous carbon materials is discussed. On this basis, the influence mechanism and rules of different conditions, and different preparation processes (such as material selection, material treatment, and activation mode) on the structure characteristics of biomass carbon materials are analyzed. In this review, the mechanism and rules of the influence of the structure characteristics on the electrochemical properties of porous biomass carbon materials are described in detail, and the preparation process and performance regulation of porous biomass carbon materials need to be perfected and improved. Finally, the main development directions of preparation technology and electrochemical properties of porous biomass carbon materials in the future are pointed out.
    A review on current status and carbon accounting of recycling and reusing of spent power batteries
    Zhiying LAI Wenbin LAI Chuyuan LIN Lingjun HE Hui LIN Fuyu XIAO Qingrong QIAN Jixiang ZHANG Qinghua CHEN Lingxing ZENG
    The Chinese Journal of Process Engineering. 2024, 24(2):  139-150.  DOI: 10.12034/j.issn.1009-606X.223195
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    The booming development of the new energy vehicle industry has ed a significant rise in the amount of end-of-life power batteries, which in turn generates a huge amount of solid waste. Reuse of retired power batteries through laddering utilization and recycling can not only realize the resourceful reuse of valuable metals but also reduce carbon emissions and production costs. As an important part of developing the circular economy and promoting the intensive use of resources, the recycling and the resource utilization of power batteries are of great significance to the implementation of the carbon peaking and carbon neutrality strategy and the promotion of the construction of ecological civilization. Currently, a substantial body of literature and information pertaining to retired batteries has been extensively disseminated across the pertinent domains. Consequently, it is imperative to consolidate the pivotal insights within the industry to furnish industry professionals with a comprehensive point of reference. Overall, based on the current situation of the industry, the main purpose of this review is to discuss the environmental and economic impacts of the different recycling and reusing methods for retired batteries from the perspectives of the recycling process. By analyzing the current situation of recycling and summarizing the progress of research, an accounting method for carbon emissions from decommissioned power batteries is proposed, and then it is pointed out the necessity and feasibility of recycling. The aim of this review is to provide new insights into building waste-free cities and achieving carbon peaking and carbon neutrality target. It is hoped that the battery recycling industry will be able to realize healthy and orderly development in the future under the macro-control of the country, combined with efficient and eco-friendly retired battery recycling technology and relevant standards and norms.
    Progress on resource utilization and second utilization of chloride removal products from Friedel's salt precipitation method
    Yun GU Peng CHU Dongdong GE Shouqiang HUANG Min JIANG Hongying LÜ Wenxin ZHANG Yangyang LÜ Yang LÜ Yaheng ZHANG
    The Chinese Journal of Process Engineering. 2024, 24(2):  151-161.  DOI: 10.12034/j.issn.1009-606X.223122
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    The high concentration of Cl- in wastewater can seriously corrode industrial equipment, and also pollute the water environment. A series of technologies for removing Cl- from wastewater have been reported, such as membrane separation, concentration, evaporation crystallization, chemical precipitation, adsorption, ion exchange, electrolysis, oxidation, and solvent extraction. Among them, chemical precipitation has significant advantages in equipment investment and operability, Friedel's salt precipitation method of Cl- removal has been intensively studied because of the wide source and low price of raw materials, compared with other methods using silver, copper, or bismuth. After the Cl- removal, a large quantity of chemical sludge is produced, which mainly contains Friedel's salt (3CaO?Al2O3?CaCl2?10H2O), katoite [Ca3Al2(OH)12], and calcium hydroxide, etc. Due to the complex components and the tight binding of Cl- in the interlayer spacing of Friedel's salt, the resultant sludge is difficult to recycle. To promote the application of Friedel's salt precipitation method, it is very important to utilize its Cl- removal products, especially Friedel's salt, as a resource. Based on the introduction of the compositional and structural characteristics of Friedel's salt, this work highlights the advantages of Friedel's salt precipitation method, which cannot only remove Cl-, but also obtain Friedel's salt, by comparing other preparation methods. According to the aluminum and calcium components of Friedel's salt and its layered bimetallic hydroxide structure, effective resource utilization can be carried out, including the removal of various heavy metal cations (i.e., Cu2+, Cd2+, Co2+, Zn2+, and Pb2+) and oxygenated anion complexes [i.e., Sb(OH)6-, AsO43-, SeO42-, and CrO42-], and the preparation of polyaluminum chloride coagulants and as sludge dewatering regulators, etc. These uses have broad application prospects, providing reference and exploration direction for the further development of Friedel's salt precipitation method.
    Research Paper
    Chiller fault diagnosis based on combination of multiblock and self-attention TCN
    Yu SUN Qiang DING Yudong XIA Cong LI
    The Chinese Journal of Process Engineering. 2024, 24(2):  162-171.  DOI: 10.12034/j.issn.1009-606X.223174
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    The energy consumed by HVAC systems accounts for 50%~60% of total building energy consumption worldwide, and various failures of chillers reduce the efficiency of HVAC systems by 15%~30%, resulting in a considerable amount of energy waste. Therefore, accurate detection of faults in chiller systems can effectively mitigate energy waste and extend the life cycle of the equipment. A fault diagnosis model based on multiblock and self-attention mechanism time convolution network (Multiblock Self-attention Temporal Convolutional Networks, MB-SATCN) architecture is proposed for the problem of difficult extraction of fault sample data feature information with high coupling and time correlation in chiller unit fault diagnosis. The model divides the overall variables into multiple sub-blocks based on the physical relationship between chiller sensors and system structure, and uses the time-convolutional network architecture to mine the feature information of chiller operation data in the sub-blocks. And by introducing the self-attention mechanism to enhance the weight of key features on the fault diagnosis results, the local features output from each sub-block are again weighted and fused using the self-attention mechanism to construct a global feature representation, and the final input global features into the fully connected layer for classification using the softmax function. The simulation results show that the introduction of MB method and SA mechanism effectively improves the feature extraction ability of highly coupled chiller unit fault samples and moreover improves the fault diagnosis performance of the model. Compared with the fault diagnosis performance of three deep learning methods dealing with time series, MB-SACNN, LSTM, and GRU, the MB-SATCN method performs the average accuracy of fault diagnosis under SL1 level of minor faults is up to 98.00%, the average recall rate is up to 97.90%, the average accuracy rate is up to 97.91%, and the F1-score is up to 98.00%, which verifies the sensitivity and stability of the method.
    Comparative analysis of heat transfer and flow resistance performance in typical twisted tubes
    Xiwen ZHOU Sen CHEN Xupeng WANG Huijie ZHU Xiuzhen LI
    The Chinese Journal of Process Engineering. 2024, 24(2):  172-181.  DOI: 10.12034/j.issn.1009-606X.223131
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    In the literature survey on twisted tubes (TTs), it can be found that many documents believe that TTs are processed from round tubes based on the method of equal cross-sectional area, ignoring the fact that the cross-sectional perimeter of TTs is approximately constant during processing. In addition, the research on the cross-sectional shape on the heat transfer characteristics in the TT is relatively rare. Based on this, the heat transfer characteristics of the fluid in the TT with typical cross-sectional shape under low Reynolds number (Re) are analyzed by simulation on the basis of experimental validation. The results show the regularly spiral deformation of the TT induces periodic spiral flow of the fluid inside it, and the secondary flow is generated in the direction perpendicular to the mainstream, which reduces the synergy angle between temperature gradient and velocity and intensifies the convective heat transfer of the TT in contrast to that of round tube with equal cross-sectional circumference. When Re ranges from 650 to 1550, the TTs corresponding to the convective heat transfer coefficient from high to low are twisted triangle tube, twisted rectangular tube, twisted oval tube, twisted square tube and plain tube, respectively. The convective heat transfer coefficient and flow resistance of the twisted triangle tube increases 1.94~1.97 times and 2.96~3.06 times than plain tube, respectively. All the TTs outperform the plain tube in terms of comprehensive heat transfer performance and the comprehensive heat transfer performance evaluation factor of twisted triangle tube is the highest, with an average of about 1.86, and the rest are twisted rectangular tube, twisted oval tube and twisted square tube, which can be summarized that the twisted triangle tube performs the best convective heat transfer performance. Although the optimal tube shape is the twisted triangular tube, cold-rolling the cross-section into a triangular shape requires high toughness and is not easy to form. In practical applications, extruding the round tube into a rectangular or elliptical cross-section can be considered. The above research on the influence of cross-sectional shape on the heat transfer characteristics in TTs has practical significance for guiding the optimization design of novel TTs.
    Heat transfer characteristics of rectangular straight channel enhanced by curved streamline vortex generator
    Li ZHANG Kaili ZHANG Ying ZHANG Yaxia LI Jing ZHANG
    The Chinese Journal of Process Engineering. 2024, 24(2):  182-192.  DOI: 10.12034/j.issn.1009-606X.223101
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    The longitudinal vortex generator is widely used as an effective passive heat transfer enhancement method. Vortex generators enhance the mixing between fluids by generating vortex motion, thereby improving heat transfer performance, but also generating flow resistance. Therefore, the development of longitudinal vortex generators with lower resistance and better overall performance is a research focus in this field. The geometric structure and placement position of the vortex generator are important factors affecting its comprehensive heat transfer performance. In this work, a curved streamline winglet pair (CSWP) vortex generator is proposed to improve the performance of the streamline vortex generator. The heat transfer characteristics in the rectangular straight channel where the curved streamline winglet pair vortex generator is installed are studied by numerical simulation, and the comprehensive strengthening effect of the curved streamline winglet pair vortex generator is evaluated. The influence of the shape, quantity, and installation position of the curved streamline winglet pair vortex generator on the heat transfer performance is investigated. The results show that in the range of Re=4000~26 000, compared with the plane delta wing winglet pair (PDWP) vortex generator, the curved vortex generator can effectively reduce the flow resistance, so it has a higher overall heat transfer performance. Compared with curved rectangular winglet pair (CRWP) and curved trapezoidal winglet pair (CTWP) vortex generators, CSWP vortex generators have better comprehensive strengthening effects. When the angle of attack is constant, the smaller the inclination angle of the leading-edge of the vortex generator, the more the quantity, and the better the comprehensive strengthening effect. The CSWP vortex generator has a streamline structure of the leading-edge that can significantly reduce the flow resistance and improve the synergy between the velocity field and the temperature field, which is the reason for its high comprehensive strengthening effect.
    Analysis of particle velocity distribution function in fast fluidization based on particle image velocimetry
    Dong XIAO Shanwei HU Xinhua LIU Li ZHANG
    The Chinese Journal of Process Engineering. 2024, 24(2):  193-206.  DOI: 10.12034/j.issn.1009-606X.223133
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    Quantifying the heterogeneous gas-solid flow characteristics is of great significance to the design and optimization of this type of reactors. The formation and evolution of particle clusters result in the breakdown of the local equilibrium hypothesis, leading to the non-Maxwellian particle velocity distribution and the fail of classical kinetic theory of granular flow (KTGF). The particle movement characteristics and velocity distribution function in a fast fluidized bed were analyzed by using the experimental and data processing methods combing adaptive particle image velocimetry (PIV), particle tracking velocimetry (PTV) and digital image processing (DIA). It was found that the particle velocity distribution obviously deviated from the Maxwell distribution in both the gravity direction and the horizontal direction, showing a long-tailed off-peak or bimodal distribution. The bimodal distribution function can be used to fit the particle velocity distribution pretty well. In this work, the influence factors of anisotropy and non-Gaussian distribution characteristics of particle velocity distribution were further discussed. The particle velocity distribution function showed significant anisotropy in the horizontal and vertical directions. The deviation of particle velocity distribution function from the ideal distribution was positively correlated with the degree of particle clustering, the local particle velocity fluctuation and the particle concentration fluctuation, which may exhibit bimodal distributions in the near-wall regions. In order to analyze the relationship between particle velocity distribution function and mesoscale structure of fluidized bed more comprehensively, the energy-minimization multi-scale (EMMS) model was adopted to calculate the heterogeneous parameters. The consistency between the experimental results and the hypothesis of the dilute-dense phase coexistence showed the theoretical feasibility of the bimodal distribution.
    Numerical simulation on different vortex eliminator structures at end of riser of SVQS
    Wenwu YANG Ling QIN Ziwei HU Xiangyu WANG Hao LI Zhiliang ZHANG
    The Chinese Journal of Process Engineering. 2024, 24(2):  207-217.  DOI: 10.12034/j.issn.1009-606X.223173
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    It was found that an unstable vortex zone existed in the upper space at the end of the riser of the super vortex quick separation (SVQS) system, which delayed the rapid draw-off of oil and gas and increased the risk of safe system operation. The velocity fields of SVQS system without vortex elimination plate, SVQS system with additional curved vortex elimination plate and SVQS system with new vortex elimination plate were analyzed, and it was found that the new vortex elimination plate improved the velocity field of the system, which in turn affected the separation performance of the system. The new vortex elimination plate reduced the pressure drop and the energy loss of the system without reducing the separation efficiency of the SVQS system. The concept of oil and gas residence time was introduced to analyze the specific residence time of oil and gas in the SVQS system, and it was found that the vortex elimination plate could reduce the residence time of oil and gas and fine particles in the system, and the residence time of oil and gas in the SVQS system with the addition of the new vortex elimination plate was smaller than that in the SVQS system with the addition of the curved vortex elimination plate. A comprehensive comparison revealed that the structure and performance of the new vortex elimination plate was superior and more informative for industrial applications.
    Quantum chemistry calculation of Al8O12 cluster model for adsorption mechanism of hydrogen fluoride on alumina surface
    Yajie TAN Xianwei HU Youjian YANG Aimin LIU Zhongning SHI Shuai TANG Zhaowen WANG
    The Chinese Journal of Process Engineering. 2024, 24(2):  218-226.  DOI: 10.12034/j.issn.1009-606X.223059
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    In this work, the reaction process of alumina adsorption of hydrogen fluoride was studied by using quantum chemical theory. Density functional theory (DFT) was used to study the adsorption behavior of hydrogen fluoride molecule on the surface of cage-like cluster composed of four alumina molecules by using Gaussian. The appropriate approximate structures were obtained by scanning the system composed of alumina cluster and hydrogen fluoride molecule. The actual transition state structure was obtained by further optimization analysis of the structure. Based on this transition state structure, the intrinsic coordinate reaction (IRC) calculation was carried out to determine the adsorption reaction process and simulate the approximate adsorption reactant and product structure. The structures of reactant and product corresponding to both ends of the IRC curve were further optimized. In addition, the energy of reactant, transition state and product in the adsorption process was calculated by Shermo. According to the calculation results, the energy line diagram of the adsorption process was drawn. The bond order was calculated to analyze the change of chemical bond during the adsorption reaction. The results showed that the adsorption of hydrogen fluoride on alumina was chemical adsorption, and the total adsorption energy was -267.5 kJ/mol. There were two continuous stages of the adsorption process. The specific adsorption process was as follows. First, hydrogen fluoride molecule was dissociated. Fluorine atom and hydrogen atom were adsorbed on tricoordinate aluminum atom and its adjacent oxygen atom, respectively. At this time, the alumina cluster underwent certain deformation. Second, the hydrogen atom moved to bicoordinate oxygen atom, surmounted a potential energy barrier, and was adsorbed on it. In the process of hydrogen atom moving, the fluorine atom was adsorbed on the tricoordinate aluminum atom all the time. After the second stage of adsorption, the original deformed cluster was restored. According to the calculated value of the reaction equilibrium constant, it was thought that the adsorption reaction can occur spontaneously at room temperature.
    Adsorption properties of macroporous resin for organic pollutants in nickel-cobalt solvent extraction wastewater
    Bo XIANG Chenming LIU Renqiang CAO Feng DUAN Yuping LI
    The Chinese Journal of Process Engineering. 2024, 24(2):  227-237.  DOI: 10.12034/j.issn.1009-606X.223029
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    Nickel-cobalt solvent extraction wastewater contains high salt and high organic pollutants, organic pollutants not only caused chemical oxygen demand (COD) to exceed the emission standard of pollutants, but also caused enormous problems such as generating a lot of foam, emerging difficulty in crystallization and producing waste crystalline salt in the evaporative crystallization process of wastewater, which seriously restricts the near-zero discharge of nickel-cobalt solvent extraction wastewater. In this study, the relationship between the structure and adsorption performance of macroporous resins (MARs) was explored by comparing the microstructure of four typical MARS and their adsorption capacity for organic pollutants in the nickel-cobalt solvent extraction wastewater. The study found that ORZ-A2 had the best adsorption capacity of organic pollutants and the single-stage static adsorption removal rate of total organic carbon (TOC) and total phosphorus (TP) were 70.79% and 83.11% respectively, which might be attributed to the reasonable pore size distribution and large specific surface area. Further, GC-MS was used to characterize the composition of organic pollutants of raw wastewater and adsorbed wastewater by MARs. It was found that the organic pollutants in nickel-cobalt solvent extraction wastewater were mainly organophosphorus extractants, their hydrolysates and derivatives represented by 2-ethyl-hexanoic acid. The four types of MARs had good adsorption effects on organophosphorus extractant and 2-ethyl-hexanoic acid, however, the organic pollutant in the adsorbed wastewater was mainly valeric acid, which indicated that the water-soluble small molecular organic pollutants represented by valeric acid might be the key to further enhance the removal rate of TOC. Subsequently, the kinetics study found that organic pollutants uptake onto four MARs followed the pseudo-second order model. The calculation results of thermodynamic parameters indicated that the adsorption of organic pollutants on MARs was a spontaneous, and exothermic physical adsorption process. This work provides a theoretical basis for guiding the industrial application of MARs adsorption technology for organic pollutants in nickel-cobalt solvent extraction wastewater.
    Separation of ethyl formate and ethanol azeotrope by extractive distillation using phosphate salt ionic liquid as extractant
    Chaoyue YIN Fan YANG Qinqin ZHANG Zhigang ZHANG
    The Chinese Journal of Process Engineering. 2024, 24(2):  238-247.  DOI: 10.12034/j.issn.1009-606X.223089
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    In the process of producing ethyl formate with formic acid and ethanol as raw materials, the unreacted ethanol and ethyl formate will form an azeotrope, which is difficult to separate. In this work, the method of extractive distillation is used to separate the ethyl formate-ethanol azeotrope system with the ionic liquid as an extractant. The ionic liquid is screened by the COSMO-RS model, and the ionic liquid is determined to be 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazole diethyl phosphate ([EMIM][DEP]) and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazole diethyl phosphate ([BMIM][DEP]). The vapor-liquid equilibrium (VLE) data of the ethyl formate+ethanol binary system and the ethyl formate+ethanol+ ionic liquid ternary system are determined, and the experimental data are correlated with the NRTL model. Finally, the separation mechanism is explored by excess enthalpy analysis and σ-profile analysis (probability distribution of surface charge density). The results show that the relative volatility of ethyl formate increases with the increase in the molar fraction of two ionic liquids (ILs). When the ionic liquid concentration is 0.030, the relative volatility of ethyl formate to ethanol is greater than 1, and it can be seen that the separation effect of [EMIM][DEP] is better than that of [BMIM][DEP] ionic liquid. Through excessive enthalpy analysis, it is found that hydrogen bonds and van der Waals forces are more easily formed between ionic liquid and ethanol molecules, and the interaction between molecules is stronger than that between ionic liquid and ethyl formate, which promotes the separation of ethyl formate and ethanol. With the increase in ionic liquid concentration, the interaction between molecules is enhanced. Finally, the σ-profile analysis shows that ionic liquid is more inclined to interact with ethanol to separate ethyl formate, and it can be concluded that the shorter the cationic carbon chain of ionic liquid, the better the separation effect.
    Effect of additive Cu on performance of supported palladium catalyst for perfluoroolefin hydrogenation
    Junjie ZHANG Liantao JIANG Minmin LIU Xianglei MENG Guangwen XU Yanyan DIAO
    The Chinese Journal of Process Engineering. 2024, 24(2):  248-258.  DOI: 10.12034/j.issn.1009-606X.223108
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    Hydrofluorocarbons have excellent characteristics of environmental friendliness, low toxicity, high stability, and are widely used in many fields, especially in the refrigeration industry, which has attracted great attention. Hydrofluorocarbons usually need to be prepared by hydrogenation of fluorinated olefins. However, due to the strong electronegativity of fluorine atoms, it is difficult to activate perfluoroalkenes, leading to perfluoroalkene hydrogenation is a challenging problem. For the hydrogenation reaction of perfluoroalkenes, precious metal supported palladium catalysts are currently widely used internationally, with a large palladium loading capacity and high cost. In this work, a high activity and low loading palladium catalyst with only 0.1wt% palladium content was prepared by impregnation method, and a series of copper promoted palladium catalysts were also prepared. The performance of different catalysts in the hydrogenation of hexafluoropropylene dimer were investigated on a micro fixed bed continuous reactor. The results showed that the 0.1wt% Pd catalyst also had good activity, the conversion of hexafluoropropylene dimer was 49.3%, and the selectivity of the target product was 97.6%. When 10wt% Cu promoter was used, the catalyst had the best activity, the conversion of hexafluoropropylene dimer was higher than 93.4%, and the selectivity of the target product could reach 98.6%. Through the characterization and analysis of XRD, H2-TPR, and XAFS technologies, it was found that the copper in the catalyst mainly existed in the form of Cu2O and Cu0. Cu2O could form a strong interaction with Pd, greatly reduced the reduction temperature of Cu2O in the catalyst through hydrogen overflow, and the hydrogen atoms overflowing from palladium could greatly improve the hydrogenation activity of hexafluoropropylene dimer. Therefore, this work provides a highly active, low-content and stable palladium-based catalyst for perfluoroolefin hydrogenation reaction and its preparation method, which provides a research direction for further design of efficient catalysts.