Numerical modeling of raw atomization and vaporization by flow of heat carrier gas in furnace technical carbon production into FlowVision

Aksenov A.A., Zhluktov S.V., Kashirin V.S., Sazonova M.L., Cherny S.G., Drozdova E.A., Rode A.A.
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Technical carbon (soot) is a product obtained by thermal decomposition (pyrolysis) of hydrocarbons (usually oil) in a stream of heat carrier gas. Technical carbon is widely used as a reinforcing component in the production of rubber and plastic masses. Tire production uses 70% of all carbon produced. In furnace carbon production, the liquid hydrocarbon feedstock is injected into the natural gas combustion product stream through nozzles. The raw material is atomized and vaporized with further pyrolysis. It is important for the raw material to be completely evaporated before the pyrolysis process starts, otherwise coke, that contaminates the product, will be produced. It is impossible to operate without mathematical modeling of the process itself in order to improve the carbon production technology, in particular, to provide the complete evaporation of the raw material prior to the pyrolysis process. Mathematical modelling is the most important way to obtain the most complete and detailed information about the peculiarities of reactor operation.

A three-dimensional mathematical model and calculation method for raw material atomization and evaporation in the thermal gas flow are being developed in the FlowVision software package PC. Water is selected as a raw material to work out the modeling technique. The working substances in the reactor chamber are the combustion products of natural gas. The motion of raw material droplets and evaporation in the gas stream are modeled in the framework of the Eulerian approach of interaction between dispersed and continuous media. The simulation results of raw materials atomization and evaporation in a real reactor for technical carbon production are presented. Numerical method allows to determine an important atomization characteristic: average Sauter diameter. That parameter could be defined from distribution of droplets of raw material at each time of spray forming.

Keywords: mathematical modeling, FlowVision, disperse medium, droplet breakup, evaporation
Citation in English: Aksenov A.A., Zhluktov S.V., Kashirin V.S., Sazonova M.L., Cherny S.G., Drozdova E.A., Rode A.A. Numerical modeling of raw atomization and vaporization by flow of heat carrier gas in furnace technical carbon production into FlowVision // Computer Research and Modeling, 2023, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 921-939
Citation in English: Aksenov A.A., Zhluktov S.V., Kashirin V.S., Sazonova M.L., Cherny S.G., Drozdova E.A., Rode A.A. Numerical modeling of raw atomization and vaporization by flow of heat carrier gas in furnace technical carbon production into FlowVision // Computer Research and Modeling, 2023, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 921-939
DOI: 10.20537/2076-7633-2023-15-4-921-939
URL: http://crm-en.ics.org.ru/journal/article/3366/
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