Disclosure of Invention
The application aims to provide a membrane separation type nitrogen production system for a ship and a nitrogen production method thereof, which can solve the technical problems that a large amount of oxygen-enriched gas cannot be discharged from the enrichment bottom of the existing nitrogen production system, and a flow dead zone exists, so that the separation rate of oxygen and nitrogen is reduced.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the application provides a marine membrane separation type nitrogen production system, which comprises a gas supply and treatment unit and a separation membrane unit; the separation membrane unit comprises a gas collecting chamber, a separation chamber and a gas collecting chamber which are sequentially arranged at intervals along the axial direction of the separation membrane unit; wherein, the gas collecting chamber is provided with a first inlet communicated with the gas supply and treatment unit; the air collection chamber is provided with a first outlet communicated with the outside; a plurality of hollow fiber membranes are arranged in the separation chamber at intervals, and each hollow fiber membrane is respectively communicated with the gas collecting chamber and the gas collecting chamber at two ends of the hollow fiber membrane; a separation structure which limits the inner space of the separation chamber into a roundabout type air path is arranged in the separation chamber; the separation chamber is internally provided with a second outlet and a second inlet which are respectively arranged at the upstream and downstream of the circuitous air path in a communicating way.
Further, the partition structure is composed of at least one partition subset, each partition subset including a pair of partition plates arranged in a staggered manner on the inner side walls of the separation chamber; a pair of separator plates in each separator subset are spaced apart from each other, each separator plate extending from one of the separator chambers toward the opposite side in a direction perpendicular to the axis and terminating prior to contacting the opposite side to form the circuitous air path comprised of at least one S-bend between the second outlet, the separator structure, and the second inlet.
Further, the second outlet is arranged on the same side as the fixed end of the partition plate closest thereto; the second inlet is disposed on the same side as the fixed end of the partition plate closest thereto.
Further, the first outlet and the first inlet are arranged away from each other, and two ends of the hollow fiber membrane are respectively arranged relative to the first inlet and the first outlet; the first inlet and the second outlet are arranged in different-surface adjacent manner; the first outlet is arranged adjacent to the second inlet in different planes.
Further, the marine membrane separation type nitrogen production system further comprises: the device comprises a pressure reducing device, a regulating valve, an oxygen analyzer and an electromagnetic valve; one end of the air supply and treatment unit is connected to the first inlet; one end of the regulating valve is connected to the first outlet; one end of the oxygen analyzer is connected to the second inlet, and the other end of the oxygen analyzer is connected to the pressure reducing device; one end of the pressure reducing device, which is far away from the oxygen analyzer, is connected to one end of the regulating valve, which is far away from the first outlet; and one end of the electromagnetic valve is connected to one end of the regulating valve away from the first outlet.
Further, the gas enters the gas supply and treatment unit to form pure compressed air; the pure compressed air enters the separation membrane unit from the first inlet, wherein oxygen is enriched in the separation chamber during the flow process of the hollow fiber membrane, the pure compressed air is discharged from the second outlet, and nitrogen is enriched in the hollow fiber membrane and is discharged at the first outlet along the flow route of the hollow fiber membrane; a part of nitrogen gas discharged from the first outlet is discharged through the regulating valve and the electromagnetic valve in sequence.
Further, a part of gas discharged from the regulating valve is decompressed by the decompressing device to become low-pressure nitrogen-rich gas, the low-pressure nitrogen-rich gas passes through the oxygen analyzer and then enters the separation membrane unit from the second inlet, the separation chamber is purged, the oxygen-rich gas in a dead zone flows at the tail end of the separation membrane, and the oxygen-rich gas in the separation chamber is discharged from the second outlet.
Further, the second outlet is used for discharging oxygen-enriched gas; the electromagnetic valve is used for discharging nitrogen.
Further, the electromagnetic valve comprises a first electromagnetic valve and a second electromagnetic valve; the first electromagnetic valve and the second electromagnetic valve are connected to one end, far away from the first outlet, of the regulating valve through a three-way connecting piece; the first electromagnetic valve is used for discharging high-purity nitrogen; the second electromagnetic valve is used for discharging unqualified nitrogen.
In order to achieve the above object, the present application also provides a nitrogen production method for producing nitrogen using the membrane separation type nitrogen production system for ship as described above, comprising the steps of: introducing the upstream bleed air into an air supply and treatment unit for treatment to form pure compressed air; the pure compressed air is introduced into the gas collecting chamber in the separation membrane unit through the first inlet, oxygen is enriched in the separation chamber of the separation membrane unit after permeating the hollow fiber membrane in the process of flowing in the hollow fiber membrane and is discharged through the second outlet of the separation membrane unit, nitrogen is enriched in the hollow fiber membrane and is introduced into the gas collecting chamber along with the hollow fiber membrane, and the nitrogen is discharged out of the gas collecting chamber through the first outlet of the separation membrane unit.
Further, a part of nitrogen discharged from the first outlet is discharged through a regulating valve and an electromagnetic valve in sequence; the other part of nitrogen sequentially passes through the regulating valve, the pressure reducing device and the oxygen analyzer to become low-pressure nitrogen-rich gas, the low-pressure nitrogen-rich gas enters the separation membrane unit from the second inlet of the separation membrane unit, so that the residual oxygen-rich gas in the separation membrane unit is emptied, and the oxygen-rich gas in the dead zone of the flowing of the tail end of the separation membrane is driven to be discharged from the second outlet of the separation membrane unit.
Further, the low-pressure nitrogen-rich gas flows in a circuitous gas path formed by at least one S-bend formed among the second inlet, the separation structure and the second outlet, and finally is discharged from the second outlet.
In order to achieve the above object, the present application also provides a method for applying the membrane separation type nitrogen making system for ship as described above, comprising the steps of: according to the oxygen content set value e of the user set Setting an initial opening degree of the regulating valve and measuring the current first oxygen content e 0 The method comprises the steps of carrying out a first treatment on the surface of the Calculating the variation and the variation rate of the oxygen content after a period of time to obtain an opening adjustment quantity U and a delay time T of the regulating valve, reducing or increasing the amplitude of the opening U of the regulating valve, and waiting for the delay time T seconds; measuring a second oxygen content e 'after T seconds, and judging whether the second oxygen content e' is equal to an oxygen content set value e set And the oxygen content change rate is not more than 5%, if not, the process of circulation adjustment is carried out until the oxygen content e converges; and when the oxygen content e is converged, judging whether the current state is the gas stopping state, if so, ending the regulation and shutdown.
The application has the technical effects that the flow dead zone of the oxygen-enriched gas outside the hollow fiber membrane is reduced by nitrogen purging, the partial pressure of oxygen outside the hollow fiber membrane is reduced, and the partial pressure of nitrogen is increased, so that the partial pressure difference of oxygen inside and outside the membrane is increased, the partial pressure difference of nitrogen on two sides of the membrane is reduced, the oxygen is easier to permeate the membrane, the permeation efficiency of the nitrogen is reduced, the oxygen-enriched gas is favorably pushed to be timely discharged in the nitrogen production process, the purity and the separation efficiency of the nitrogen are improved, and the high-purity nitrogen can be stably and continuously output.
Detailed Description
The following description of the embodiments of the present application will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the application without making any inventive effort, are intended to fall within the scope of the application. Furthermore, it should be understood that the detailed description is presented herein for purposes of illustration and description only, and is not intended to limit the application. In the present application, unless otherwise indicated, terms of orientation such as "upper" and "lower" are used to generally refer to the upper and lower positions of the device in actual use or operation, and specifically the orientation of the drawing figures; while "inner" and "outer" are for the outline of the device.
As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the embodiment of the application provides a membrane separation type nitrogen production system for a ship and a nitrogen production method thereof. The following will describe in detail. The following description of the embodiments is not intended to limit the preferred embodiments.
The marine membrane separation type nitrogen production system comprises a gas supply and treatment unit 100, a separation membrane unit 200, a pressure reducing device 300, a regulating valve 400, an oxygen analyzer 500, a solenoid valve 600 and other components. The marine membrane separation type nitrogen production system is used for separating oxygen and nitrogen in air and extracting and obtaining high-concentration nitrogen.
The air supply and treatment unit 100 treats the incoming bleed air for generating dry, pure compressed air and reducing the oil mist, dust content and dew point temperature therein to prevent contamination of the separation membrane unit 200 by impurities in the air.
As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the separation membrane unit 200 has selective permeability for separating oxygen from nitrogen, and the separation membrane unit 200 includes a gas collecting chamber, a separation chamber, and a gas collecting chamber sequentially arranged at intervals along an axial direction thereof.
The gas collection chamber is provided with a first inlet 201 communicated with the gas supply and treatment unit 100, and is provided with a first outlet 202 communicated with the outside; a plurality of hollow fiber membranes 205 are arranged at intervals in the separation chamber, and each hollow fiber membrane 205 is respectively communicated with the gas collecting chamber and the gas collecting chamber at two ends of the hollow fiber membrane. A separation structure which limits the inner space of the separation chamber into a roundabout type air path is arranged in the separation chamber; the separation chamber is provided with a second outlet 204 and a second inlet 203 which are respectively arranged at the upstream and downstream of the circuitous air path in a communicating way.
The separation structure is composed of at least one separation sub-set, each separation sub-set includes a pair of separation plates arranged opposite to each other on the inner side wall of the separation chamber in a staggered manner, each separation plate extends from one side of the separation chamber toward the opposite side along the direction perpendicular to the axis and terminates before contacting the opposite side, respectively, a first separation plate 206 and a second separation plate 207 in fig. 2, so as to form the circuitous air path composed of one S-bend between the second outlet 204, the separation structure and the second inlet 203, the circuitous air path being indicated by a dotted line in fig. 2, for the air entering from the second inlet 203 to be discharged from the second outlet 204.
In other embodiments of the present application, as shown in fig. 3, the separation subset includes two pairs of separation plates, and each pair of separation plates is staggered, so as to form a circuitous air path formed by two S-bends, where the circuitous air path is shown by a dotted line in fig. 3. In the present application, a plurality of partition plates may be provided to form at least two S-bend circuitous gas paths for the gas entering from the second inlet 203 to be discharged from the second outlet 204.
Specifically, the separation membrane unit 200 having only a pair of separation plates will be described in detail hereinafter with reference to fig. 2.
The separation membrane unit 200 has a cylindrical structure, and defines two opposite sides thereof as a first side and a second side, and the rest are circumferential surfaces. The first inlet 201 is disposed at a first side of the separation membrane unit 200, the second inlet 203 is disposed on a circumferential surface of the separation membrane unit 200, the first outlet 202 is disposed at a second side of the separation membrane unit 200, the second outlet 204 is disposed on the circumferential surface of the separation membrane unit 200, and the second inlet 203 and the second outlet 204 are two interfaces disposed at 180 ° intervals on the circumference at two ends of the circumferential surface, specifically, the second inlet 203 is disposed at an end close to the second side, the second outlet 204 is disposed at an end close to the first side, and the second inlet 203 and the second outlet 204 are disposed diagonally.
Further, the second outlet 204 is disposed on the same side as the fixed end of the second partition plate 207 closest thereto, the second inlet 203 is disposed on the same side as the fixed end of the first partition plate 206 closest thereto, the first outlet 202 and the first inlet 201 are disposed away from each other, two ends of the hollow fiber membrane 205 are disposed opposite to the first inlet 201 and the first outlet 202, respectively, the first inlet 201 and the second outlet 204 are disposed in a different-surface adjacent manner, and the first outlet 202 and the second inlet 203 are disposed in a different-surface adjacent manner.
One end of the regulator valve 400 is connected to the first outlet 202, and the other end thereof is connected to a three-way connection member connected to the first solenoid valve 610 and the second solenoid valve 620, respectively. The regulating valve 400 is installed on the nitrogen main pipeline, and the residence time of the pure compressed air in the hollow fiber membrane 205 is changed by adjusting the opening degree, so that the permeated air (oxygen) is fully permeated to the outside of the hollow fiber membrane 205 under the pushing of the partial pressure difference so as to be discharged from the second outlet 204, while the permeated residual air (nitrogen) is enriched in the hollow fiber membrane 205, and is discharged from the gas collection chamber at the tail end of the separation membrane unit 200 to the nitrogen main pipeline, namely, the position of the regulating valve 400.
One end of the pressure reducing device 300 is connected to the nitrogen main pipeline, the other end is connected to the oxygen analyzer 500, and one end of the oxygen analyzer 500 away from the pressure reducing device 300 is communicated to the second inlet 203 of the separation membrane unit 200.
The nitrogen production method for producing nitrogen using the marine membrane separation type nitrogen production system is explained below.
Bleed air or air from upstream is introduced from the air supply and treatment unit 100, and after treatment pure compressed air is formed, which is introduced from the first inlet 201 into the air collection chamber of the separation membrane unit 200 and is collected in the air collection chamber via the hollow fiber membranes 205, oxygen is enriched in the separation chamber after passing through the hollow fiber membranes 205 during the flow of the pure compressed air in the hollow fiber membranes 205 and is discharged from the second outlet 204, and nitrogen is enriched in the hollow fiber membranes 205 and is introduced into the air collection chamber along with the hollow fiber membranes 205 and is finally discharged from the first outlet 202.
The nitrogen gas discharged from the first outlet 202 is adjusted by the adjusting valve 400 to change the purity, and the nitrogen gas having an unacceptable purity generated during the unstable process such as the start-up of the nitrogen production system is discharged from the second solenoid valve 620, while the nitrogen gas having a high purity generated during the stable operation is discharged from the first solenoid valve 610. Because the oxygen analyzer 500 in this embodiment is a structure with a measuring chamber, a part of high purity nitrogen gas needs to be led out from the nitrogen main pipeline, decompressed by the decompressing device 300, and then enters the oxygen analyzer 500, and the oxygen analyzer 500 detects the oxygen content of the gas and increases or decreases the opening of the regulating valve 400 in real time according to the oxygen content, so as to regulate the purity of the nitrogen gas in the gas collection chamber, and generate high purity nitrogen gas, or low oxygen nitrogen-rich gas. And a part of the low-pressure high-purity nitrogen gas for detection by the oxygen analyzer 500 is introduced from the oxygen analyzer 500 to the second inlet 203 of the separation membrane unit 200 to purge the oxygen-enriched gas in the separation chamber.
In the preliminary separation process of the pure compressed air, a large amount of oxygen-enriched gas passing through the hollow fiber membrane 205 is concentrated outside the hollow fiber membrane 205 and distributed along the length direction of the hollow fiber membrane 205, because the second inlet 203 is far away from the second outlet 204, the oxygen-enriched gas concentrated near the second inlet 203 cannot be directly discharged from the second outlet 204, stagnates and gathers in the separation chamber in the nitrogen production process, and the more the accumulation is for a long time, the higher the partial pressure of oxygen near the outside of the second half hollow fiber membrane of the separation chamber is, the smaller the pushing force (or pressure difference) of the oxygen passing through the hollow fiber membrane 205 is, which is unfavorable for the separation of nitrogen and oxygen, and the separation efficiency is reduced.
In this embodiment, the oxygen-enriched gas collected nearby is purged by the low-oxygen-enriched gas entering from the second inlet 203, so that the oxygen-enriched gas can be pushed to flow again, and the partial pressure of the oxygen outside the hollow fiber membrane 205 is reduced while the partial pressure of the nitrogen is increased, so that the pushing force of the oxygen penetrating the hollow fiber membrane 205 is increased, the permeation pushing force of the nitrogen is reduced, and the membrane separation efficiency of the oxygen and the nitrogen is enhanced. The gas outside the hollow fiber membrane 205 is finally discharged from the second outlet 204 after flowing through the circuitous gas path under the driving of the low-pressure nitrogen-rich gas, which is beneficial to reducing the flow dead zone and reducing the problem of the reduction of the membrane separation efficiency caused by the concentration polarization of the gas.
The marine membrane separation type nitrogen production system and the nitrogen production method thereof have the technical effects that the oxygen-enriched gas flowing dead zone outside the hollow fiber membrane is reduced by nitrogen purging, the partial pressure of oxygen outside the hollow fiber membrane is reduced, and the partial pressure of nitrogen is increased, so that the partial pressure difference of oxygen inside and outside the membrane is increased, the partial pressure difference of nitrogen on two sides of the membrane is reduced, the oxygen is easier to permeate the membrane, the permeation efficiency of the nitrogen is reduced, the timely discharge of the oxygen-enriched gas in the nitrogen production process is facilitated, the purity and the separation efficiency of the nitrogen are improved, and high-purity nitrogen can be stably and continuously output.
As shown in fig. 4, the embodiment of the application further provides an application method of the marine membrane separation type nitrogen production system, wherein the application method is a method for automatically adjusting and optimizing the purity of product nitrogen by controlling the opening degree of the adjusting valve, and the influence of the change delta e and the change rate de of the oxygen content is considered when the purity of the nitrogen is adjusted, and the method specifically comprises steps S1 to S4.
S1, setting the initial opening of a regulating valve according to the purity of the nitrogen gas required by a user, and measuring the current first oxygen content e 0 . Specifically, the oxygen content set value e input by the user is obtained set According to the opening degree record value (e set ,EV’ n ) Setting an initial opening EV of a proportional valve, and measuring the current oxygen content e 0 。
S2, calculating the change amount and the change rate of the oxygen content after a period of time is separated, obtaining the opening adjustment amount U and the delay time T of the regulating valve, reducing or increasing the opening U amplitude of the regulating valve, and waiting for the delay time T seconds. In the present embodiment, taking an interval of 3 seconds as an example, the difference Δe=e-e between the oxygen content set value and the measured value is calculated based on the current oxygen content e measured by the oxygen analyzer set Rate of change of oxygen content de= (e-e) 0 )/t。
S3, measuring the second oxygen content e 'after T seconds, and judging whether the second oxygen content e' is equal to the oxygen content set value e set And the oxygen content change rate is not more than 5%, if not, the regulation process is circulated until the oxygen content e converges. Specifically, according to the opening adjustment rule table corresponding to the magnitudes of Δe and de, the adjustment amount U and the delay T of the adjustment valve opening are obtained, the adjustment valve opening is adjusted to EV '(EV' =ev-U), and the delay time T seconds is waited for. Measuring the oxygen content e 'after the delay is finished, and judging whether e' is equal to e set And de is not more than 5%. If not, e is not converged, and e' is taken as e 0 And (2) entering the step (S2), and circulating the step (S2-3) until the step (e) converges.
And S4, when the oxygen content e is converged, judging whether the current state is a gas stopping state, if so, ending the regulation and shutdown. Specifically, if e converges, judging whether the current state is the gas stopping state, if not, continuing to circulate S2-3, and adjusting the regulating valve in the range of qualified oxygen content, wherein if Δe or de changes due to fluctuation of the working environment or system state of the nitrogen production system in the circulation process, the opening degree can be corrected in time, and continuous and stable output of high-purity nitrogen is ensured.
The technical effect of the application method of the marine membrane separation type nitrogen production system of the embodiment is that the opening degree adjustment is performed by comprehensively considering the influence of the change amount deltae and the change rate de of the oxygen content, and the adjustment and reaction time are shortened, so that the starting time of the nitrogen production system is shortened. The nitrogen making system has strong adaptability to pressure fluctuation and temperature change of the air entering the membrane, can automatically adjust the opening of the regulating valve in real time, and ensures continuous and stable output of qualified high-purity nitrogen.
The above description is made in detail of a marine membrane separation type nitrogen production system and a nitrogen production method thereof, and specific examples are applied to illustrate the principles and embodiments of the present application, and the above description of the examples is only for helping to understand the method and core ideas of the present application; meanwhile, as those skilled in the art will have variations in the specific embodiments and application scope in light of the ideas of the present application, the present description should not be construed as limiting the present application.