Counter flow atomizer: Effect of the area ratio of the outlet orifice and the inlet air canal

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202226401043" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202226401043</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202226401043" target="_blank" >10.1051/epjconf/202226401043</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Counter flow atomizer: Effect of the area ratio of the outlet orifice and the inlet air canal

Original language description

The need to reduce the energy demand of processes also creates pressure to make atomizers more efficient. A promising development path could be counterflow atomizers (CFA). Initial results suggest that CFA is capable of the same quality of atomization but using half the air mass flow rate compared to conventional twin-fluids atomizers when operated at identical inlet pressure. This means half the energy requirements with the same efficiency. This atomizer also shows a great promise in the atomization of highly viscous substances such as waste-based fuels and biomass oils. In CFA, the air expands twice; first, at the discharge from the air inlet canal into the mixing tube, and second, at the discharge from the atomizer to the surrounding atmosphere. Therefore, one of the main control parameters is the area ratio of the exit orifice and the air inlet canal. This study experimentally investigates the effect of this ratio on the spray quality for two different CFA atomizers using Phase Doppler Anemometry (PDA), which provides the velocity and size of individual droplet in the spray. The atomizers were operated at the air inlet pressure of 100 and 200 kPa and gas-to-liquid mass (GLR) ratios of 5, 10 and 20%. The effect of the double expansion can be well observed in the pressure differences between the air inlet and the pressure inside the mixing tube. The length of the air counterflow insert had a significant effect on the atomizer performance. For the shorter counterflow channel, a minimal effect on flow was observed; this atomizer behaved like a conventional twin-fluid atomizer and all expansions occurred downstream of the exit orifice. The longer counterflow canal changed the internal expansion ratios, larger droplets, wider spray and higher discharge coefficients (Cd) were obtained

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10305 - Fluids and plasma physics (including surface physics)

Project

<a href="/en/project/LTAIN19044" target="_blank" >LTAIN19044: Development of energy efficient twin-fluid atomizer for effective post combustion CO2 and NOx removal</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

EFM21 – 15th International Conference “Experimental Fluid Mechanics 2021

ISBN

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ISSN

2100-014X

e-ISSN

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Number of pages

5

Pages from-to

1-5

Publisher name

Neuveden

Place of publication

neuveden

Event location

Liberec

Event date

Nov 23, 2021

Type of event by nationality

EUR - Evropská akce

UT code for WoS article

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