Liquid Mass Distribution Research Articles

Gas Velocity Measurements of Close-Coupled Atomizers

It is commonly considered that the character of atomizing gas-flowing field would affect breaking method of molten metal, liquid droplet size and mass distribution. It is one of the important factors which determine the microstructure and metallurgical quality of products. In this paper, three types of atomizers were designed and Pitot tube was used to investigate the steady state gas flow field generated by a close-coupled spray deposition atomizer. Through the study of atomization gas velocity distribution by simulation and experiment, the construction and gas flow dynamical property were introduced in this paper.

Spray Structures of Liquid Jets Atomized in Subsonic Crossflows

The structures of spray plumes from 0.5-mm waterjets injected into a subsonic crosse ow were experimentally investigated using phase Doppler particle anemometry. Droplet size, axial velocity, and volume e ux were measured across the spray plume at several axial distances downstream of the injector exit. Results indicate that large droplets can be found in the central portion of the spray plume for cases with small liquid/air momentum e ux ratios and in which the momentum exchange between column waves and the airstream is signie cant. For cases with large-momentum e ux ratios, the droplet size distribution exhibits a concave-layered structure, with the peak on the centerline and large droplets at the top. Droplets were found to concentrate in a small area within the spray plume, which indicates that the liquid mass distribution is not uniform. The height of the maximum volume e ux locations, an indicator of the location of the highest concentration of droplets, was measured and correlated with momentum e ux ratios and axial distances. It was found that more droplets are distributed toward the upper portion of the spray plume for larger momentum e ux ratios. Spray penetration, spray width, penetration-to-width ratio, and spray cross-sectional area were also found to increase with the momentum e ux ratio.