多毛细管电雾化喷洒模式及稳定喷洒特征研究

通过采用传统的金属毛细管搭建了多喷管电雾化实验装置.初步获得了多管道电雾化喷洒的各种模式.并比较了乙醇在单、多管道条件下"锥-射流"模式喷洒的两个重要指标:稳定喷洒的起始电压和电流-流量关系.尽管结果显示由于加工/装配过程中的差异,各管道之间的喷洒状态会存在一定差异;但两种条件下的锥-射流喷洒模式服从相似规律:(1)稳定喷洒起始电压(V_C)与Taylor锥半锥角(θ)余弦的1/2次方成正比;(2)多管电雾化总电流(I)与流量(Q)的1/2次方成正比.它表明在常规尺度下,稳定电雾化喷洒射流的主要影响因素为锥-射流过渡区内液体界面上的极化电荷,而外界工作电场分布对稳定喷洒雾化效果影响较小.     

锥射流模式下乙醇静电喷雾液滴速度特性分析

研究液滴在静电喷雾下的速度特性是理解喷雾形态的形成及演化的关键.结合锥射流模式下乙醇静电喷雾实验数据,建立了静电喷雾二维轴对称模型.基于离散相液滴运动方程、连续相空气运动方程、电场方程以及用户自定义函数,进行了数值求解,获得了锥射流模式下的乙醇静电喷雾形态、空间电场分布以及液滴速度场分布.考虑了不同空气入口流速的影响,得到了乙醇/空气同轴射流静电喷雾形态的变化规律.结果表明,喷雾外围液滴与空气流场有较强的相互作用,导致喷雾中轴线附近的液滴速度分布变化较小,而在喷雾外围处的液滴速度分布沿径向剧烈变化;随着空气入口速度的增大,乙醇/空气同轴射流静电喷雾形态先趋于发散,当空气入口速度大于喷雾外围液滴轴向速度时,喷雾形态则趋于聚拢.因此,除改变施加电压、液体流量和电极结构外,通过控制空气入口速度来影响喷雾液滴速度场,也可获得不同的静电喷雾效果.     

电雾化装置及雾化模型研究

本文介绍了新研制的电雾化实验装置及其测试系统。一系列实验表明该系统运行可靠。在该装置上进行的实验表明,电雾化现象与溶液电导率、介电常数、表面张力、粘性以及电压、流量有关。电雾化现象中存在“滴”模型、“脉动”模型、“锥－射流”模型、“不稳定”模型等几种不同的流动状态。而在“锥－射流”模型时,溶液具有单分散的尺度分布。本文还介绍了酒精溶液在民雾化过程中出现“锥－射流”现象的区域。     

滴状模式下液桥形成及断裂的电流体动力学特性研究

对电场作用下微通道荷电液滴脱落过程中液桥形成及断裂的显微演变特征进行了可视化实验研究.借助时空分辨率较高的高速摄像技术精确捕捉了电场作用下液桥形成及断裂的界面演化过程,研究了液桥的界面结构变化及其断裂的动力学显微演变行为,获得了时间特征数、电邦德数及半月面形成角对液桥长度及断裂顺序的作用规律.实验结果显示,液桥断裂长度取决于黏度与表面张力之比,而受荷电弛豫时间的影响甚微,低电压工况下各实验介质液桥相对长度的变化并不明显,而在较高电压工况下相对液桥长度的增长速度加快.随着电邦德数的不断增加,液桥长度的变化在较高邦德数下更为明显且存在突变区,此时伴随着雾化模式的转变,表明液桥的突变恰恰是雾化模式过渡的信号.不同物性介质的射流过渡行为由于液桥上下游形成角的变化而存在较大差异.对于无水乙醇介质,电邦德数的增加使滴状模式首先过渡到纺锤模式,而对于生物柴油,滴状模式后会首先出现脉动模式而非纺锤模式.      

滴状模式下液桥形成及断裂的电流体动力学特性研究

对电场作用下微通道荷电液滴脱落过程中液桥形成及断裂的显微演变特征进行了可视化实验研究.借助时空分辨率较高的高速摄像技术精确捕捉了电场作用下液桥形成及断裂的界面演化过程,研究了液桥的界面结构变化及其断裂的动力学显微演变行为,获得了时间特征数、电邦德数及半月面形成角对液桥长度及断裂顺序的作用规律.实验结果显示,液桥断裂长度取决于黏度与表面张力之比,而受荷电弛豫时间的影响甚微,低电压工况下各实验介质液桥相对长度的变化并不明显,而在较高电压工况下相对液桥长度的增长速度加快.随着电邦德数的不断增加,液桥长度的变化在较高邦德数下更为明显且存在突变区,此时伴随着雾化模式的转变,表明液桥的突变恰恰是雾化模式过渡的信号.不同物性介质的射流过渡行为由于液桥上下游形成角的变化而存在较大差异.对于无水乙醇介质,电邦德数的增加使滴状模式首先过渡到纺锤模式,而对于生物柴油,滴状模式后会首先出现脉动模式而非纺锤模式.     

多毛细管稳定喷洒电雾化特征研究(二)——电压、电流、粒径与流量的关系

主要比较了无水乙醇在单根、线性单排、双排毛细管道条件下,其稳定的锥-射流模式喷洒的几项重要指标:在稳定的锥-射流喷洒模式下,雾化的起始电压、电流以及粒径与流量的关系。在实验过程中,由于温度、湿度等环境的不稳定以及装置的制作/安装过程中的精密度不高等因素的影响,实验现象细节存在少量不确定性。但是单管道、单排管道、双排管道三种情况下其起始电压、回滞电压、电流、粒径与流量之间的关系有着相似的规律。即在稳定的电压下:(1)电雾化总流量(Q)的1/2次方与总电流(I)之间成正比;(2)电雾化总流量(Q)的1/2次方与雾化液滴的粒径均值(D)成正比。     

A STUDY ON DROPLET VELOCITY OF ETHANOL DURING ELECTROSPRAYING PROCESS AT CONE-JET MODE

研究液滴在静电喷雾下的速度特性是理解喷雾形态的形成及演化的关键.结合锥射流模式下乙醇静电喷雾实验数据,建立了静电喷雾二维轴对称模型.基于离散相液滴运动方程、连续相空气运动方程、电场方程以及用户自定义函数,进行了数值求解,获得了锥射流模式下的乙醇静电喷雾形态、空间电场分布以及液滴速度场分布.考虑了不同空气入口流速的影响,得到了乙醇/空气同轴射流静电喷雾形态的变化规律.结果表明,喷雾外围液滴与空气流场有较强的相互作用,导致喷雾中轴线附近的液滴速度分布变化较小,而在喷雾外围处的液滴速度分布沿径向剧烈变化;随着空气入口速度的增大,乙醇/空气同轴射流静电喷雾形态先趋于发散,当空气入口速度大于喷雾外围液滴轴向速度时,喷雾形态则趋于聚拢.因此,除改变施加电压、液体流量和电极结构外,通过控制空气入口速度来影响喷雾液滴速度场,也可获得不同的静电喷雾效果.     

双流体雾化液滴荷电特性分析

本文通过理论分析,提出了双流体荷电雾化过程中,增大电场强度或减小液滴粒径均能提高荷电效果的论点。针对不同的电极布置情况建立了数值模拟模型,计算结果表明,双流体喷嘴接地时,喷嘴与环状电极之间的电场强度比喷嘴不接地时大很多。通过实验,验证了电场强度、液滴粒径等参数对荷电效果的影响规律,在环状电极荷电情况下,双流体喷嘴接地时,液体荷质比高于双流体喷嘴不接地时的荷质比;电场强度增大,荷质比增加;液滴粒径越小,荷质比越大;在一定的电导率范围内,电导率越大,荷质比越小。实际喷雾中,运动液滴发生二次破碎的临界荷电量小于Rayleigh极限。     

电场作用下流动聚焦的实验研究

通过在流动聚焦的同轴液-气射流区域施加电场, 开展了电场力和气动力共同作用下锥形以及带电射流的不稳定性特性实验研究. 实验在精密设计的流动聚焦装置上完成, 分析了外部电压、气体压力降和液体流量等主要控制参数对流动聚焦过程的影响, 获得了锥形的振动模式和稳定模式及其之间的转换, 得到了射流的滴模式、轴对称模式、共存模式和非轴对称模式及其转换并定量分析了电场对射流尺寸参数的影响. 结果表明, 相比于单一的流动聚焦, 该方法能够增强锥形的稳定性, 促进液体射流雾化, 减小颗粒的直径, 因此在科技领域和工程实际中具有重要的应用价值.      

应力脉冲在变截面SHPB锥杆中的传播特性

为研究混凝土材料的动态力学性能 ,将原有的SHPB装置改装成直锥变截面式SHPB。系统分析了应力脉冲在直锥变截面杆中的传播特性 ,讨论了大小端杆径、过渡段长度以及锥角等对波传播的影响 ,为合理设计直锥变截面式SHPB装置提供了理论依据。     

On the role of the liquid flow characteristics on low-Weber-number atomization processes

At low Weber numbers, the aerodynamic forces due to the interaction between gas and liquid do not influence liquid atomization processes. In these situations, atomization processes depend on issuing liquid flow characteristics only. According to the literature, the atomization efficiency is best when the issuing liquid flow shows a high turbulence level. Some injectors are based on this concept and promote the production of turbulence by imposing deflection of the flow inside the nozzle. However, many studies indicate that the level of turbulence does not solely control the atomization efficiency. By conducting a numerical and experimental study on the behavior of cavity nozzles, it is found that internal flow deflection to produce turbulence also produces a non-axial flow component at the nozzle exit whose effect on the atomization process is of paramount importance. Indeed, the results show that the surface energy produced during the atomization process is linearly dependent on the sum of the turbulent kinetic energy and the non-axial kinetic energy at the nozzle exit. This sum represents the energy available for the atomization process, and the influence of the injection pressure as well as of the nozzle geometry on this energy is investigated.     

Fractal analysis of atomizing liquid flows

The work reported in this paper questions the relevance of using fractal concept to study liquid primary atomization process by characterizing the shape of the continuous liquid flow from the nozzle exit to the end of the atomization process. First, three fractal methods were tested on synthetic images in order to define the best adapted protocol to the objective of the study. It appeared that the Euclidean distance mapping was the best appropriate method. Second, this technique was applied to analyze series of images of atomizing liquid flows obtained for several working conditions. This application demonstrates that atomizing liquid flows are fractal objects and that primary atomization can be reasonably seen as fractal processes. The appropriateness of fractal concept was also demonstrated by the fact that fractal characteristics such as textural or structural fractal dimension and inner cutoff scale are physically representative of the process investigated here.     

Characterization of fan spray atomizers through numerical simulation

The present paper focuses on the mathematical modeling of industrial fan spray atomizers. The two-phase flow taking place inside the nozzle’s tip and the exterior region near the outlet of three different industrial nozzle designs has been modeled and simulated. As a result, valuable information has been obtained regarding the influence of the inner geometry on the flow and also the formation and development of the liquid sheet. Characteristic magnitudes such as the discharge coefficient and the liquid sheet thickness factor have been obtained and validated through experimental measurements. The accumulation of liquid at the border of fan-shaped liquid sheets, also known as rim, has been studied in the analyzed designs, revealing the presence of a tangential velocity component in the liquid sheet and a relationship between the incoming flow rate of the rim and the angle of the liquid sheet. The dependence of the results on turbulence modeling has also been analyzed, drawing interesting conclusions regarding their influence on the liquid sheet mean flow characteristics and on the surrounding gas. Thus, the mathematical model developed has been proved to be a useful tool for nozzle manufacturers; it provides the most important characteristic parameters of the liquid sheet formed given certain nozzle geometry and, additionally, those data necessary to carry out studies of instability, breakup and atomization of the liquid sheet.     

The spray characteristics of a pressure-swirl injector with various exit plane tilts

The gasoline spray characteristics of a pressure-swirl injector were investigated with various exit plane tilts. The analysis focused on the correlation between tilt angle and flow angle. Mie-scattering technique and phase Doppler anemometry were employed to analyze the macroscopic spray development and droplet size distribution of the spray. An analytical method for mass flux estimation was applied to understand the velocity distribution at the nozzle exit. The results showed that the spray shape and velocity distribution of the spray were more asymmetrical at high tilt angles. In particular, an opened hollow cone spray was formed when the tilt angle is greater than the complementary flow angle. The pressure drop inside the spray, one of the crucial factors for the swirl spray collapse at various surrounding conditions, was attenuated in this opened hollow cone spray since the pressure inside the spray was assimilated to the surrounding air pressure. The spray collapse at high fuel temperature and back pressure conditions did not appear when the tilt angle is larger than the complementary flow angle due to the reduced pressure drop inside the spray. However, tilt angle should be optimized to fulfill the requirements of spray robustness and avoid the locally rich area. The droplet size of 70° tilted nozzle spray shows a value similar to that of the original swirl spray in the plane that includes nozzle axis and the major axis of exit surface ellipse (Major axis plane) while it shows an increased value in the plane that includes nozzle axis and the minor axis of exit surface ellipse (Minor axis plane).     

Controlled atomization using a twin-fluid swirl atomizer

This paper presents the results of an experimental study of a twin-fluid internally mixed swirl atomizer. In this type of injectors, atomization is attained by injecting a small amount of air (i.e. of the order of less than 16% of the mass flow rate of liquid) into a liquid stream within the injector and the two-phase air liquid mixture is passed through a swirling passage to impart a swirling motion to the flow. Since most of the energy for atomization is supplied to the liquid by the atomizing air, a significantly small pressure drop can produce very fine spray with a small amount of atomizing air. At low values of air–liquid mass ratio (ALR), the appreciable tangential component of velocity with respect to the axial velocity provides a hollow cone spray structure, which turns into a solid cone spray with the increase in axial momentum, through either an increase in ALR or the liquid supply pressure. The results presented in this paper suggest that the investigated injector could be used to control the flow rate and spray characteristics (e.g. spray cone angle, spray solidity, breaking distance, and the droplet diameter) independent of each other by simultaneously varying the supply pressure of the liquid and the atomizing air flow rate. The controlled atomization studied in this paper for a twin-fluid internally mixed swirl atomizer makes it attractive to be used for various commercial applications as the atomizer is capable of providing various spray characteristics depending upon the application requirement.     

Electro-spray of high viscous liquids for producing mono-sized spherical alginate beads

Alginate beads, often used for controlled release of enzymes and drugs, are usually produced by spraying sodium alginate liquid into a gelling agent using mechanical vibration nozzle or air jet. In this work an alternative method of electro-spray was employed to form droplets with desired size from a highly viscous sodium alginate solution using constant DC voltage. The droplets were then cured in a calcium chloride solution. The main objective was to produce mono-sized beads from such a highly viscous and non-Newtonian liquid (1000-5000 mPa s). The effects of nozzle diameter, flow rate and concentration of liquid on the size of the beads were investigated. Among the parameters studied, voltage had a pronounced effect on the size of beads as compared to flow rate zzle diameter and concentration of alginate liquid. The size of beads was reduced to a minimum value with increasing the voltage in the range of 0-10 kV. At the early stages of voltage increase (I.e. Up to about 4 kV), the rate of size reduction was relatively low, while the dripping mode dominated. However, in the middle part of the range of applied voltage, where the rate of size reduction was high (I.e. About 4-7 kV), an unstable transition occurred between dripping and jetting. At the end part of the range (I.e. 7-10 kV) jet mode of spray was observed. Increasing the height of fall of the droplets was found to improve the sphericity of the beads, because of the increased time of flight for the droplets. This was especially identifiable at higher concentrations of the alginate liquid (I.e. 3 w/v%)     

Analysis of Annular Liquid Membranes and Their Singularities

The singularities of the equations governing the fluid dynamics of steady, axisymmetric, annular liquid membranes subject to gravity are analyzed by means of two techniques based on the membranes's slope and curvature, and the membrane's mean radius, mass per unit length, and axial and radial velocity components, respectively. It is shown that no singularity is possible at or downstream from the nozzle exit for Weber numbers greater than unity because of the gravitational pull. For a Weber number equal to one, a singularity at the nozzle exit appears and the flow slope there is undetermined; however, the slope acquires a finite value if the liquid is assumed to leave the nozzle at angle different from that of the annular orifice. It is also shown that, for Weber numbers smaller than one, a singularity may occur downstream from the nozzle exit which may also be removed, and that the shapes of annular liquid membranes for Weber numbers equal to or less than one take a rounded form which is in agreement with experimental observations. An asymptotic analysis shows that, to leading order, the shapes of capillary, annular liquid membranes are arcs of circumferences, and this result is again in accord with available experimental findings.     

Numerical research of diesel spray and atomization coupled cavitation by Large Eddy Simulation (LES) under high injection pressure

A special spray model is applied to study the spray behavior with high injection pressure and micro-hole nozzle. To reveal the cavitation in diesel nozzle and its influence on spray and atomization, the Large Eddy Simulation (LES) turbulence model is adopted to detect the cavitation, and then the special spray model coupling the cavitation is build. From research results, three important conclusions can be drawn. Firstly, the cavitation flow can raise the effective velocity at the nozzle exit and such effect become even more obvious with higher injection pressure, e.g.180 MPa. Secondly, the applied spray model is in good agreement with the spray characteristics and images obtained from the EFS8400 spray test platform. Thirdly, the cavitation with high injection pressure and micro-hole nozzle can increase the spray cone angle and reduce the spray penetration; the cavitation intensity has a great impact on the spray velocity field and vorticity intensity, especially at the initial spray field under the condition of high injection pressure.     

在轴向气流作用下液体轴对称抛撒二次破碎的实验研究

液体轴对称抛撒的实验研究是以云雾爆轰武器的研制为背景的。为了研究轴向气流作用下液体轴对称抛撒二次破碎所形成的雾化场特性,本文利用两台激波管并对之加以改造,成功地在实验室实现了轴向气流作用下液体的轴对称抛撒。为了研究其雾化场的远场特性,本文利用激光粒子测量仪获得了在不同实验工况和不同位置下的雾化场SMD分布曲线。实验数据表明,由于轴向气流速度的增加,液体破碎的Weber数得到了提高,导致二次破碎初期雾化场的SMD随之减小;随着抛撒驱动压力的提高,二次破碎初期雾化场的SMD也随之减小;在同一工况下,雾化场SMD随着测量位置与喷口距离的增加而变大。