非均匀电场下乳化油中液滴变形动力学行为

外加电场下液滴的变形动力学行为是乳化液电脱水机理研究的重要内容。基于Cahn-Hilliard方程的相场方法,建立了液滴在非均匀电场下的仿真模型,研究了电场作用下乳化液中液滴在形变、移动和聚结过程中电荷密度和电场力的分布规律,以及流场和电场的耦合作用。仿真分析了液滴粒径、电场强度以及电场非均匀系数对液滴运动行为的影响。利用实验室小型脱水系统开展了乳化液脱水实验,并通过高速摄像机对乳化液中液滴的运动行为进行了观测与分析。研究结果表明,在非均匀电场中液滴表面的极化电荷分布不均,由液滴中部向两端逐渐增大,在靠近电场集中方向处的电荷密度和Maxwell应力值最大;在一定范围内增大电场强度、电场非均匀系数或液滴粒径,可使液滴形变量增大,液滴向电场集中区域的移动速度以及液滴间的聚结速度增加。     

脉冲电场作用下液滴数值模拟研究

根据高频脉冲电场中乳状液破乳的相关研究,拟通过对液滴在脉冲电场中变形、破裂以及聚并研究,设计水滴静电聚结实验样槽,并运用comsol软件进行脉冲电场数值模拟,建立液滴在脉冲电场作用下的理论模型。通过模拟结果发现,电场的临界电场强度在350～500 k V/m之间时,液滴的拉伸接近纺锤形且达到拉伸极限,同时对电场中变形因素进行分析,形象的描述了液滴在电场中的变形,为电场破乳提供研究基础。     

匀强电场作用下分散相液滴的变形和破裂

基于Cahn-Hilliard方程的相场方法,建立了在匀强电场作用下液滴的变形和破裂行为模型。从微观角度研究分散相液滴变形过程中电荷密度、电场强度和电场力的分布规律以及流场和电场分布,探讨了微观液滴变形机理;采用数值模拟方法研究了电场强度、液滴直径和界面张力对液滴变形的影响,结果表明电场强度越强,液滴直径越大,界面张力越小,液滴变形量越大;分析了液滴的两种主要破裂方式,其破裂主要取决于连续相和分散相物性条件,为电破乳技术提供了理论基础。     

匀强电场作用下分散相液滴的变形和破裂

基于Cahn-Hilliard方程的相场方法,建立了在匀强电场作用下液滴的变形和破裂行为模型。从微观角度研究分散相液滴变形过程中电荷密度、电场强度和电场力的分布规律以及流场和电场分布,探讨了微观液滴变形机理;采用数值模拟方法研究了电场强度、液滴直径和界面张力对液滴变形的影响,结果表明电场强度越强,液滴直径越大,界面张力越小,液滴变形量越大;分析了液滴的两种主要破裂方式,其破裂主要取决于连续相和分散相物性条件,为电破乳技术提供了理论基础。     

电场作用下基面液滴蒸发与内部流动数值模拟

为探究电场强化基面液滴蒸发的原理,本文采用有限元方法,对外加电场作用下的固体基面上液滴的蒸发过程进行了数值模拟,对比了不同电导率液滴的蒸发过程,分析了电场、液滴蒸发速率和内部流动的影响及其成因,以及液滴在电场作用下的内部流动与液滴传热传质的关系,结果表明,电场力的作用能够显著强化液滴内部的流动,对液滴的传热传质具有促进作用。此外,本文分析了温度对电场下基面液滴蒸发及内部流动的影响,发现温度对电场、液滴内部流动及蒸发的强化作用也有着较为明显的影响：对于电导率较低的纯水液滴,当电场强度低于和高于临界值6kV/cm时,温度对电场强化液滴内部流动和蒸发的影响有所不同;对于电导率较高的盐酸液滴,温度对电场强化液滴内部流动和蒸发的影响随电场强度升高均较大。本文为发展高效静电喷雾冷却技术提供了研究基础。     

电场作用下液滴分裂动力学行为的格子Boltzmann模拟

采用格子Boltzmann方法(LBM)伪势模型,耦合流场和电场控制方程,研究了电场作用下油水共存体系中水滴分裂的动力学行为及特性,借助形变率衡量液滴的形变大小,展现了液滴从形变至分裂的动态演变过程,分析了外加电场大小和液滴内外介电常数比对液滴分裂行为的影响。结果表明:外加电场能促使液滴发生振荡形变,且存在临界电毛细数和临界介电常数比决定液滴是否发生分裂:高于临界值,液滴形变率振荡幅度随时间不断增长,最终发生分裂;低于临界值,则液滴形变率振荡幅度不断衰减,并最终趋于一稳定值。在此基础上,综合考虑电场强度与介电常数比的影响,提出了基于现有电毛细数的修正电毛细数唯一地表征电场作用下液滴分裂与否。     

电场作用下液滴分裂动力学行为的格子Boltzmann模拟

采用格子Boltzmann方法（LBM）伪势模型,耦合流场和电场控制方程,研究了电场作用下油水共存体系中水滴分裂的动力学行为及特性,借助形变率衡量液滴的形变大小,展现了液滴从形变至分裂的动态演变过程,分析了外加电场大小和液滴内外介电常数比对液滴分裂行为的影响。结果表明：外加电场能促使液滴发生振荡形变,且存在临界电毛细数和临界介电常数比决定液滴是否发生分裂：高于临界值,液滴形变率振荡幅度随时间不断增长,最终发生分裂;低于临界值,则液滴形变率振荡幅度不断衰减,并最终趋于一稳定值。在此基础上,综合考虑电场强度与介电常数比的影响,提出了基于现有电毛细数的修正电毛细数唯一地表征电场作用下液滴分裂与否。     

直流脉冲电场下液滴-界面聚并行为

为了深入探究直流脉冲电场下液滴-界面聚并行为,针对去离子水作为分散相、葵花油作为连续相的体系,分别改变电场参数（电场强度、频率、波形）和物性参数（界面张力、电导率、液滴粒径、固体颗粒）进行显微实验研究,得到了液滴-界面聚并机制及各参数的影响规律。实验结果表明,液滴-界面存在完全聚并和不完全聚并两种机制,决定因素是泵吸和颈缩过程的相互作用。电场强度增大,不完全聚并程度增大,而电场频率的作用则相反,这与电场力大小和液滴稳定程度有关。随表面活性剂浓度增大,二次液滴急剧增大,超过临界胶束浓度后,小幅减小。随电导率和SiO₂浓度增大,不完全聚并程度均先增大后减小,而随液滴粒径增大,不完全聚并程度持续增大。大部分工况下,液滴在直流稳恒电场下不完全聚并程度高于直流脉冲电场。为脉冲静电破乳机理的深入探讨及高效紧凑脉冲电脱盐脱水设备的研发奠定了理论基础。     

非均匀正弦交流电场液滴介电泳迁移规律研究

为了探究非均匀电场下液滴的迁移机制,基于显微观测和数值模拟手段,研究了蜂窝-悬针电极间非均匀正弦交流电场液滴介电泳迁移规律.结果表明,随电压幅值增加,介电泳力增大,液滴速度、加速度、瞬时速度波动幅度和频率均显著增大;随电场频率增加,受液滴极化及驰豫特性的影响,液滴平均速度先增大后减小,电场频率为200 Hz时,平均速度...     

低流量微管末端液滴形成及破碎的数值模拟

采用数值模拟的方法,对在重力作用下微管末端液滴缓慢形成及脱落的动力学过程进行分析和研究.采用有限体积法在轴对称坐标系下求解液滴形成与破碎过程的Navier-Stokes方程,采用VOF(volume of fluid)方法以及基于PLIC(piecewise-linear interface construction)...     

Coalescence behaviour of water droplets in water‐oil interface under pulsatile electric fields

In this research, the deformation of water droplets in sunflower oil-interface under pulsatile electric field was studied experimentally. Three types of coalescence were observed:(i) complete coalescence, (ii) incomplete coalescence and (iii) no-coalescence. The first type is desirable because of leaving no secondary droplets. The second type that produced secondary droplets which caused by necking process, due to extreme elongation of droplets (mostly small droplets), was undesirable; because the small droplets were more difficult to coalesce and remove. The no-coalescence was caused by very fast coalescence and extensive pushing of droplet into the continuous phase. In this work the process was operated with the utilization of a batch cylindrical separator with high voltage system. The lower part of the cylinder was filled with the aqueous phase and its top part was filled with sunflower oil to form an interface between the two phases. The effects of electric field strength, frequency, and waveform types were investigated. It was found that, the ramp-ac waveform was the best waveform, avoiding the production of secondary droplets and in this case the frequency also played an important role.     

Non-coalescence and chain formation of droplets under an alternating current electric field

The dynamic behaviors of two droplets and droplet cluster under an alternating current (AC) electric field are investigated. Two droplets generally undergo transformation from complete coalescence to partial coalescence and finally to non-coalescence as the electric capillary number Ca_p increases. The critical electric capillary number Ca_pc for complete coalescence in the AC electric field remains unchanged and is twice as large as that in the direct current (DC) electric field when the frequency f ≥ 250 Hz. Charge transfer and reversal of electric field result in the reversal of the direction of electric force, which is the fundamental mechanism of non-coalescence of two droplets and chain formation in droplet cluster. The number of rebounds dramatically increases as f increases, promoting the stability of droplet chain. The droplet chains in the high-frequency AC electric field are longer and more stable than those in the low-frequency AC electric field.     

Deformation and breakup of water droplets containing polymer under a DC electric field

The deformation and breakup behaviors of droplets containing polymer are investigated by high-speed photography to reveal the mechanism of electric field collapse when treating the emulsion containing polymer. The results show the electric field collapse process caused by droplet breakup consists of three steps. First, the droplet containing polymer ejects liquid filament under strong electric field. Second, the liquid filament is continuously stretched until it touches positive and negative electrodes. Finally, the severe Joule heating effect appears because the strong electric current flows through the liquid filament. The release of a large amount of heat causes the formation, expansion, and collapse of bubble, resulting in the fracture of liquid filament and the collapse of electric field. The increase of polymer concentration strengthens the Joule heating effect and enlarges the influence scope of bubble expansion and collapse. These findings provide significant guidance for the stable operation of electric dehydrator.     

Non-coalescence behavior of neutral droplets suspended in oil under a direct current electric field

The excessive electric field gives rise to droplet non-coalescence and droplet chains in the electric dehydrator, which severely deteriorates oil–water separation efficiency and even leads to short circuit. To reveal the underlying mechanism of droplet non-coalescence, dynamic behavior of two neutral droplets in silicone oil under a direct current electric field is investigated by using high-speed photography. The experimental results show that there exists a critical electric field strength above which two droplets will bounce off after the contact. The critical electric field strength of droplet non-coalescence is affected by the initial separation distance between droplets, the radius of droplet, and the surfactant concentration. Whether the non-coalescence behavior occurs in the electric field is determined by the competition of electric force and capillary force, which dominates the evolution of tiny connection channel.     

电场作用下液滴的变形及库仑分裂模式

基于高速成像技术,本文对电场作用下甲醇液滴的显微形貌特征进行了可视化研究,精确捕捉了两相流体系中不同生长阶段的荷电液滴基于时间分辨特性的变形及库仑分裂演变行为,得到不同工况下荷电液滴的变形分裂过程及行为演化细节。基于液滴所受库仑力和介电泳力与周围流域的耦合作用,揭示了电场作用下不同生长阶段的液滴库仑分裂形成机理。结果表明,电场强度和液滴粒径是决定液滴变形及库仑分裂模式的主要因素,荷电液滴的变形及库仑分裂模式可以分为推压变形、顶部破碎、顶部-边端破碎、伞状破碎。结合量纲为1参数对液滴的变形及破碎特征进行了定量分析,随着电场强度的增大及液滴粒径的减小,液滴变形及顶部破碎的程度更加剧烈,液滴临界伞状破碎长度减小。     

液—液两相聚结分离原理及实际应用

对非均相液—液两相的聚结分离机理进行了阐述,以纤维类聚结介质为例,将聚结过程分为液滴捕集、液滴聚结和液滴沉降三个阶段。在聚结原理基础之上,对液—液聚结分离用的聚结材料进行分类,在此基础之上,详细介绍了目前应用比较广泛的液—液两相分离设备。最后指出液—液两相聚结分离技术及设备的发展方向。