Effect of applied voltage on jet electric current and flow rate in electrospinning of polyacrylonitrile solutions

BACKGROUND: In the electrospinning process, through subjecting a pendent drop of a polymer solution to a high electric field, a fluid jet is ejected from the drop. To have a stable process, the rate at which the fluid is forced into the drop and the rate at which the fluid is carried away by the jet must be equal. A method is reported to find the point at which the flow into the drop is equal to the flow out of the drop. RESULTS: In the electrospinning of polyacrylonitrile solutions, by applying different voltages at a constant solution feed rate, two jet regimes were observed: stable jet and fluctuating jet regimes. The stable jet regime occurred at low voltages where the jet flow rate was lower than the feed rate, and the fluctuating jet regime occurred at higher voltages where the jet flow rate exceeded the feed rate. The highest voltage in the stable jet regime was the point where the jet flow rate was equal to the feed rate. This point was determined for different feed rates. CONCLUSION: By applying various voltages at different feed rates, and investigating the jet current, a curve showing stable processing points can be obtained. Copyright © 2008 Society of Chemical Industry     

Direct fabrication and morphology of metallic micropatterns by pulsed jet nanoelectrospraying of silver nano-ink

A pulsed jet nanoelectrospray technique was applied to direct fabrication of silver micropatterns. The deposition of a commercial organic silver nano-ink was performed in a fully voltage-controlled fashion by voltage pulses ranging from 550 to 800 V with variable durations. By using 15 μm nozzles, patterns with 100-μm-sized features were locally freeformed on a silicon substrate with a spraying distance of 250 μm. An energy-dispersive X-ray spectrum confirmed metallic silver was developed in all the patterns after heat treatment at 220°C. The size and microstructural evolution of silver films was observed to strongly depend on the deposition volume and material flow over substrate surface. A good linear relationship between the deposition volume and pulse duration was exhibited over the applied voltage range in the cone-jet mode, demonstrating a drop-on-demand capability. By fitting, the deposition volume rate was estimated to be in the range of 0.38–0.59 pL/ms and was shown to increase with the applied voltage.     

Experimental investigation of the governing parameters in the electrospinning of polymer solutions

In the electrospinning process, polymer nanofibers with submicron-scale diameters are formed when a droplet of a viscoelastic polymer solution is subjected to a high voltage electrostatic field. We report the experimental work on the electrospinning process in which the influence of different process parameters on the electric current and volume and surface charge density in the polymer jet was measured. Shear viscosity, surface tension, relaxation time, and the electric conductivity and permittivity were measured as well. For this purpose different solutions of polyethylene oxide (PEO), polyacrylic acid (PAA), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), polyurethane (PU) and polycaprolactone (PCL) were prepared and underwent electrospinning. The governing parameters investigated were the applied voltage (V), the solution flow rate (Q), the polymer weight concentration (C), the molecular weight of the polymer (M), the nozzle-to-ground distance (H) and, in some solutions, the concentration of ethanol (C_et).     

Control of the electric field–polymer solution interaction by utilizing ultra-conductive fluids

Dramatically raising the conductivity of a polymer solution by using a salt additive allows control over the electric field-induced jet feed rate when electrospinning from an unconfined fluid without altering the applied voltage. As the solution conductivity increases, the flow rate drops by an order of magnitude. At a high voltage level and fluid conductivity value, the jets undergo a whipping instability over almost the entire path from the source to the collector experiencing only a negligibly short linear region which, along with the flow rate data, indicates that the jet narrows due to the high conductivity. Under these conditions, even while possessing relatively large individual jet feed rates, thin diameter nanofibers (200–300 nm) are readily produced. In contrast with other approaches to obtain narrow fibers from unconfined fluids (e.g., voltage reduction to control feed rate), here the fiber forming jets are present indefinitely. Continuous, scaled up nanofiber production rate of >125× over the traditional single needle electrospinning method is observed from the presence of multiple jets, each possessing a relatively high solution feed rate. These fundamental experiments reveal new pathways for exploring novel electrospinning configurations where the jet feed rate can be controlled by manipulating the solution conductivity.     

射流电沉积工艺优化对铜镀层形貌及微观结构的影响

射流电沉积技术具有特殊的定域性和材料特性,可用于磨损机械零件的修复,但因为边缘效应,沉积层的分布均匀性和质量需要改善。考察了沉积形貌、微观结构与射流电沉积电解液流速、喷嘴扫描速度及电流密度等关键参数的关系。结果表明,喷射流速在1~10 m/s范围,随着流速的增加沉积层表面质量及微观结构逐渐致密;扫描速度在1~15 mm/s范围,随着速度的加快沉积层表面质量及微观结构逐渐致密;电流密度在100~600 A/dm~2范围内,随着电流的增大沉积层表面质量及微观结构逐渐改善,晶粒尺寸逐渐增大。     

Hydrophobic/Hydrophilic Cooperative Janus Branched Polymer Fibers with Controllable Length and Density of Nanobranches

The fabrication of a fiber with multilevel micro‐/nanostructures is still a great challenge. Here, a newly structured polymer fiber, which possesses both a hydrophobic/hydrophilic cooperative Janus stem and nanosized branches with controllable length and density, is developed via a microfluidic‐electrospinning technology for the first time. Both the length and density of the branches on the fiber can be controlled by changing the electrical conductivity of the inner phase of poly(vinyl alcohol) solution or the applied voltage. The mechanical analytic model reveals that when the coulomb force between surface charge of continuous phase and volume charge of dispersed phase, which is raised with the electrical conductivity of the inner phase or the applied voltage increasing, is greater than surface tension of continuous phase, the branches are formed; simultaneously, the Janus structure is generated through both the electrostatic repulsion and phase separation.     

Enhancement of Extrinsic Charging Efficiency of a Nanoparticle Charger with Multiple Discharging Wires

A unipolar charger with multiple discharging wires has been developed and investigated to enhance the extrinsic charging efficiency of nanoparticles by using sheath air near the wall of the charger. The applied voltage of the charger ranged from +4.0 to +10 kV, corresponding to corona current from 0.02 to 119.63 μA. Monodisperse NaCl particles of 10 ～ 50 nm and Ag particles of 2.5 ～ 10 nm in diameter were produced to test the performance of the charger with multiple discharging wires and to investigate the particle loss at different sheath flow rates, corona voltages and sheath air velocities. Results showed that the optimal efficiency in the charger was obtained at +9 kV applied voltage, 10 L/min aerosol flow rate and 20 L/min sheath air flow rate. The extrinsic charging efficiency increased from 2.86% to 86.3% in the charger as the particle diameter increasing from 2.5 to 50 nm. The TDMA (tandem-differential mobility analyzer) technique was used to investigate the charge distribution, and the charge distributions in the exit were obtained at the optimal operating condition.     

ELECTROCHEMICAL RECOVERY OF CHLORINE AND HYDROGEN FROM HYDROGEN CHLORIDE BY-PRODUCT PRODUCED IN THE PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY

Simultaneous production of hydrogen as an energy carrier and chlorine as a valuable chemical from recycled hydrogen chloride was investigated employing a lab-scale membrane electrolysis setup. The effects of various process parameters including current density (1–4 kA m^?2), cell temperature (45°–75°C), flow rate of hydrochloric acid feed (200–500 mL min^?1), and concentration of acid (18–21 wt.%) on the cell voltage and chlorine current efficiency (ChCE) were studied. The Taguchi design of experiments (L₁₆ array) was employed to design the minimum number of experiments necessary to fully study the process. A filter press type cell of 10 cm² surface area comprising a DSA anode, an alloy of predominantly nickel cathode and Nafion 115 membrane, was used. It was observed that increasing anolyte flow rate, anolyte concentration, or cell temperature caused a decrease in cell voltage and an increase in ChCE, while increasing current density linearly increased cell voltage and decreased ChCE.     

采用高压静电雾化法制备W/O乳化液的实验研究

采用静电雾化方法进行了W/O玉米油乳化液制备的实验研究,在雾化流量2.8~15 mL/min、电极施加电压5.2~11 kV的条件下,用Winner99颗粒图像测试仪测试了所制乳化液的离散相滴径,分析了施加电压及雾化流量对平均滴径及滴径分布的影响. 结果表明,静电雾化法可制备离散相滴径比搅拌法更均匀的乳化液,离散液滴平均滴径约为28 mm且绝大多数液滴直径为20~40 mm,其稳定性明显优于搅拌法所制乳化液. 乳化液离散相滴径与施加电压及雾化流量密切相关,电压增大、雾化电流增大,乳化液离散相滴径急剧减小,滴径分布变窄. 流量增大,单位时间内液滴携带及输运的电量增大,故雾化电流增大;但液滴荷积比随流量增大而减小,故滴径变大,滴径分布变宽. 高电压、低流量有助于获得稳定性更好的乳化液.     

Numerical study of ionic current rectification through non-uniformly charged micro/nanochannel systems

Ionic transport through cylindrical nanochannels with linearly varied surface charge density was numerically investigated. The ends of the nanochannel were connected to microchannels regarded as reservoirs. The walls at the micro/nanochannel junction were referred to as sidewalls that can be electrically neutral or charged. The results showed that the charged sidewalls could enhance the concentration polarization compared to neutral sidewalls. For neutral sidewall, a limiting current similar to charged permselective membranes and a maximum current rectification ratio at certain bulk concentration similar to charged conical nanopores can be found. For the charged sidewall case, no limiting current regime can be observed and the current varied linearly with the applied voltage with a larger slope compared to the Ohmic relation regime. Moreover, no maximum current rectification ratio can be found and the current rectification ratio increased with the decrease in bulk concentration and increases in surface charge density and sidewall length.     

Investigation on the effectiveness of an innovative airfoil-type degasser

A framework to analyze the fluid mechanisms in baffle type degassers is presented and particularly applied to an innovative airfoil-type degasser. Major fluid events in conventional baffle type degassers such as bubbles rising inside the oil layer and the flow of the oil layer itself were taken into account. However, in the current airfoil-type degasser oil flows over an airfoil surface and at the same time is exposed to an air jet. This air jet attaches to the airfoil surface due to the so called Coanda effect as observed in some trial runs of the system. A curved strip model is suggested to estimate the pressure reduction due to the jet curvature. Then we have performed a convective mass transfer analysis in order to determine the jet effect in reducing the partial pressure of the gas on the oil surface and increasing the rate of bubble formation.     

电晕放电喷雾荷电特性

静电喷雾广泛应用于工业各个领域,如静电喷涂、静电雾化燃烧、静电雾化除尘等,其应用效果与喷雾荷电特性密切相关。为获得更佳荷电效果,本文探究了电晕荷电过程中感应电流对液滴真实荷电电流的影响,通过改变荷电电压、电极间距、电极环直径及液体流量等,实验研究了各因素变化对喷雾荷质比、电荷衰减及液滴粒径的影响。结果表明：相比于感应荷电,电晕荷电过程不稳定但能获得更佳的荷电效果,液滴荷质比随荷电电压的增加而先减小后增大,随电极环直径的增加而先增大后减小,随电极间距的增大而增大,电极环直径80mm,电极间距40mm能获得最佳荷电效果;荷电液滴带电量会随输运距离增加而泄漏衰减,相同距离下液滴通过电晕放电带有电荷后衰减更快;液滴带电后能够降低液体表面张力,随着液滴荷电量的增加,雾化液滴粒径有所降低。     

暂态边界电压法在线测试全钒液流电池阻抗

国内首次采用暂态边界电压法在线研究了全钒液流电池（VRB）的特性,建立了由电压源、电阻以及一个电阻与电容并联的3部分串联而成的等效电路模型;研究了电流密度和荷电状态（SOC）对等效电路元件的影响。实验结果表明,极化阻抗随电流密度的增加有轻微下降,在充电初期和放电末期达到最大值。与极化阻抗相比,充、放电过程中的欧姆阻抗最大,是导致电压损失的主要因素,分别为1.905Ω?cm2和 2.139 Ω?cm2,暂态边界电压法是一种简单且有效的表征全钒液流电池性能的新方法。     

Computational fluid dynamics study on the anode feed solid polymer electrolyte water electrolysis

A steady-state two-dimensional model for the anode feed solid polymer electrolyte water electrolysis (SPEWE) is proposed in this paper. Finite element procedure was employed to calculate the multicomponent transfer model coupled with fluid flow in flow channels and gas diffusion layers and electrochemical kinetics in catalyst reactive surface. The performance of the anode feed SPEWE predicted by this model was compared with the published experimental results and reasonable agreement was reached. The results show that oxygen mass fraction increases because of the water oxidation when water flows from the import to the export on the anode side. On the cathode side, hydrogen mass fraction varies little since hydrogen and water mix well. The flux of water across the electrolyte increased almost linearly with the increase of the applied current density. Since the ohmic overpotential loss increasing as the solid polymer electrolytes’ thickness increasing, the performance of the anode feed SPEWE with Nafion 112, 115, 117 decreases at the same applied current density.     

气液喷射反应器内液滴粒径分布PLIF研究

气液喷射反应器是一种高强度反应器,反应器内部液滴粒径大小和分布对反应收率和选择性具有决定性影响。本文建立了气液喷射反应器内液滴粒径分布测量实验装置,并利用面激光诱导荧光（PLIF）技术对气液喷射反应器内液滴粒径分布进行了研究,得到不同气液流率情况下的液滴粒径的分布规律,结果显示：液相流率不变时,随气相流率的增大,反应器内液滴平均粒径逐渐减小,分布范围变小; 气相流率不变时,随液相流率的增大,液滴平均粒径逐渐减小,粒径分布趋于集中。     

电流密度对氯碱工业离子膜电解槽传递特性影响

为考察电流密度对氯碱工业中离子膜电解槽内流体传递特性的影响,利用流体力学计算软件,对不同电流密度下电解槽阳极室进行了数值模拟,得到了阳极室单个格栅内流体的速度、温度和浓度分布。以液体循环量、膜附近处速度的最大值、膜表面温度和浓度为指标,考察了不同电流密度下电解槽的运行情况。结果表明:随着电流密度的增加,电解槽内液体循环量增大,膜表面温度升高,盐水浓度降低;在电流密度为4.5 kA·m^-2的典型工况下,电解槽内平均温度为86.39℃,膜表面平均温度为87.40℃;当电流密度提高时,可以通过降低进口溶液温度,获得与典型工况相近的电解槽内平均温度和膜表面平均温度。     

阳极氧化电压对多孔氧化铝膜生长过程的影响

以草酸溶液为电解质,采用两步电化学阳极氧化法制备了氧化铝有序多孔膜,研究了阳极氧化电压对多孔膜生长过程及形貌的影响. 结果表明,电流密度、生长速率及孔径、孔间距随电压的升高而增大,而膨胀因子与电压呈线性关系. 氧化铝膜的孔隙率保持在12%左右,与电压基本无关.     

Influence of adhesion area,applied voltage,and adherend materials on residual strength of joints bonded with electrically dismantlable adhesive

ABSTRACT

The separation characteristics of an electrically dismantlable adhesive, ElectRelease, were experimentally investigated. The adhesive has a strength that decreases by applying voltage. The residual strengths of cylindrical butt joints bonded with the adhesive were measured after voltage application. Various experiments were carried out in order to investigate the influences of the bonding area and the type of adherend materials on the residual strength by changing the dimensions and material of the adherends. The influence of constant voltage and current applications was also examined. As a result, it was confirmed that the residual strength of a joint does not depend significantly on the bonding area but on the type of adherend material. The residual strength was able to be determined and predicted by using an areal density of the total charge passing through the bonding area. Higher applied voltage was able to accelerate the decay of the residual strength and shorten the time for a given decrease in strength. The constant current application also induced a decrease in joint strength, which also corresponded to the total charge that could easily be calculated from a duration for current application.     

Electrospray modeling of highly viscous and non‐Newtonian liquids

The electrohydrodynamic spraying of highly viscous and non‐Newtonian aqueous solutions of sodium alginate were experimentally modeled with high direct‐current electric fields. A prototype electrospray setup comprising a nozzle connected to a high‐voltage counter electrode connected to earth and a curing facility to solidify the droplets was used. The main aim was initially set to extend the knowledge of the electrospray to highly viscous liquids, where shear thinning was the main rheological feature of fluid flow through the nozzle of the spray system. To model the process, the effects on the size of beads of the electric field strength, nozzle diameter, flow rate, and the material properties of density, viscosity, surface tension, and electrical conductivity were characterized. The size distribution of the beads was obtained after the droplets were cured in a calcium chloride solution with an image analyzer system. The rheological study, carried out on different concentrations of alginate solution (i.e., 1–3 w/v %), showed a significant reduction in the viscosity as a function of the shear rate. Considering the shear‐thinning behavior of the solutions, in the modeling we applied the viscosity at the operational shear rate in the nozzle. Four dimensionless groups were introduced to obtain the relationship between the dimensionless group representing diameter and the other groups in the dripping and jet modes with statistical analysis of the experimental data. The proposed equations correlated the size of beads within ±10% deviations as compared to the experimental results. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2010     

Experimental study on relationship between jet instability and formation of beaded fibers during electrospinning

Ultrafine fibers produced by electrospinning often exhibit bead‐on‐string structures, which have generally been considered to be undesirable “by‐products” or defects. Theoretical analysis in the literature predicted three types of instabilities for an electrically driven jet: the axisymmetric Rayleigh instability, the electric field‐induced axisymmetric, and whipping instability. The process of bead formation revealed that the formation of a beaded structure resulted from axisymmetric deformation and flow of the jet. Applied voltage, solution surface tension, and conductivity (or jet charge density carried by the moving jet) were theoretically demonstrated to be important for jet axisymmetric instabilities. Experimental results revealed that these parameters influenced the formation of beaded fibers in the same manner as they did for the axisymmetric instabilities. As a result, the axisymmetric instabilities were considered to be the most likely mechanism of beaded fibers formation during electrospinning. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 45:704–709, 2005. © 2005 Society of Plastics Engineers