Prediction of droplet size distribution in sprays of prefilming air-blast atomizers |
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Authors: | Hai-Feng Liu Wei-Feng Li Fu-Chen Wang Zun-Hong Yu |
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Affiliation: | East China University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 272, Shanghai 200237, PR China |
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Abstract: | Droplet size distribution is a crucial parameter of atomization process besides droplet mean diameter. In this paper, the finite stochastic breakup model (FSBM) of prefilming air-blast atomization process has been proposed according to the self-similarity of droplet breakup. There are four parameters in FSBM, which are the initial droplet diameter D0, the maximum stable droplet size Dc, the minimum mass ratio of a sub-droplet to the mother droplet a, and the droplet breakup probability P(D). The simulation results of droplet size distribution with this model agreed well with the experimental results of prefilming air-blast atomizers. With this model, the nonlinear relationship between the mean droplet diameters and droplet size distribution of the air-blast atomization process can be predicted exactly. |
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Keywords: | Droplet size distribution Atomization Air-blast Prefilming Stochastic breakup |
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