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Title: Visualization of the evolution of charged droplet formation and jet transition in electrostatic atomization

Abstract

A detailed experimental study on the evolution of charged droplet formation and jet transition from a capillary is reported. By means of high-speed microscopy, special attention has been paid to the dynamics of the liquid thread and satellite droplets in the dripping mode, and a method for calculating the surface charge on the satellite droplet is proposed. Jet transition behavior based on the electric Bond number has been visualized, droplet sizes and velocities are measured to obtain the ejection characteristic of the spray plume, and the charge and hydrodynamic relaxation are linked to give explanations for ejection dynamics with different properties. The results show that the relative length is very sensitive to the hydrodynamic relaxation time. The magnitude of the electric field strength dominates the behavior of coalescence and noncoalescence, with the charge relationship between the satellite droplet and the main droplet being clear for every noncoalescence movement. Ejection mode transitions mainly depend on the magnitude of the electric Bond number, and the meniscus dynamics is determined by the ratio of the charge relaxation time to the hydrodynamic relaxation time.

Authors:
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  1. School of Energy and Power Engineering, Jiangsu University, 212013 Zhenjiang (China)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22482456
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Physics of Fluids (1994)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 27; Journal Issue: 11; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1070-6631
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; ATOMIZATION; COALESCENCE; DROPLETS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; EVOLUTION; JETS; LENGTH; LIQUIDS; MICROSCOPY; RELAXATION TIME; SATELLITES; SPRAYS; SURFACES; VELOCITY

Citation Formats

Huo, Yuanping, Wang, Junfeng, Zuo, Ziwen, and Fan, Yajun. Visualization of the evolution of charged droplet formation and jet transition in electrostatic atomization. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4935881.
Huo, Yuanping, Wang, Junfeng, Zuo, Ziwen, & Fan, Yajun. Visualization of the evolution of charged droplet formation and jet transition in electrostatic atomization. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4935881
Huo, Yuanping, Wang, Junfeng, Zuo, Ziwen, and Fan, Yajun. 2015. "Visualization of the evolution of charged droplet formation and jet transition in electrostatic atomization". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4935881.
@article{osti_22482456,
title = {Visualization of the evolution of charged droplet formation and jet transition in electrostatic atomization},
author = {Huo, Yuanping and Wang, Junfeng and Zuo, Ziwen and Fan, Yajun},
abstractNote = {A detailed experimental study on the evolution of charged droplet formation and jet transition from a capillary is reported. By means of high-speed microscopy, special attention has been paid to the dynamics of the liquid thread and satellite droplets in the dripping mode, and a method for calculating the surface charge on the satellite droplet is proposed. Jet transition behavior based on the electric Bond number has been visualized, droplet sizes and velocities are measured to obtain the ejection characteristic of the spray plume, and the charge and hydrodynamic relaxation are linked to give explanations for ejection dynamics with different properties. The results show that the relative length is very sensitive to the hydrodynamic relaxation time. The magnitude of the electric field strength dominates the behavior of coalescence and noncoalescence, with the charge relationship between the satellite droplet and the main droplet being clear for every noncoalescence movement. Ejection mode transitions mainly depend on the magnitude of the electric Bond number, and the meniscus dynamics is determined by the ratio of the charge relaxation time to the hydrodynamic relaxation time.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4935881},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22482456}, journal = {Physics of Fluids (1994)},
issn = {1070-6631},
number = 11,
volume = 27,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}