The spray characteristics of an air-assisted electrostatic atomiser are experimentally investigated using a shadowgraphy particle/droplet image analysis (PDIA) technique. Tests conducted for varied rates liquid- and airflow, with without voltage applied to the nozzle electrode. found droplet sizes neatly match Rosin–Rammler distribution, expression mean diameter as function flow is given. Notab...

A numerical investigation of surface tension and forced convection effects on moving and suspended methanol droplets burning in a zero-gravity, low-pressure air environment is presented. Simulations were conducted using a predictive, transient, axisymmetric model for an initial droplet diameter of 0.5 mm, an ambient temperature of 1200 K, and initial Reynolds numbers (Re0) in the range of 1 to ...

This thesis presents the design for a piezoelectric droplet generator capable of producing highly repeatable droplets ranging from 0.60 mm to 1.60 mm in diameter. The generator is low cost, simple to fabricate, and easily reproducible for use in other fluids experiments. A series of experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of various operating parameters on the droplet generation p...

In this paper, we study the influence of inert concentration and initial droplet diameter on nonane (C9H20) droplet combustion in an environment that promotes spherical droplet flames. The oxygen concentration is fixed while the inert is varied between nitrogen and helium. A range of initial droplet diameters (Do) are examined in each ambient gas: 0.4 mm < Do < 0.8 mm; and an oxidizing ambiance...

Increasing attention is being devoted to the airborne emissions resulting from a variety of manufacturing processes because of health, safety, and environmental concerns. In this two-part paper, a model is presented for the amount of cutting fluid mist produced by the interaction of the fluid with the rotating cylindrical workpiece during a turning operation. This model is based on relationship...

A novel technique based on optical patternation is described for three-dimensional diagnostic studies of aerosols used in analytical spectroscopies. The aerosol is illuminated with a thin laser light sheet to capture images of the fluorescence and Lorenz-Mie light-scattering signals from the aerosol field with a charge-coupled detector. These measurements allow for the rapid and nonintrusive el...

We investigate the droplet size distributions and concentrations produced by an aerosol generator driven by a high velocity air jet delivered in cross flow to an oil tube at Mach numbers of 0.1-1.0, and Weber numbers based on the air flow parameters between 1000 to 40000. Measured Sauter mean droplet diameters (SMD) from 1μm to 3.5μm were determined by an Electronic Low Pressure Impactor over t...

The rational formulation of Pickering double emulsions is described using a judicious combination of hydrophilic and hydrophobic block copolymer worms as highly anisotropic emulsifiers. More specifically, RAFT dispersion polymerization was utilized to prepare poly(lauryl methacrylate)-poly(benzyl methacrylate) worms at 20% w/w solids in n-dodecane and poly(glycerol monomethacrylate)-poly(2-hydr...

We present a methodology to quantitatively determine the fraction of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) that partitions to the oil/water interface in oil-in-water macroemulsions and calculate the total interfacial area (TIA) through the novel use of filtration through nanoporous membranes. Ultrafiltration was carried out in centrifuge tubes having nanoporous filters with a 30,000 molecular weight cut...

Abstract In this paper interparticle potential model of the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) is used to simulate deformation and breakup of a falling droplet under gravity force. First this model is applied to ensure that the surface tension effect is properly implemented in this model. Two tests have been considered. First, it has been checked an initial square drop in a 2D domain can freely def...