年間 12 号発行
ISSN 印刷: 1044-5110
ISSN オンライン: 1936-2684
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SPRAY ATOMIZATION CHARACTERISTICS OF A LOW PRESSURE ROTARY INJECTOR
要約
Fuel atomization and droplet dispersion play vital roles for achieving efficient combustion inside a spray combustor. In the present study, a novel atomizer is developed which employs a rotating spindle with blades at the orifice exit to atomize the fuel into a fine spray. Important spray characteristics such as spray cone angle and Sauter mean diameter (SMD) are measured using a high-speed camera and a phase Doppler interferometer (PDI). This atomizer provides uniform fine sprays even at very low pressures of the order of 1 bar. The droplet size distribution and dispersion exhibit only minor dependence on the fuel flow rate or injection pressure. Criteria have been identified for three different liquid break up modes, namely, jet break up, sheet break up, and direct drop formation. Useful correlations for evaluating the spray droplet size (SMD) are presented in terms of the swirl number of liquid flow, rotational speed based sheet Weber number, and swirl air Reynolds number.
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