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Sub-cooled and flashing liquid jets and droplet dispersion, II. Scaled Experiments and derivation of droplet atomisation correlations

Kay, Peter John, Bowen, Philip John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3644-6878 and Witlox, H. W. M. 2010. Sub-cooled and flashing liquid jets and droplet dispersion, II. Scaled Experiments and derivation of droplet atomisation correlations. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries 23 (6) , pp. 849-856. 10.1016/j.jlp.2010.07.006

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Abstract

This paper describes the results of the first stage of Phase III of a Joint Industry Project (JIP) on liquid jets and two-phase droplet dispersion. This stage included scaled experiments for water, gasoline, and cyclohexane for a range of superheats and nozzles with different aspect ratios. Additional experiments for butane and propane were conducted as a validation exercise and are discussed in the companion paper. Moreover this paper provides recommendations for atomisation correlations in the regimes of mechanical break-up, transition to flashing, and fully flashing. The objectives of this scaled experimental programme are to : (i) provide confidence in the previously proposed modelling methodology (Phase II) across a broad range of initial conditions (ii) update the models’ correlations to generalise further its applicability (iii) recommend further model improvements. Development of new correlations for Sauter Mean Droplet diameter (SMD) and droplet size distribution is based on a best fit of the current scaled experimental data. The new data endorses the previous tri-functional Phase II approach including regimes for mechanical break-up, transition to flashing, and fully flashing, which is hence updated in the new Phase III SMD model. Considerable effort is devoted to capturing the full droplet size range under low-superheat conditions. Also, new enhancements in PDA technology were adopted to enable better quality data under high-superheat conditions. The priority recommendation for further model improvement is better characterisation of the poor quality releases under low-superheat conditions, where this work indicates that extremely broad droplet size distributions are likely. A companion paper (Part I) presents a more general overview of the dispersion problem, implementation of the correlations and subsequent performance against both the current scaled experiments and additional large-scale butane experiments.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Engineering
Subjects: T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Flashing liquid jets; Droplet size; Droplet dispersion; PDA; Correlation development
Publisher: Elsevier
ISSN: 0950-4230
Last Modified: 17 Oct 2022 10:23
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/7879

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