SCI和EI收录∣中国化工学会会刊

›› 2015, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (9): 1429-1439.DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2015.03.011

• Fluid Dynamics and Transport Phenomena • Previous Articles     Next Articles

Experimental research on breakup of 2D power law liquid film

Lixing Xu1, Zhenyan Xia1, Mengzheng Zhang2, Qing Du3, Fuqiang Bai3   

  1. 1 Department of Mechanics, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China;
    2 Xi'an Aerospace Propulsion Institute, Xi'an 710100, China;
    3 State Key Laboratory of Engines, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
  • Received:2014-09-11 Revised:2014-12-24 Online:2015-10-24 Published:2015-09-28
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11172205, 11372219, 51176137).

Experimental research on breakup of 2D power law liquid film

Lixing Xu1, Zhenyan Xia1, Mengzheng Zhang2, Qing Du3, Fuqiang Bai3   

  1. 1 Department of Mechanics, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China;
    2 Xi'an Aerospace Propulsion Institute, Xi'an 710100, China;
    3 State Key Laboratory of Engines, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
  • 通讯作者: Zhenyan Xia
  • 基金资助:
    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11172205, 11372219, 51176137).

Abstract: On account of limited knowledge of the breakup of power law liquid film, the process of its disintegration and atomization was studied by using a planar liquid film. A linear stability analysis was adopted to predict the breakup characteristics of the power law film. The predicting formulas of stripping breakup length and diameter of ligament were put forward presently. Through high-speed photography and laser light sheet illumination, different breakup characteristics of flat power law film under different conditions were derived. The characteristic dimension of breakup regimes were defined and extracted. The effects of several parameters (injection pressure, ambient pressure, nozzle structure and fluid property) on the stripping breakup length and spray angle were investigated. The results revealed that increasing both the velocity of liquid film and the ambient pressure facilitated the breakup of film, reduced the stripping breakup length and enlarged the spray angle in different extents. The comparison between theoretical and experimental results was conducted to validate the feasibility of the linear stability theory.

Key words: Power law non-Newtonian fluid film, Liquid film disintegration, Two-phase flow, Stripping breakup length, Linear stability analysis

摘要: On account of limited knowledge of the breakup of power law liquid film, the process of its disintegration and atomization was studied by using a planar liquid film. A linear stability analysis was adopted to predict the breakup characteristics of the power law film. The predicting formulas of stripping breakup length and diameter of ligament were put forward presently. Through high-speed photography and laser light sheet illumination, different breakup characteristics of flat power law film under different conditions were derived. The characteristic dimension of breakup regimes were defined and extracted. The effects of several parameters (injection pressure, ambient pressure, nozzle structure and fluid property) on the stripping breakup length and spray angle were investigated. The results revealed that increasing both the velocity of liquid film and the ambient pressure facilitated the breakup of film, reduced the stripping breakup length and enlarged the spray angle in different extents. The comparison between theoretical and experimental results was conducted to validate the feasibility of the linear stability theory.

关键词: Power law non-Newtonian fluid film, Liquid film disintegration, Two-phase flow, Stripping breakup length, Linear stability analysis