Benchmarking of Gas-Assisted Atomization Systems for Liquid Disintegration

Günther A, Lampa A, Fritsching U, Schröder J, Kleinhans A, Gaukel V, Schuchmann H, Loth JM, Petermann M, Wirth KE (2016)

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article, Original article

Publication year: 2016

Journal

Chemical Engineering & Technology Wiley-VCH Verlag

Publisher: WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH

Book Volume: 39

Pages Range: 699-707

Journal Issue: 4

DOI: 10.1002/ceat.201500331

Abstract

Four different gas-assisted atomizer systems are compared to assess their atomization performance for water and polymer solution feeds. An external mixing twin-fluid atomizer serving as standard atomization configuration is compared to three rather unconventional atomization techniques. An internal mixing atomization system is represented by an effervescent atomizer that can be operated at lower air-to-liquid ratio than the conventional gas atomizers. Superheated atomization is an innovative technique to enhance the atomization of liquids by a phase change within the emerging spray. CO2-assisted atomization takes the same line by releasing a liquid saturated with CO2 into a lower pressure environment. The atomization configurations were used to disintegrate the model fluid water and more challenging polymer solutions with higher viscosities. Resulting spray configurations and drop sizes distributions were compared.

Authors with CRIS profile

Astrid Günther Lehrstuhl für Feststoff- und Grenzflächenverfahrenstechnik Karl-Ernst Wirth Professur für Partikeltechnik

Involved external institutions

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) DE Germany (DE) Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) DE Germany (DE) Universität Bremen DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Günther, A., Lampa, A., Fritsching, U., Schröder, J., Kleinhans, A., Gaukel, V.,... Wirth, K.-E. (2016). Benchmarking of Gas-Assisted Atomization Systems for Liquid Disintegration. Chemical Engineering & Technology, 39(4), 699-707. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ceat.201500331

MLA:

Günther, Astrid, et al. "Benchmarking of Gas-Assisted Atomization Systems for Liquid Disintegration." Chemical Engineering & Technology 39.4 (2016): 699-707.

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