An experimental study of airblast atomization has been conducted using a specially designed atomizer in which the liquid is first spread into a thin sheet and then exposed on both sides to high-velocity air. The first results of this study, reported in reference [1], were confined to the effects of liquid properties, namely, viscosity, surface tension, and density on atomization quality. Since then the experimental data have been extended to include the influence of air properties, notably temperature and pressure, on-mean drop size. The purpose of this paper is to present these data and to show that the effects of both air and liquid properties on atomization quality are described by the following dimensionless equation: SMD/t=A(σeρe/t)0.5(Vaρa)−1.0(1+We/Wa)+B(ηe2/σeρat)0.425(1+We/Wa)2
A series of tests has been carried out on a specially designed airblast atomizer in which the liquid is first spread into a thin sheet and then subjected on both sides to the atomizing action of high velocity air. The primary aim of the invesitgation was to examine the influence on mean drop size of liquid viscosity, surface tension and density. The liquids employed represented a range of values of surface tension from 26 to 73 dynes/cm, while viscosity and density were varied between 1.3 and 124 centipoise and 0.8 and 1.8 gm / cm3, respectively. Atomizing air velocities covered the range of practical interest to the designers of continuous combustion systems and varied between 60 and 125 m/sec. Analysis of the experimental data showed that they could be described to a reasonable order of accuracy by the following empirical expression: SMD=521Va−1·σ0.5·ρ0.75(1+WlWa)+0.037η0.85(σρ)1.2(1+WlWa)2
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