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Analysis of concentration characteristics in ultrasonic atomization by droplet diameter distribution
Keiji Yasuda1, Yoshiyuki Bando, Soyoko Yamaguchi
1Waste Treatment Facility, Nagoya University, Furocho, Chikusaku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan. yasuda@nuce.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
The droplet diameter distribution and concentration characteristics in ultrasonic atomization were experimentally studied. The samples were aqueous solutions of methanol, ethanol and 1-propanol. The diameter distribution of atomized droplets showed the normal distribution, and the median diameter and standard deviation were expressed by means of the ultrasonic condition and the liquid properties. The concentration characteristic in ultrasonic atomization was analyzed by using the model of shell and core to the atomized droplet, where the former and latter consist of solute and solution, respectively. The value, which was surface solute amount in droplet multiplied by the molecular volume, increased with increasing solute molar fraction in bulk liquid and was independent of alcohol kinds. The rate of accompanying liquid and the solute molar fraction in accompanied liquid were estimated from the diameter distribution and the surface solute amount in droplet.
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