Effects of Nanoparticle Additives on Spray Characteristics of Liquid Jets in Gaseous Crossflow

Weidong Shi, Fengyu Li, Qizhao Lin, Guofeng Fang, Liang Chen and Liang Zhang
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Weidong Shi: Department of Thermal Science and Energy Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
Fengyu Li: Department of Thermal Science and Energy Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
Qizhao Lin: Department of Thermal Science and Energy Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
Guofeng Fang: Research Institute of Chemical Defense, Beijing 102205, China
Liang Chen: Research Institute of Chemical Defense, Beijing 102205, China
Liang Zhang: Research Institute of Chemical Defense, Beijing 102205, China

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 7, 1-23

Abstract: Nanofluids are attracting attention as future energy carriers owing to their high performance for improving combustion and heat transfer. In this study, the macroscopic characteristics of nanofluid jets in a subsonic gaseous crossflow were investigated by focusing on the influence of nanoparticle additives on the breakup process. Based on a distribution map of the image grayscale standard deviation, we propose an improved method to process transverse injection shadowgraphs. A simplified model of the transition mechanism from column breakup to surface breakup at a small Weber number was established. The effects of nanoparticles on the jet trajectory and column fracture position were analyzed according to the deviations from the pure liquid. To interpret the effects of the nanoparticles, a new nondimensional parameter was introduced into the empirical correlation of the column fracture position. The results indicated that at low concentrations of nanoparticles, the surface tension of the nanofluids increased slightly, while the viscosity increased significantly (by up to 23%). These changes in the physical properties had little effect on the breakup regimes or jet trajectory. Moreover, the nanoparticles promoted cavitation inside the liquid column, resulting in an additional primary breakup mode for the nanofluids. Consequently, the length of the column fracture was reduced by up to 20% compared with that of the basic fluid.

Keywords: nanofluids; spray characteristics; subsonic crossflow; breakup regime (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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