Investigation on High-Viscosity Chemical Waste Liquid Atomizer Based on VOF-DPM

Haoyu Ou, Lei Su (), Yang Shi and Shijie Ruan
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Haoyu Ou: School of Energy Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210037, China
Lei Su: School of Energy Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210037, China
Yang Shi: School of Energy Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210037, China
Shijie Ruan: School of Energy Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210037, China

Energies, 2023, vol. 16, issue 7, 1-19

Abstract: The viscosity of adiponitrile waste liquid is as high as 1000 cp. It is challenging to spray and atomize the waste liquid normally. Based on the coaxial three-channel pneumatic atomizer, a two-stage supersonic steam atomizer is proposed in this paper, and the atomization process is simulated by Fluent software. Compared with the traditional atomization simulation method, the Volume-of-Fluid to Discrete-Phase-Model (VOF-DPM) bi-directional coupling model and Adaptive Mesh Refinement (AMR) technology can save mesh and improve the computational efficiency. The atomization processes of primary breakup and secondary breakup are entirely captured and analyzed. The results show that the Sauter Mean Diameter (SMD) is about 116–180 μm, the SMD decreases with the increase of steam inlet absolute pressure, and the atomization quality can meet the combustion requirements. This study can be used for the performance optimization of the high-viscosity liquid atomizers in the chemical and aerospace industry and shorten the time engineers spend in the simulation calculation to verify the rationality of the structure.

Keywords: high-viscosity; atomizer; VOF; DPM; AMR (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: 2023
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