Effects of Bell Speed and Flow Rate on Evaporation of Water Spray from a Rotary Bell Atomizer
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Abstract
A phase doppler anemometer (PDA) was used to determine the effects of evaporation on water spray for three rotary bell atomizer operational variable parameters: shaping air, bell speed and liquid flow. Shaping air was set at either 200 standard liters per minute (L/min) or 300 L/min, bell speed was set to 30, 40 or 50 thousand rotations per minute (krpm) and water flow rate was varied between 100, 200 or 300 cubic centimeters per minute (cm3/min). The total evaporation between 22.5 and 37.5 cm from the atomizer (cm3/s) was calculated for all the combinations of those variables. Evaporation rate increased with higher flow rate and bell speed but no statistically significant effects were obtained for variable shaping air on interactions between parameters.
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OpenAlex topics: Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows · Aerosol Filtration and Electrostatic Precipitation · Combustion and Detonation Processes
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Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, Ontario, Canada N9B 3P4
Automotive Research and Development Center, Materials Engineering Department, FCA Canada Inc., 3939 Rhodes Drive, Windsor, Ontario, Canada N8W 5B5
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