Publication detail

Novel atomizer concept for CCS applications: Impinging effervescent atomizer

CEJPEK, O. MALÝ, M. KUMAR, V. AVULAPATI, M. DECANAY, L. JEDELSKÝ, J.

Original Title

Novel atomizer concept for CCS applications: Impinging effervescent atomizer

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

The concept design, testing of spray characteristics, and performance comparison of an original type of atomizer, the impinging effervescent atomizer (IEA), are introduced in this study. The liquid impinging is beneficially deployed in plain-orifice and external mixing twin fluid atomizers. IEA uses a collision of two or more effervescent liquid streams to improve the atomization and alter the spray characteristics. The Phase Doppler Anemometry (PDA) measurement technique and high-speed visualization of the liquid discharge and spray structure were used. The discharge coefficient (Cd), atomization efficiency (ηa), spray characteristics as a spray cone angle (SCA), integral Sauter mean diameter (ISMD), integral relative span factor (IRSF), and droplet size and velocity distribution inside the spray were investigated. The correlations for Cd, SCA, ISMD and IRSF are provided for a fast and reliable atomizer design to fit any application and operating conditions. The IEA provides a controllable SCA governed mainly by the exit orifice geometry. The ISMD is primarily controlled by the gas to liquid ratio (GLR) and the inlet pressure (pin). The impinging angle (β) has little effect on ISMD. A narrower droplet size distribution, mass redistribution within the spray, and a more uniform droplet size spatial distribution were observed for the IEA in comparison to other tested atomizers. The IEA spray covers 116% more area than single-orifice effervescent sprays, and the area coverage can be controlled by β. This coverage increases by 177% if β changes from 15 to 45°. Spray eccentricity (e) decreases with the increase of the number of the exit orifices (No) resulting in a more uniform droplet spatial distribution. The β, GLR and pin have no effect on e. The ηa of the IEA is equivalent to other internally mixing twin-fluid atomizers; the atomization air contains more than 90% of the delivered energy. The favourable IEA spray characteristics, such as IRSF, ISMD, spray coverage, SCA and ηa, enable the potential use of IEA in mass-transfer related processes and especially in CO2 capture columns.

Keywords

Impinging effervescent atomizer, droplet size distribution, spray monodispersity, liquid impingement, droplet collision

Authors

CEJPEK, O.; MALÝ, M.; KUMAR, V.; AVULAPATI, M.; DECANAY, L.; JEDELSKÝ, J.

Released

15. 4. 2023

Publisher

ELSEVIER

ISBN

1873-3794

Periodical

SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY

Year of study

311

Number

1

State

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Pages count

20

URL

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1383586623001673

BibTex

@article{BUT181649,
  author="Ondřej {Cejpek} and Milan {Malý} and Vignesh {Kumar} and Madan {Avulapati} and Louis {Decanay} and Jan {Jedelský}",
  title="Novel atomizer concept for CCS applications: Impinging effervescent atomizer",
  journal="SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY",
  year="2023",
  volume="311",
  number="1",
  pages="20",
  doi="10.1016/j.seppur.2023.123259",
  issn="1873-3794",
  url="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1383586623001673"
}