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4. Results and Discussion<br />

Results presented in this chapter are categorized into four sections based on the model<br />

development and implementation, which are discussed successively: At first, onedimensional<br />

water spray in nitrogen results are given, followed by the results of twodimensional<br />

evaporating water spray flows in air in axisymmetric configuration. Later,<br />

single bi-component droplet evaporation and solid layer formation results are discussed,<br />

and finally, results of PVP/water spray in air in an axisymmetric configuration are presented.<br />

4.1 One-dimensional Evaporating Water Spray in<br />

Nitrogen<br />

A spray can be generated by pumping the liquid through a nozzle that facilitates<br />

dispersion of liquid into a spray. Nozzles are mainly used to distribute a liquid over an<br />

area thereby liquid surface area is increased. There are three types of nozzles normally<br />

used, which include spinning disk nozzle, single-fluid or centrifugal pressure nozzle,<br />

twin-fluid nozzle [196]. The spinning disk nozzles are also known as rotary atomizers.<br />

The single-fluid nozzles include pressure-swirl nozzle, plain-orifice nozzle, hollow cone<br />

nozzle, etc., whereas the twin-fluid nozzles can be internal-mix or external-mix two-fluid<br />

atomizers [196]. The present study concerns the simulation of water spray generated<br />

using a hollow cone nozzle, which is single fluid nozzle. However, the model presented<br />

in this work is equally applicable to other type of nozzles as the current work focuses<br />

on the simulation of spray after the primary breakup.<br />

Evaporating sprays are of special interest as those occur not only in many industrial<br />

applications but also constitute the defining physical phenomena in spray drying<br />

process. Therefore, having models validated for evaporating sprays motivate their application<br />

in simulations of spray drying. A water spray injected through a hollow cone<br />

Delavan SDX-SE-90 nozzle in a vertical spray chamber and carried by nitrogen is simulated<br />

by DQMOM and the results are compared with the QMOM, and validated with<br />

the experiment.

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