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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.