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4.2. Two-dimensional Evaporating Water Spray in Air 73<br />

Comparing the maximum values of the Sauter mean diameter at the two cross<br />

sections displayed in Figs. 4.18, 4.19 and 4.20, a decrease in large size droplets is<br />

observed as the droplets move away from the nozzle. Even though the process of<br />

evaporation is consi<strong>der</strong>ed in the present models, the major reason for the decrease in<br />

droplet size may be attributed to the influence of drag force applied by the surrounding<br />

gas, because significant evaporation may not occur at the present room temperature<br />

condition. This decrease is more evident in the large droplet size region, where the<br />

dynamic interaction of droplet with surrounding gas dominates, as observed in profiles<br />

of mean droplet velocity (see Figs. 4.23 and 4.24).<br />

Besides the Sauter mean diameter, in many technical applications such as particle<br />

size analysis of pow<strong>der</strong> sampling in food and pharmaceutical industries, the mean<br />

droplet diameter is an important physical quantity [201]. Radial profiles of the mean<br />

droplet diameter compared with experiment are shown in Fig. 4.21 for 80 kg/h at<br />

0.12 m (left) and 0.16 m (right) distance away from nozzle. DDM results are in very<br />

good agreement with the experiment. A slight decrease in the mean droplet diameter<br />

is observed as the droplets move away from nozzle indicating some mass transfer from<br />

liquid to gas, which is attributable to gas–liquid interactions. The DQMOM results<br />

are in excellent agreement with experiment at the cross section of 0.12 m near the<br />

centerline, and DQMOM results show better agreement than DDM results (see left part<br />

of Fig. 4.21). At 75 mm radial position, the DQMOM results are below experimental<br />

values, which may stem from the explicit finite difference technique. At the cross<br />

section of 0.16 m, a good agreement is observed between DQMOM and experiment<br />

near the axis of symmetry, even though some scattering behavior is found (see right<br />

100<br />

100<br />

Mean droplet diameter [µm]<br />

80<br />

60<br />

40<br />

20<br />

DQMOM<br />

DDM<br />

Experiment<br />

Mean droplet diameter [µm]<br />

80<br />

60<br />

40<br />

20<br />

DQMOM<br />

DDM<br />

Experiment<br />

0<br />

-100 -50 0 50 100<br />

Radial position [mm]<br />

0<br />

-100 -50 0 50 100<br />

Radial Position [mm]<br />

Fig. 4.21: Experimental and numerical profiles of the mean droplet diameter of water<br />

spray with 80 kg/h liquid flow rate at the cross section of 0.12 m (left) and<br />

0.16 m (right) distance from the nozzle exit.

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