TY - GEN
T1 - Ultrasonically driven cavitating atomizer
T2 - 2009 ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Conference, FEDSM2009
AU - Akafuah, Nelson K.
AU - Salazar, Abraham J.
AU - Saito, Kozo
AU - Srinivasan, Vedanth
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - A new device, ultrasonic cavitating atomizer (UCA), has been developed that uses ultrasonically driven cavitation to produce fine droplets. In the UCA the role of cavitation is explicitly configured to enhance the breakup of the liquid jet exiting the nozzle into fine droplets; the pressure modulation also assists the breakup process. The experimental study involves the fabrication of a prototype and the building of an experimental rig to test the prototype using water as the working fluid. The parameters tested include liquid injection pressure, horn tip frequency and liquid flow rate. The result shows improvement in the atomization of water with the application of ultrasonic cavitation.
AB - A new device, ultrasonic cavitating atomizer (UCA), has been developed that uses ultrasonically driven cavitation to produce fine droplets. In the UCA the role of cavitation is explicitly configured to enhance the breakup of the liquid jet exiting the nozzle into fine droplets; the pressure modulation also assists the breakup process. The experimental study involves the fabrication of a prototype and the building of an experimental rig to test the prototype using water as the working fluid. The parameters tested include liquid injection pressure, horn tip frequency and liquid flow rate. The result shows improvement in the atomization of water with the application of ultrasonic cavitation.
KW - Atomization
KW - Cavitation
KW - Droplet size distribution
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U2 - 10.1115/FEDSM2009-78024
DO - 10.1115/FEDSM2009-78024
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77953858721
SN - 9780791843734
T3 - Proceedings of the ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Conference 2009, FEDSM2009
SP - 321
EP - 326
BT - Proceedings of the ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Conference 2009, FEDSM2009
Y2 - 2 August 2009 through 6 August 2009
ER -