Vol. 2024 No. 2 (2024)
Articles

Study on the electrostatic shedding and crushing characteristics of ethanol and diesel droplets

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  • Qi He,
  • Tian Yu Huang,
  • Cheng Ze Li
Qi He
School of Science, Hangzhou Xidian University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310018
Tian Yu Huang
School of Science, Hangzhou Xidian University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310018
Cheng Ze Li
School of Science, Hangzhou Xidian University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310018
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Published 04-06-2024

Keywords

  • droplet drop off,
  • droplet breakage,
  • static atomization,
  • liquid fuel

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How to Cite

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Q. He, T. Y. Huang, and C. Z. Li, “Study on the electrostatic shedding and crushing characteristics of ethanol and diesel droplets”, Camb. Sci. Adv., vol. 2024, no. 2, pp. 43–48, Jun. 2024, doi: 10.62852/csa/2024/15.

Abstract

The study of electrostatic shedding and crushing characteristics of droplets is the basis of understanding electrostatic atomization, and the study of its shedding and crushing behavior in electrostatic field is conducted. Micropump drive is used to control the flow rate, electrostatic generation device to form a stable electric field, light lighting and high-speed camera to obtain the dynamic behavior of shedding and crushing process, and use digital image processing technology to extract the process parameters. The results show that: when the capillary tube diameter and flow are unchanged, when the electric field voltage is low, the droplet deviates and falls off, the diesel droplet is smaller than the ethanol; when the electric field voltage is moderate, the droplet is closed or deformed into wave strip; only when the flow rate increases and the electric field voltage is large, the average particle size of ethanol is smaller than diesel, indicating that the electrostatic atomization effect of ethanol with small surface tension is significantly better than that of diesel oil.

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