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Investigation on the Dispersal Characteristics of Liquid Breakup in Vacuum

X. X. Lu

State Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, 102205 Beijing, People’s Republic of China

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L. Li

State Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, 102205 Beijing, People’s Republic of China

†Professor; also Aerospace School, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People’s Republic of China.

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K. H. Luo

University College London, London, England WC1E 7JE, United Kingdom

‡Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering.

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X. B. Ren

State Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, 102205 Beijing, People’s Republic of China

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Y. Liu

State Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, 102205 Beijing, People’s Republic of China

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X. F. Yan

State Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, 102205 Beijing, People’s Republic of China

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Published Online:13 Aug 2015https://doi.org/10.2514/1.T4665

Abstract

This work presents an experimental study on the dispersal characteristics of a liquid jet ejecting into vacuum. The liquid breaking experiments of several kinds of liquid under different pressure and temperature conditions are carried out in a flash chamber. The stability of the jet and the sizes of the droplets or the icing particles formed during liquid flashing dispersing are analyzed. The influences of the superheat degree, spray velocity, and the mass of the volatile liquid mixing in the nonvolatile liquid on these characteristics are discussed. Moreover, the applicability of the two definitions of superheat degree is discussed. The results show that the superheat degree is an important parameter influencing the pattern of the breaking liquid, and the jet velocity has a large influence on the distribution of particle sizes. In addition, mixing some volatile liquid with nonvolatile liquid can enhance the dispersion of the latter.

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Received24 December 2014
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