Twin-fluid atomization of viscous liquids: The effect of atomizer construction on breakup process, spray stability and droplet size

M Mlkvik, P Stähle, HP Schuchmann, V Gaukel… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
This study focuses on the low-pressure spraying of viscous liquids (μ= 60, 147 and 308 mPa
s) using four types of internal-mixing twin-fluid atomizers. We compare two well-known …

Low-pressure twin-fluid atomization: Effect of mixing process on spray formation

M Zaremba, L Weiß, M Malý, M Wensing… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
The present work comparably examines four different twin-fluid atomizers operated under
the same operating conditions. Spray formation was examined by several approaches. The …

Experimental study of the spray characteristics of twin-fluid atomization: Focusing on the annular flow regime

C Liu, K Wu, Z Zhang, Y Yuan, X Fan - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The characteristics of twin-fluid atomization operating in the annular flow regime were
studied experimentally under various gas-to-liquid ratios (GLRs) and injection pressures …

Internal two-phase flow and spray characteristics of outside-in-liquid twin-fluid atomizers

FA Hammad, K Sun, Z Che, J Jedelsky… - Applied Thermal …, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite its wide industrial applications, the internal-mixing twin-fluid atomization suffers a
major problem of spray unsteadiness. This work links the flow characteristics inside a newly …

Factors influencing droplet size in pneumatic and ultrasonic atomization and its application in food processing

M Camacho-Lie, O Antonio-Gutiérrez, AS López-Díaz… - Discover Food, 2023 - Springer
Droplet size has significant scientific and industrial relevance in the effectiveness of
atomization for several applications in the chemical, pharmaceutical, and food industries …

Spray characteristics and liquid distribution of multi-hole effervescent atomisers for industrial burners

J Jedelský, M Jícha - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
The present paper provides an experimental study and optimisation of multi-hole
effervescent atomisers for industrial burners using oil-based fossil, bio-or waste fuels with …

Spray performance and steadiness of an effervescent atomizer and an air-core-liquid-ring atomizer for application in spray drying processes of highly concentrated …

MO Wittner, HP Karbstein, V Gaukel - Chemical Engineering and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Atomization for spray drying of high viscous feed liquids is still a challenging task. For this
reason, we investigated the potential of two internal mixing pneumatic atomizers, namely an …

Dispersion tensor in a two-phase flow in a slit

M Dejam, H Hassanzadeh - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Taylor's approach on the dispersion phenomenon is generalized for solute transport in a two-
phase laminar flow of immiscible fluids in a slit. The reduced-order models for solute …

Performance and efficiency of pressure‐swirl and twin‐fluid nozzles spraying food liquids with varying viscosity

P Stähle, HP Schuchmann… - Journal of Food Process …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We investigated two different sized pressure‐swirl nozzles and two twin‐fluid nozzles
(external and internal mixing) spraying food liquids with different viscosities (0.001 Pa s≤ …

Energy efficient spray drying by increased feed dry matter content: Investigations on the applicability of Air-Core-Liquid-Ring atomization on pilot scale

MO Wittner, HP Karbstein, V Gaukel - Drying Technology, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Spray drying is the main process for production of powdered products from liquid sources.
One way to reduce energy consumption of spray drying processes is preconcentration of …