Prediction of drop sizes in liquid/air systems
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Three liquids, water, ethylene glycol and 2-ethyl-l-hexanol were dispersed separately through five different sizes of nozzle tips ranging from 0.2 to 0.6 centimeter into vapor-saturated air in various flow rates to determine drop sizes. About four hundred data points were collected to predict drop sizes from the physical properties of liquids and flow rates. A hypothesis is presented which accounts for the effect of inertial mass on drop formation. With this hypo thesis drop sizes can be predicted and the average of 3.5% error is obtained. The maximum error being 12.5% and only 12 points have an error greater than 10%.
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