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Atomization of droplets is ubiquitous in many natural and industrial processes, such as falling rain drops, inkjet printing, fuel injection in automotive and gas-turbine engines. Acoustic irradiation provides a very effective method of atomizing fluid. However, the acoustic atomization of acoustically levitated droplet is seldom studied. To assess the possibility of achieving ultrafine atomization, we, in this paper, systematically study the atomization of an acoustically levitated droplet placed in a hot gas of a flame. High speed camera is utilized to investigate the atomization characteristics of various droplets with diameters ranging from 0.5 mm to 3.5 mm. The experimental results show that the sound pressure of the resonance acoustic field has the ability to atomize the droplet when it is suddenly bathed in hot gas. Here the heating acts as a switch to convert the droplet surface from an acoustic isolator to conductor by heating the surface to strong evaporation. The presence of a high concentration of vapor molecules surrounding the droplet caused the acoustic field to change, thus, a much larger pressure gradient is established along the droplet surface, resulting in the atomization of droplet from the equator. Furthermore, Faraday wave stimulation and discretization on the film cause the droplet to further disintegrate when the droplet diameter is large enough. The atomization consists of three different styles, i.e. rim spray (RS), film disintegration (FD) and normal sputtering (NS). When exposed to hot gas, the droplets with equivalent diameter D0 < 2.8 mm are depleted with RS until the whole mass is atomization. A thin rim is extruded at the equator and then splashed in the equator plane, the spray speed is around 9.5 m/s. Larger droplets end with the sudden FD of liquid film of the residual mass after the the RS has been consumed up. When the thickness of the rim and buckled film decrease to half of wave length, Faraday wave emerges, resulting in the vertical droplet ejection and the disintegration of the thin films. And the droplets with D0 > 3.2 mm undergo further film buckling, forming a closed bubble due to the Helmholtz resonator effect and NS at the bottom. This sound driven atomization of droplets enriches the understanding of fluid mechanism in multi-physical fields, and may provide new ideas for relative application research. -
Keywords:
- acoustic levitation /
- droplet /
- external heating /
- atomization /
- methanol
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图 1 悬浮液滴受热变形破碎实验装置原理图
Figure 1. Schematic diagram of the experimental platform of heat induced deformation of levitated droplet.
图 2 甲醇液滴在悬浮场中的“边缘溅射”(D0 = 1.81 mm)
Figure 2. High speed images showing the rim spray of an acoustic levitated methanol droplet (D0 = 1.81 mm) suddenly exposed to hot product gases of a Bunsen flame.
图 3 甲醇液滴溅射时的参数描述 (a) 扩散直径; (b) 无量纲液核直径; (c) 赤道处曲率半径; (d) 气液界面在室温和强蒸发时的液体与空气分子分布[21]
Figure 3. Parametrical description of the breaking process: (a) Spreading diameter Ds; (b) the dimensionless diameter Dc of liquid core; (c) equatorial curvature radii Rcav vs. time; (d) liquid and air molecule distribution at the interface at ambient temperature and strong evaporation conditions[21].
图 4 分别通过手动(a)减小声场高度与(b)增加超声信号发生器电流的方式突然增加声场强度后悬浮甲醇液滴的雾化情况
Figure 4. Atomization methanol droplets after the enhancement of the acoustic field via the mandatory sudden (a) decrease of acoustic field height and (b) increase of the current of ultrasound generator.
图 5 甲醇液滴在悬浮场中的“液膜割裂”(D0 = 3.15 mm)
Figure 5. Film disintegration of an acoustic levitated methanol droplet (D0 = 3.15 mm) suddenly exposed to hot product gases of a Bunsen flame.
图 6 (a)液膜无量纲平均厚度; (a′)法拉第波驻波结构示意图; (b)无量纲边缘初始厚度; (c)二次液滴的再次破碎
Figure 6. (a) Dimensionless average film thickness scaled by Faraday wave length and (a′) schematic setup of a standing Faraday wave configuration; (b) the dimensionless initial rim thickness; (c) rim spray of daughter droplets.
图 7 甲醇液滴在悬浮场中的“法向溅射”(D0 = 3.42 mm)
Figure 7. Normal sputtering of an acoustic levitated methanol droplet (D0 = 3.42 mm) suddenly exposed to hot product gases of a Bunsen flame.
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[1] Villermaux E, Bossa B 2009 Nat. Phys. 5 697
Google Scholar
[2] Minemawari H, Yamada T, Matsui H, Tsutsumi J, Haas S, Chiba R, Kumai R, Hasegawa T 2011 Nature 475 364
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
[6] Khojasteh D, Kazerooni N M, Marengo M 2019 J. Ind. Eng. Chem. 71 50
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
Du R J, Xie W J 2011 Acta Phys. Sin. 60 114302
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
[25] Rayleigh L 1883 Philos. Mag. 16 50
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
[27] Ding C L, Chen H J, Zhai S L, Liu S, Zhao X P 2015 J. Phys. D 48 045303
Google Scholar
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