Numerical simulation of cone-jet formation in electrohydrodynamic atomization

AIChE Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-78

  Lim, Liang Kuang ^a   Hua, Jinsong ^b,e   Wang, Chi Hwa ^a,c   Smith, Kenneth A ^a,d  

^a SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Cone jet formation; Droplet formation; Electrical field; Electrohydrodynamic

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; APPLIED ELECTRIC FIELD; CFD ANALYSIS; DIFFERENT LENGTH SCALE; DROPLET FORMATION; DROPLET SIZES; ELECTRICAL FIELD; ELECTRICAL FIELD DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTRICAL FIELD STRENGTH; ELECTRICAL STRESS; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMIC ATOMIZATION; FRONT TRACKING APPROACHES; JET FORMATION; KEY COMPONENT; LARGE DIMENSIONS; LARGE DOMAIN; LIQUID JETS; LIQUID PHASE; LIQUID-AIR INTERFACE; MONODISPERSE DROPLETS; NOZZLE TIP; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL SIMULATION METHOD; RING ELECTRODES; SURFACE CHARGING; TAYLOR CONE; VOLUME METHOD;

ATOMIZATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DROP FORMATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; LIQUIDS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHASE INTERFACES; PLASMA JETS; SPRAY NOZZLES; SURFACE TENSION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 78650060328     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12254     Document Type: Article

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