Effervescent atomization for industrial energy-technology review

Atomization and Sprays

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 525-552

  Konstantinov, Dancho ^a   Marsh, Richard ^a   Bowen, Phil ^a   Crayford, Andrew ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative fuels; Combustion; Effervescent atomization; Fuel injection; Industrial energy; Technology review

Indexed keywords

ATOMIZATION; COMBUSTION; FLUIDS; FUEL INJECTION; FUELS; GEOMETRY; LIQUIDS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

ATOMIZATION CHARACTERISTICS; EFFERVESCENT ATOMIZATION; EFFERVESCENT ATOMIZERS; EXPERIMENTAL CORRELATION; INDUSTRIAL ENERGY; LIQUID SURFACE TENSION; SPRAY CHARACTERISTICS; TECHNOLOGY REVIEW;

ALTERNATIVE FUELS;

EID: 78650084062     PISSN: 10445110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/AtomizSpr.v20.i6.40     Document Type: Review

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