Pressure-swirl atomization ofwater-in-oil emulsions

Atomization and Sprays

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1077-1099

  Bolszo, Christopher D ^a   Narvaez, Adrian A ^a   McDonell, Vincent G ^a   Dunn Rankin, Derek ^a   Sirignano, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diesel fuel; Drop distribution; Drop size; Patternation; Spray angle; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

ATOMIZATION; COMBUSTION; DIESEL FUELS; DROP FORMATION; DROPS; EMULSIONS; FUEL PURIFICATION; FUELS; GAS TURBINES; PROCESS CONTROL; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER INJECTION;

DROP DISTRIBUTION; DROP SIZE; DROPLET SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; GAS TURBINE APPLICATIONS; MECHANICAL PATTERNATION; PATTERNATION; SPRAY ANGLE; WATER IN OIL EMULSIONS;

EMULSIFICATION;

EID: 79955822564     PISSN: 10445110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/AtomizSpr.v20.i12.50     Document Type: Article

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