An experimental investigation on hydrodynamics of charged water droplets in dielectric liquid medium in the presence of electric field

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 401, Issue , 2012, Pages 17-28

  Vajdi Hokmabad, Babak ^a   Sadri, Behnam ^a   Charan, Mehdi Rezayati ^a   Esmaeilzadeh, Esmaeil ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Charged droplets; D.C. electric field; Deformation; Dielectric medium; Hydrodynamics

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DIELECTRIC LIQUIDS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; SILICONES; SPRAY NOZZLES;

APPLIED VOLTAGES; CHARGED DROPLET; DEFORMATION RESULT; DIELECTRIC MEDIUM; DRIPPING MODES; DROP BEHAVIOR; DROPLET BEHAVIORS; DROPLET DETACHMENT; DROPLET SIZES; ELECTROSPRAYING; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GROUNDED ELECTRODES; HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRODES; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCES; METAL RINGS; THREE PARAMETERS; WATER DROPLETS;

DROP BREAKUP;

SILICONE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CAMERA; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROSPRAY; FLUID FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIQUID; LIQUID CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

EID: 84859858000     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2012.02.043     Document Type: Article

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