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Numerical Simulations of Spray Processes

A special issue of Fluids (ISSN 2311-5521). This special issue belongs to the section "Mathematical and Computational Fluid Mechanics".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2022) | Viewed by 6063

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Prof. Dr. Eva Gutheil

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Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing, Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Interests: simulations; multiphase flows; combustion; upper respiratory system; flame spray pyrolysis; ozone depletion in polar regions

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Spray processes play a major role in numerous technical applications, and their numerical simulation is extremely beneficial in understanding their underlying fundamentals. These include liquid injection, breakup and atomization, droplet size distributions, multiphase evaporation, mixing, turbulence, and possible chemical reactions. This Special Issue of Fluids encourages contributions of different application areas and aims to enhance the understanding of the interaction of fundamental processes in complex sprays.

Prof. Dr. Eva Gutheil
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • spray processes
  • multicomponent sprays
  • evaporation and mixing
  • turbulence
  • chemical reactions
  • combustion

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Modeling and Parameterization of the Evaporation and Thermal Decomposition of an Iron(III) Nitrate Nonahydrate/Ethanol Droplet for Flame Spray Pyrolysis
by Praveen Narasu and Eva Gutheil
Fluids 2022, 7(5), 146; https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids7050146 - 23 Apr 2022
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Flame spray pyrolysis (FSP) is a promising approach to generate nanoparticles from precursor solutions, where the convective droplet heating and evaporation of the single precursor solution droplet play a key role. Depending on the precursor solution under consideration, reactions inside the liquid may [...] Read more.
Flame spray pyrolysis (FSP) is a promising approach to generate nanoparticles from precursor solutions, where the convective droplet heating and evaporation of the single precursor solution droplet play a key role. Depending on the precursor solution under consideration, reactions inside the liquid may occur. The present numerical study concerns the heating, evaporation, and thermal decomposition of single droplets of iron(III) nitrate nonahydrate (INN) and ethanol at an initial temperature of 293.15 K in hot convective air at atmospheric pressure. If the ambience is below the thermal decomposition temperature (Tth) of the INN, iron nitrate particles are directly formed inside the particle, whereas at ambient temperatures beyond Tth, the iron nitrate thermally decomposes into gaseous Fe2O3 and N2O5. Vaporization and thermal decomposition govern the process, depending on the droplet surface temperature. If the ambient temperature is larger than a specific value T+, thermal decomposition is very fast and vaporization dominates the total process time, whereas at lower ambient temperatures, the vaporization is slower, which causes a lower final droplet surface temperature, leading to considerably longer thermal decomposition, which dominates the total process time under that condition. The ambient temperature at which this reversed behavior occurs depends on initial INN loading of the particle and the relative velocity but is largely independent of the initial droplet size. These new results are very useful in choosing the process temperature, which is recommended to lie beyond the ambient air temperature of T+ to assure that the total process time is kept short. The numerical results are parameterized for use in more complex simulations of FSP. Full article
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A Numerical Study of Spray Strips Analysis on Fridsma Hull Form
by Samuel, Andi Trimulyono, Parlindungan Manik and Deddy Chrismianto
Fluids 2021, 6(11), 420; https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids6110420 - 22 Nov 2021
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Spray strips are deflectors added to the hull to reduce the Wetted Surface Area (WSA). The reduced WSA will decrease the total ship drag caused by the deflection of the spray strip installation. The research aimed to predict the function of the spray [...] Read more.
Spray strips are deflectors added to the hull to reduce the Wetted Surface Area (WSA). The reduced WSA will decrease the total ship drag caused by the deflection of the spray strip installation. The research aimed to predict the function of the spray strip to improve ship performance using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). The numerical approach in this study used the Finite Volume Method (FVM) with the RANS (Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes) equation to solve fluid dynamics problems. VOF (Volume of Fluid) was used to model the water and air phases. The results of this study indicated that the number of spray strips would have a significant effect compared to without using a spray strip. Spray strips with three strips could reduce the total resistance by 4.9% at Fr 1.78. Spray strips would increase the total resistance value by 2.1% at low speeds. Spray strips were effective for reducing total resistance at Fr > 1 or the planing mode conditions. The total resistance prediction used three suggestion profiles with the best performance to reduce total resistance by 6.0% at Fr 1.78. Full article
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