Abstract
Experimental study of evolution of plumes of atomized metastable superheated water during its discharge through convergent-divergent nozzles is conducted. Dispersion characteristics of dense plumes in micron and submicron droplet diameter ranges are obtained. Theoretical and prediction analyses of different coagulation mechanisms in the considered two-phase flow are performed. The negligible effect of Brown-type coagulation is shown. It is also demonstrated that turbulent coagulation can change the fraction of micron-diameter droplets within 9%. In addition, for the first time, an "inertial" mechanism of coagulation is considered for the studied plumes under the conditions of plume baking in a cocurrent flow or in the ambient air. It can lead to a considerable decrease in the submicron-droplet mass fraction, which is observed in experiments even at a small distance from the nozzle cut. The predicted data are compared with experimental ones obtained at theexperimental setup.
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