Investigation of Energy Dissipation and Droplets Dispersion in a Horizontal Pulsating Resonance Apparatus

Abstract

The paper describes results of comparative experimental investigations to determine quality of droplets dispersion, as an indicator of efficiency of introduced into the apparatus energy and determine an optimal oscillation frequency of the heterogeneous media in the apparatus. The research is based on the fact that better droplet breakup occurs at the resonant mode, as well as a power, introduced into the system, more completely dissipated in a mixture. Increase in the apparatus reliability is provided by a conventional separation of a liquid’s oscillating mass into the even-numbered amount of equivoluminar communicating sections, in organization of antiphase pulsations in them by oppositely directed towards the pulsating chamber motions of the liquid in the neighboring to it sections. According to the developed by us theory, there is a possibility to change the power, supplied on the dispersion of dispersed phase’ droplets into the continuous one by application of the droplets’ samples maximal diameter values on a graph of diameters against the energy dissipation. By the research results, it may be concluded that principles for generation of oscillation, realized in a horizontal pulsating resonance apparatus, have great perspectives for application in the modern equipment.

DOI: 10.5901/jesr.2016.v6n1p147