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Droplet size scaling in a turbulent pipeline flow
Author(s) -
Eskin Dmitry
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the canadian journal of chemical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1939-019X
pISSN - 0008-4034
DOI - 10.1002/cjce.22286
Subject(s) - breakup , turbulence , scaling , reynolds number , mechanics , flow (mathematics) , pipeline (software) , inertial frame of reference , physics , weber number , statistical physics , classical mechanics , mathematics , geometry , engineering , mechanical engineering
The changes of a droplet breakup regime at transition from an inertial to a viscous turbulence subrange are analyzed for pipe flow. Equations for evaluation of the maximum droplet size in both breakup regimes, as well as conditions for the breakup regime transition, are formulated as functions of the Reynolds and Weber numbers for a pipeline flow. Numerical values for the coefficients of the equations derived are estimated.