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Drag coefficients of evaporating spheres in a turbulent air stream
Author(s) -
Clamen A.,
Gauvin W. H.
Publication year - 1968
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.5450460201
Subject(s) - drag , turbulence , mechanics , drag coefficient , reynolds number , spheres , parasitic drag , wake , turbulence kinetic energy , mass transfer , physics , classical mechanics , astronomy
A study was made to determine the effect of mass transfer on the drag coefficients of freely‐moving aerodynamically smooth spheres, accelerating in a co‐current turbulent air stream. The particles consisted of celite impregnated with liquid sulphur dioxide and varied in diameter from 0.184 to 0.989‐inch. Accurate time‐distance data were obtained with a new particle‐tracking technique which allowed the quantitative measurement of drag coefficients for relative turbulence intensities varying from 5 to 30%. The range of Reynolds numbers studied was from 2100 to 29,800, which, because of the effect of free‐stream turbulence, forms a part of the super‐critical flow regime. The results have thus been compared with the previously reported drag data for solid non‐evaporating spheres in a similar flow region. Mass transfer was found, in general, to decrease the super‐critical drag on a sphere and to reduce the influence of relative turbulence intensity. This alteration in momentum transfer is probably due to a reduction in the skin friction and to a pressure increase in the wake of an evaporating sphere.