An extensive critical compilation of the wide range of manufacturing processes that involve the application of spray technology, this book covers design of atomizers as well as the performance of plant and their corresponding spray systems. The needs of practising engineers from different disciplines: project managers, and works, maintenance and design engineers are catered for. Of interest to researchers in the field of liquid sprays, the book includes outlines of the contemporary and possible future research and challenges in the different fields of application and deals with: • sprays and their production; • sprays in industrial production processes; • processes involving vaporisation and cooling or cleaning of gases; • spray-surface impact processes; • fuel sprays for fixed plant; • spraying of hot surfaces for steel making and other metals; • spraying of molten metals. Guidance is given for the analysis and interpretation of experimental data obtained using different measurement techniques.

Atomization and sprays are used in a wide range of industries: mechanical, chemical, aerospace, and civil engineering; material science and metallurgy; food; pharmaceutical, forestry, environmental protection; medicine; agriculture; meteorology and others. Some specific applications are spray combustion in furnaces, gas turbines and rockets, spray drying and cooling, air conditioning, powdered metallurgy, spray painting and coating, inhalation therapy, and many others. The Handbook of Atomization and Sprays will bring together the fundamental and applied material from all fields into one comprehensive source. Subject areas included in the reference are droplets, theoretical models and numerical simulations, phase Doppler particle analysis, applications, devices and more.

Atomization and Sprays examines the atomization of liquids and characteristics of sprays. It explains the physical processes of atomization as well as guidelines for designing atomizers. In addition, it demonstrates how the importance of the size and velocity of a particle contributes to improved spray characterization. Coverage includes general co

The second edition of this long-time bestseller provides a framework for designing and understanding sprays for a wide array of engineering applications. The text contains correlations and design tools that can be easily understood and used in relating the design of atomizers to the resulting spray behavior. Written to be accessible to readers with a modest technical background, the emphasis is on application rather than in-depth theory. Numerous examples are provided to serve as starting points for using the information in the book. Overall, this is a thoroughly updated edition that still retains the practical focus and readability of the original work by Arthur Lefebvre.

Spray atomization and deposition is a fast growing materials processing technique. Its development has encompassed process design, process modeling, new materials and automatic control. The process of spray deposition involves the fundamental phenomena of atomization, fluid flow, heat flow, mass transport, solidification and microstructural development. With this, the first comprehensive overview of the technique, the reader will gain a detailed insight into past and recent developments in spray deposition technology; a clear understanding of fundamental phenomena such as atomization, deposition and microstructural development and a comprehensive overview of the unique microstructure and properties of spray deposited materials. This book is aimed at post graduate students of materials science and engineering, and researchers and professionals working with these techniques both in academia and in industry.

Issues regarding spray and atomization of liquid that occur in many industrial applications are crucial for many combustion systems. However, a full understanding of such process is still lacking. In order to have a better understanding of the phenomena, numerical modeling of sprays would be a valuable tool in designing and assessing the performance of the combustion systems. Most multiphase computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models are classified into two categories: Eulerian–Lagrangian and Eulerian–Eulerian models. Although Eulerian–Lagrangian models are traditionally the most common choice for modeling spray problems, they include a large number of empirical sub–models and hence are very sensitive to fine tuning and rely heavily on the experiments. In this book, a newly developed mathematical model for calculating droplet break–up frequency based on both drag and turbulence induced fragmentation stresses is presented. The droplet break–up model was introduced into a CFD methodology based on the Eulerian–Eulerian approach, in which the mass and momentum conservation equations are solved for both phases. The CFD solver couples the population balance equation along with Navier–Stokes equations for tracking droplet diameters. The proposed mathematical model has the advantage of taking into account the effects of drag and turbulence stresses on the atomization process while abandoning the common disadvantages of current Lagrangian models. Numerical simulations were performed to model a coaxial air–blast atomizer using both the traditional Lagrangian model and the new Eulerian model.

A unique and in-depth discussion uncovering the unifying features of collision phenomena in liquids and solids, along with applications.