Controlled Production of Droplets by In-Flight Electrospraying
- 14 September 2010
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Langmuir
- Vol. 26 (20), 15807-15813
- https://doi.org/10.1021/la102793j
Abstract
Diameter, velocity, and charge measurements of progeny droplets produced in-flight by a millimeter-size parent drop subjected to electric and ionic fields are reported. Different drop breakup modes were studied using phase doppler anemometry and high-speed digital photography. Drop breakup occurred in applied electric (∼1 kV/cm to ∼10 kV/cm) and ionic (∼1013/m3 to ∼1015/m3) fields that were generated using a DC-corona discharge in a needle−plate configuration. Effects of the external electric field and the diameter of the parent drop are considered. Several models are summarized, including simulations of the electrohydrodynamics of the corona discharge, electrocapillary stability analysis of the jet, and progeny droplets mobility analysis. Using experimental and model results, the charge of progeny drops is shown to vary as the three-halves power of their diameter.Keywords
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