A study of nozzle extraction geometry of a liquid metal atomizer using computer simulation of electric fields

Author

Cvetkovic, S.R. ; Balachandran, W. ; Kleveland, B. ; Arnold, P. ; Wilson, G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Surrey Univ., Guildford, UK

fYear

1992

fDate

4-9 Oct 1992

Firstpage

1521

Abstract

The authors compare experimental measurements with results obtained using a dedicated computer program for finite-element modeling of fields in the vicinity of a liquid metal atomizer nozzle/tip. A good agreement between the experiment and the computer model has been achieved for two different nozzle geometries, with particular attention being paid to accuracy of the numerical solution near the tip for equipotentials as well as derived values of field strength. In addition, the potential distribution has been calculated for several different positions of the extractor electrode and the effects of negative extractor voltage observed for each case. The suitability of the computer technique for qualitative consideration of the atomization process itself is assessed

Keywords

digital simulation; electric fields; electrical engineering computing; electrostatic devices; finite element analysis; liquid metals; nozzles; spray coating techniques; atomization process; computer simulation; electric fields; electrostatic spraying; equipotentials; extractor electrode; field strength; finite-element modeling; liquid metal atomizer; liquid metals; negative extractor voltage; nozzle extraction geometry; nozzle geometries; potential distribution; Atomic measurements; Computational geometry; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Electrodes; Electrostatics; Finite element methods; Solid modeling; Spraying; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, 1992., Conference Record of the 1992 IEEE

Conference_Location

Houston, TX

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0635-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.1992.244385

Filename

244385