Numerical modelling of droplet break-up for gas atomisation
Zeoli, Nicola and Gu, Sai (2008) Numerical modelling of droplet break-up for gas atomisation. Computational Materials Science, 38, (2), 282-292. (doi:10.1016/j.commatsci.2006.02.012).
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Description/Abstract
High-pressure gas atomisation (HPGA) technology has been widely employed as an effective method to produce fine spherical metal powders. The physics of gas atomisation is dominated by rapid momentum and heat transfer between the gas and melt phases, and further complicated by break-up and solidification. A numerical model is developed to simulate the critical droplet break-up during the atomisation. By integration of the droplet break-up model with the flow field generated high-pressure gas nozzle, this numerical model is able to provide quantitative assessment for atomisation process. To verify the model performance, the melt stream is initialized to large droplets varying from 1 to 5 mm diameters and injected into the gas flow field for further fragmentation and the break-updynamics are described in details according to the droplet input parameters.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0927-0256 (print) |
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| Keywords: | gas atomisation, metal powder, break-up, melt, numerical model |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery T Technology > TN Mining engineering. Metallurgy |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Engineering Sciences > Thermofluids and Superconductivity University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Engineering Sciences > Engineering Materials & Surface Engineering |
| Item ID: | 49353 |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Nov 2007 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2011 09:22 |
| Contributors: | Zeoli, Nicola (Author) Gu, Sai (Author) |
| Date: | December 2008 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/49353 |
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