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Disintegrating supercritical jets in a subcritical environment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2013

Arnab Roy ,
Clement Joly  and
Corin Segal
Arnab Roy*
Affiliation:
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
Clement Joly
Affiliation:
Turbulent Combustion, CNRS ICARE, Orléans CEDEX 2, 45071, France
Corin Segal
Affiliation:
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
*
†Email address for correspondence: arnab1985@ufl.edu
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Abstract

Supercritical fluid injection using a single round injector into a quiescent atmosphere at subcritical and supercritical conditions was studied experimentally with particular attention paid to supercritical-into-subcritical injection and the reassertion of surface tension. The entire system was binary since the surrounding atmosphere consisted of an inert gas of a different composition than that of the injected fluid. Average densities and density gradients were quantified and a method was applied to quantify the resulting drop formation due to the disintegration of the jet based on the experimental conditions. The evolution of drop size with distance from the injector was identified.

JFM classification

Wakes/Jets: Jets Mixing: Mixing Multiphase and Particle-laden Flows: Multiphase flow
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 717 , 25 February 2013 , pp. 193 - 202
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©2013 Cambridge University Press

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