Flash Boiling of Water at Discharge through a Short Oval Nozzle
摘要
Abstract
The dynamics of boiling-up of a jet of superheated water has been investigated by experiment at a discharge from a high-pressure chamber through a short oval nozzle. Changes in the shape, the opening angle and the length of the jet spray cone have been traced under changes in thermodynamic parameters (temperature Ts, pressure ps), corresponding to the phase equilibrium line in a wide range Ts = 383–573 K, ps = 0.1–8.6 MPa. A manifestation of the jet inversion has been revealed. The droplet size of a boiling-up jet has been determined by the microscopic method. The paper presents data on the particle sizes distribution in a flow in different boiling-up regimes.