Proceedings of the Korean Society of Marine Engineers Conference (한국마린엔지니어링학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2000.11a
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- Pages.91-98
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- 2000
Mixing Characteristics of Static Mixers for Emulsion Oil
이멀션유 정적믹서의 혼합특성 연구
Abstract
The fuels of water-in-oil emulsion have a potential of reducing PM(Particulate Matter) and NOx emissions, and increassing combustion efficiency in the furnaces and the burners. For making the most of the beneficial of the secondary atomization due to the microexplosion, the water droplets distributed in the oil must have the optimal sizes. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the water droplet size distribution characteristics of the different types of the static mixers. For analysing the size distribution characteristics efficiently, image analysis system was constructed and an appropriate image processing algorithm was developed. Two kinds of static mixers: Kenics type and RF type, were tested. As a results, RF type static mixer shows a better characteristics in the mean drop sizes, particularly in the condition of high water content.