Print Email Facebook Twitter Effect of viscosity on droplet-droplet collisional interaction Title Effect of viscosity on droplet-droplet collisional interaction Author Finotello, Giulia (Eindhoven University of Technology) Padding, J.T. (TU Delft Intensified Reaction and Separation Systems) Deen, Niels G. (Eindhoven University of Technology) Jongsma, Alfred (Tetra Pak CPS) Innings, Fredrik (Tetra Pak CPS) Kuipers, J.A.M. (Eindhoven University of Technology) Date 2017 Abstract A complete knowledge of the effect of droplet viscosity on droplet-droplet collision outcomes is essential for industrial processes such as spray drying. When droplets with dispersed solids are dried, the apparent viscosity of the dispersed phase increases by many orders of magnitude, which drastically changes the outcome of a droplet-droplet collision. However, the effect of viscosity on the droplet collision regime boundaries demarcating coalescence and reflexive and stretching separation is still not entirely understood and a general model for collision outcome boundaries is not available. In this work, the effect of viscosity on the droplet-droplet collision outcome is studied using direct numerical simulations employing the volume of fluid method. The role of viscous energy dissipation is analysed in collisions of droplets with different sizes and different physical properties. From the simulations results, a general phenomenological model depending on the capillary number (Ca, accounting for viscosity), the impact parameter (B), the Weber number (We), and the size ratio (Δ) is proposed. Subject ViscosityCollision theoriesDrop coalescenceSurface tensionDrop formation To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:1ce713a9-741b-4137-956b-c2ff4e8a396b DOI https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4984081 Embargo date 2018-06-06 ISSN 1070-6631 Source Physics of Fluids, 29 (6) Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2017 Giulia Finotello, J.T. Padding, Niels G. Deen, Alfred Jongsma, Fredrik Innings, J.A.M. Kuipers Files PDF 1.4984081.pdf 3.69 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:1ce713a9-741b-4137-956b-c2ff4e8a396b/datastream/OBJ/view