Effect of elevated crossflow temperature on jet primary atomization

Abstract

Liquid jet in hot gas crossflow is widely employed in industrial combustion devices, especially in the propulsion systems. In this work, the effect of elevated crossflow temperature on the primary atomization of a liquid jet is experimentally investigated, including breakup regime, surface wavelength, column breakup height, and near-field trajectory. The experiments are conducted at crossflow temperatures of 300 K and 500 K, with gas Weber number ranging from 8.82 to 67.55 and momentum flux ratio from 10 to 50. The gas Weber number and momentum flux ratio are kept constant via increasing the crossflow velocity when crossflow temperature increases. The results show that the elevated crossflow temperature weakens surface breakup, particularly at high momentum flux ratios, which makes the transition of breakup regime from column breakup to surface breakup require higher gas Weber number or momentum flux ratio. Besides, the elevated crossflow temperature leads to a slight increase in surface wavelength, column breakup height and near-field trajectory, with the increase in trajectory being more pronounced at lower gas Weber numbers. Finally, an empirical correlation for the near-field trajectory is obtained, including the effects of crossflow temperature, gas Weber number, and momentum flux ratio.