Experimental Study of the Effect of the Expansion Segment Geometry on the Atomization of a Plain-Jet Airblast Atomizer

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Quantity</td><td class="align_center">Parameter</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">The temperature of air, K</td><td class="align_center">283 K</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">The mass flow rate of liquid, g/s</td><td class="align_center">1.293, 1.724, 2.155, 2.586, 3.448</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">The mass flow rate of air, g/s</td><td class="align_center">0.482, 0.538, 0.620, 0.758, 1.068</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Air to liquid, ALR</td><td class="align_center">0.48–2.85</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" rowspan="3">The property parameter of fuel, kerosene</td><td class="align_center">Coefficient of viscosity: <svg height="8.55521pt" id="M18" style="vertical-align:-0.2063904pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.34882 43.0516 8.55521" 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<div>The operating condition adopted in the experiment.</div>

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Table 2: Experimental Study of the Effect of the Expansion Segment Geometry on the Atomization of a Plain-Jet Airblast Atomizer 