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JOURNAL OF THE TAIWAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS
Volume 94, Issue -, Pages 24-30Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2017.10.028
Keywords
Expanded polymer; Fiber mat; Hydrophobic surface; Drop motion; Reynolds number; Drag force
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- National Science Foundation [CBET 1402336]
- Coalescence Filtration Nanofibers Consortium at The University of Akron (Ahlstrom)
- Coalescence Filtration Nanofibers Consortium at The University of Akron (Bekaert)
- Coalescence Filtration Nanofibers Consortium at The University of Akron (Cummins Filtration)
- Coalescence Filtration Nanofibers Consortium at The University of Akron (Donaldson)
- Coalescence Filtration Nanofibers Consortium at The University of Akron (Hollingsworth Vose)
- Coalescence Filtration Nanofibers Consortium at The University of Akron (Parker Hannifin)
- Coalescence Filtration Nanofibers Consortium at The University of Akron (SNS Nanofiber Technology LLC)
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Hydrophobic expanded polymer mats are used in a wide range of industries for many purposes. Their relatively low cost, availability in a wide range of polymer materials, and consistency of pore size distribution are advantageous for some applications such as the separation of liquid drops from gas streams. When fabricated of a non-wetting material, liquid drops tend to stay on one side of the mat and can move across the mat surface due to drag of the gas flow. The rate of movement of drops on the surface can affect the rate of coalescence, the drop size, the loading of drops on the surface of the mat, and ultimately the effectiveness of the mat to separate the drops from a gas stream. In this work the movements of water drops on the surfaces of expanded polymer mats due to tangential air flow are observed to determine the effects of mat material properties and geometrical characteristics, drop dimensions and air flow conditions. A correlation for a drag coefficient of drop movement on the mat surface is developed. A second correlation for the minimum Reynolds number of the gas to initiate the movement of drop on the surface of the mat is also developed. (C) 2017 Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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