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Jet penetration and liquid splash in submerged gas injection

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Jet penetration, bubble dispersion, and liquid splash were studied in the nitrogen-water system. Among the effects evaluated were those due to lance design, nozzle dimensions, gas driving pressure, and liquid density. In side-nozzle injection, penetration is found to increase with jet force number,N, given by the product of the gas driving pressure and the nozzle diameter. In top-submerged injection, horizontal and vertical penetrations increase with the horizontal and vertical components, respectively, of the jet force number. Liquid splash is greater in the side-nozzle injection than in top-submerged multiple-orifice injection, and appears to decrease as the number of orifices increases.

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  1. Arthur D. Little, Inc., 02140, Cambridge, Mass.

    Basil U. N. Igwe (Engineering Staft)

  2. Research and Development, Hindustan Steel Company, Ltd., Ranchi, India

    S. Ramachandran (General Manager)

  3. Process Research and Development, Allegheny Ludlum Industries, Inc., Research Center, 15014, Brackenridge, Pa.

    J. C. Fulton (Manager)

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Igwe, B.U.N., Ramachandran, S. & Fulton, J.C. Jet penetration and liquid splash in submerged gas injection. Metall Trans 4, 1887–1894 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02665417

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