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Results from experimental studies of characteristics of atomization of water superheated relative to saturation temperature are presented. The data on disperse composition of a droplet flow are obtained depending on the temperature of water superheat. It is shown that, at a water temperature of 200–240°C, the distribution of droplets as to their size appears to be bimodal, with about 70% of droplets (by mass) having a diameter of not more than 5–6 μm.
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Original Russian Text © L.A. Dombrovskii, V.I. Zalkind, Yu.A. Zeigarnik, D.V. Marinichev, V.L. Nizovskii, A.A. Oksman, K.A. Khodakov, 2009, published in Teploenergetika.
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Dombrovskii, L.A., Zalkind, V.I., Zeigarnik, Y.A. et al. Atomization of superheated water: Results from experimental studies. Therm. Eng. 56, 191–200 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0040601509030021
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