EP0202100A1 - Vibrating element for ultrasonic atomization - Google Patents
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- EP0202100A1 EP0202100A1 EP86303613A EP86303613A EP0202100A1 EP 0202100 A1 EP0202100 A1 EP 0202100A1 EP 86303613 A EP86303613 A EP 86303613A EP 86303613 A EP86303613 A EP 86303613A EP 0202100 A1 EP0202100 A1 EP 0202100A1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
- B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
- B05B17/00—Apparatus for spraying or atomising liquids or other fluent materials, not covered by the preceding groups
- B05B17/04—Apparatus for spraying or atomising liquids or other fluent materials, not covered by the preceding groups operating with special methods
- B05B17/06—Apparatus for spraying or atomising liquids or other fluent materials, not covered by the preceding groups operating with special methods using ultrasonic or other kinds of vibrations
- B05B17/0607—Apparatus for spraying or atomising liquids or other fluent materials, not covered by the preceding groups operating with special methods using ultrasonic or other kinds of vibrations generated by electrical means, e.g. piezoelectric transducers
- B05B17/0623—Apparatus for spraying or atomising liquids or other fluent materials, not covered by the preceding groups operating with special methods using ultrasonic or other kinds of vibrations generated by electrical means, e.g. piezoelectric transducers coupled with a vibrating horn
- B05B17/063—Apparatus for spraying or atomising liquids or other fluent materials, not covered by the preceding groups operating with special methods using ultrasonic or other kinds of vibrations generated by electrical means, e.g. piezoelectric transducers coupled with a vibrating horn having an internal channel for supplying the liquid or other fluent material
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
- B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
- B05B17/00—Apparatus for spraying or atomising liquids or other fluent materials, not covered by the preceding groups
- B05B17/04—Apparatus for spraying or atomising liquids or other fluent materials, not covered by the preceding groups operating with special methods
- B05B17/06—Apparatus for spraying or atomising liquids or other fluent materials, not covered by the preceding groups operating with special methods using ultrasonic or other kinds of vibrations
- B05B17/0607—Apparatus for spraying or atomising liquids or other fluent materials, not covered by the preceding groups operating with special methods using ultrasonic or other kinds of vibrations generated by electrical means, e.g. piezoelectric transducers
- B05B17/0623—Apparatus for spraying or atomising liquids or other fluent materials, not covered by the preceding groups operating with special methods using ultrasonic or other kinds of vibrations generated by electrical means, e.g. piezoelectric transducers coupled with a vibrating horn
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
- F02M27/00—Apparatus for treating combustion-air, fuel, or fuel-air mixture, by catalysts, electric means, magnetism, rays, sound waves, or the like
- F02M27/08—Apparatus for treating combustion-air, fuel, or fuel-air mixture, by catalysts, electric means, magnetism, rays, sound waves, or the like by sonic or ultrasonic waves
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
- F02M69/00—Low-pressure fuel-injection apparatus ; Apparatus with both continuous and intermittent injection; Apparatus injecting different types of fuel
- F02M69/04—Injectors peculiar thereto
- F02M69/041—Injectors peculiar thereto having vibrating means for atomizing the fuel, e.g. with sonic or ultrasonic vibrations
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
- F23D—BURNERS
- F23D11/00—Burners using a direct spraying action of liquid droplets or vaporised liquid into the combustion space
- F23D11/34—Burners using a direct spraying action of liquid droplets or vaporised liquid into the combustion space by ultrasonic means or other kinds of vibrations
- F23D11/345—Burners using a direct spraying action of liquid droplets or vaporised liquid into the combustion space by ultrasonic means or other kinds of vibrations with vibrating atomiser surfaces
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- This invention relates generally to an ultrasonic atomizing apparatus such as an ultrasonic injection nozzle, and particularly to a vibrating element suitable for use on an ultrasonic atomizing apparatus for atomizing liquid intermittently or continuously, such atomizing apparatus including (1) automobile fuel injection apparatus such as electronically controlled gasoline injection valves or electronically controlled diesel fuel injection valves, (2) fuel nozzles for use with a gas turbine, (3) burners for use with industrial, commercial and domestic boilers, heating furnaces and stoves, (4) industrial liquid atomizers, drying atomizers for drying liquid materials such as foods, medicines, agricultural chemicals, fertilizers and the like, and spray heads for controlling temperature and humidity, atomizers for calcining powders (pelletizing ceramics), spray coaters, and reaction promoting devices, and (5) liquid atomizers for uses other than industrial use, such as spreaders for agricultural chemicals and antiseptic solution.
- automobile fuel injection apparatus such as electronically controlled gasoline injection valves or electronically controlled diesel fuel injection valves
- fuel nozzles for use with a gas turbine
- burners for
- Pressure atomizing burners or liquid atomizers have been used to spray or atomize liquid in the various fields as mentioned above.
- liquid herein used is intended to mean not only liquid but also liquid materials such as solutions, suspensions and the like.
- Injection nozzles used with such spray burners or liquid atomizers are adapted to atomize the liquid by the shearing action between the liquid as discharged through the nozzles and the ambient air (atmospheric air).
- atomization of supply liquid requires increased pressure to supply liquid, resulting in requiring complicated and large-sized liquid supplying means such as pumps and piping.
- the regulation of the flow rate of the injection is effected either by varying the pressure of the supply liquid or by varying the area of the nozzle opening.
- the former method provides poor atomization at a low flow rate (low pressure), as a remedy for which air or steam has additionally been used on medium or large-sized boilers to enhance the atomization of liquid fuel, requiring more and more complicated and enlarged apparatus.
- the latter method requires an extremely intricate construction of nozzle which is difficult to control and maintain.
- the conventional ultrasonic liquid injecting nozzle has so small capacity for spraying that it is unsuitable for use as such injection nozzle as described above which required a large amount of atomized liquid.
- the present invention provides a vibrating element for ultrasonic atomization formed around its periphery with an edged portion having one or more steps, said edged portion being supplied with liquid to atomize said liquid, characterized by the height (h) and width (w) of each step being such that and wherein ⁇ is the wave length of the ultrasonic waves.
- the height (h) and width (w) of each step of the edged portion are such that 1 ⁇ h/w S 10.
- an injection nozzle which is a fuel nozzle 10 for a gas turbine in the illustrated embodiment includes a generally cylindrical elongated valve housing 8 having a central bore 6 extending centrally therethrough.
- a vibrating element 1 is disposed extending through the central bore 6 of the valve housing 8.
- the vibrating element 1 includes an upper body portion la, an elongated cylindrical vibrator shank lb having a diameter smaller than that of the body portion la, and a transition portion lc connecting the body portion la and shank lb.
- the body portion la has an enlarged diameter flange ld which is attached to the valve housing 8 by a shoulder 12 formed in the upper end of the valve housing 8 and an annular vibrator retainer 14 fastened to the upper end face of the valve housing by bolts (not shown).
- the forward end of the vibrating alement 1, that is, the forward end of the shank lb is formed with an edged portion 2, the geometry of which will be described in details hereinafter.
- the valve housing 8 is formed through its lower end portion with one or more supply passages 4 for feeding fuel to said edged portion 2.
- the fuel supply port 16 of the supply passage; 4 is supplied with liquid fuel through an external supply line (not shown) from a source of fuel (not shown).
- the flow and flow rate of fuel are controlled by a supply valve (not shown) disposed in the external supply line.
- the vibrating element 1 is continuously vibrated by an ultrasonic generator 100 operatively connected to the body portion la.
- liquid fuel is fed through the line, the supply valve and the supply passage 4 to the edged portion 2 where it is atomized and jetted outwardly.
- the edged portion 2 of the vibrating element 1 is in the form of an annular staircase including five steps having progressively reduced diameters as shown in Fig. 1, but may be in the form of a staircase having two, three or four or six steps.
- liquid which is fuel in the illustrated embodiment, 5is delivered to the edged portion 2, the stream of fuel is severed and atomized at each edge.
- the fuel is first partially atomized at the edge (A) of the first step, and the excess portion of the fuel which has not been handled at the edge (A) of the first step is fed successively through the second step edge (B), the third step edge (C) and so forth to be handled thereby.
- the second step edge B
- C third step edge
- the number of steps required for atomization will vary with changes, in the flow rate so as to ensure generally uniform conditions such as the thickness of liquid film at the location of each step where the atomization takes place, resulting in uniform particle shape and size of the droplets being atomized.
- the vibrating element according to this invention provides for a full range of flow rates usually required for atomization so that atomization of various types of liquid materials may be accomplished, whether it may be on an intermittent basis or on a continuous basis.
- the height ( h ) and width (w) of the steps of the edged portion shown in Fig. 1 is such that it may act to render the liquid filmy and to dam the liquid flow.
- Researches and experiments conducted by the present inventors have shown that the height (h) and width (w) of the steps of the edged portion must be kept in a predetermined range as follows in order to effect atomization of supplied liquid in a large quantity: .
- ⁇ is the wavelength of the ultrasonic waves
- the height (h) and width (w) that 1 ⁇ h/w ⁇ 10.
- the vibrating element of the configuration as illustrated in Fig. l.the'height (h) is preferably less than 4 mm.
- the wavelength of the ultrasonic is typically 5 cm to 50 cm depending upon the material (such as inconnel, titanium or the like) of which the vibrating element is made.
- the output of the ultrasonic generator the vibrating element is the order of 10 W, and the amplitude and frequency of vibration of the vibrating element are in the ranges of 30 to 70 ⁇ m and 20 to 50 KHz, respectively.
- the diameter (D) of the vibrating element is suitably in the range of X/10 to ⁇ /4. The greater the amplitude of vibration and the diameter (D), the greater the capacity for handling the liquid.
- vibrating element of the present invention is not limited to the configuration as shown in Fig. 1, but may take various forms as shown in Fig. 3 to 5.
- the forward end of the vibrating element shown in Fig. 3 is formed with an edged portion 2' having one or more steps of equal diameter, three steps (A'), (B'), (C') in the illustrated embodiment.
- the shape of the edged portion 2' as viewed in the direction of the arrow (X) is not limited to a circular shape, but may be triangular, square or some other polygonal shape.
- the height (h) and width (w) of the steps of the edged portion 2' are sized as defined by the equations (1) and (2) as indicated hereinabove.
- the angle ( ⁇ ) may be suitably selected.
- the angle of injection angle of injection spread
- edged portion 2' has been described as comprising protrusions (A'), (B') and (C') which are all of the same angular shape, those protrusions need not be of angular shape but may be of any other shape, provided that they are formed around their outer peripheries with edges.
- Figs. 4 and 5 illustrate further embodiments of this invention in which the multi-stepped edged portion 2" or 2"' has one or more steps is formed around an inner periphery of the forward end of the vibrating element 1. Again, in these embodiments, satisfactory atomization may be achieved if the aforesaid conditions are satisfied. Of course, in these embodiments, liquid is fed to the edged portion through a liquid supply passage 4' formed through the vibrating element.
- the vibrating element having a geometry defined according to the present invention is capable of providing a wider angle of spray spread and achieving atomization in a large amount, and thereby enables the provision of an ultrasonic atomizing apparatus capable of accomplishing consistent atomization in that there is no change in the conditions of atomization (flow rate and particle size) depending upon the properties, particularly viscosity of the supply liquid.
Abstract
A vibrating element (1) for the ultrasonic atomization of liquid is formed around a periphery with steps having edges (A, B, C, D, E) over which a film of the liquid flows to be atomized at each edge. To improve the spray angle and the quantity of liquid sprayed, the height (h) and width (w) dimensions of each step is chosen in accordance with the wave length of ultrasonic vibration to be imparted to the vibrating element.
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- This invention relates generally to an ultrasonic atomizing apparatus such as an ultrasonic injection nozzle, and particularly to a vibrating element suitable for use on an ultrasonic atomizing apparatus for atomizing liquid intermittently or continuously, such atomizing apparatus including (1) automobile fuel injection apparatus such as electronically controlled gasoline injection valves or electronically controlled diesel fuel injection valves, (2) fuel nozzles for use with a gas turbine, (3) burners for use with industrial, commercial and domestic boilers, heating furnaces and stoves, (4) industrial liquid atomizers, drying atomizers for drying liquid materials such as foods, medicines, agricultural chemicals, fertilizers and the like, and spray heads for controlling temperature and humidity, atomizers for calcining powders (pelletizing ceramics), spray coaters, and reaction promoting devices, and (5) liquid atomizers for uses other than industrial use, such as spreaders for agricultural chemicals and antiseptic solution.
- Pressure atomizing burners or liquid atomizers have been used to spray or atomize liquid in the various fields as mentioned above. (The term "liquid" herein used is intended to mean not only liquid but also liquid materials such as solutions, suspensions and the like.) Injection nozzles used with such spray burners or liquid atomizers are adapted to atomize the liquid by the shearing action between the liquid as discharged through the nozzles and the ambient air (atmospheric air). Thus, atomization of supply liquid requires increased pressure to supply liquid, resulting in requiring complicated and large-sized liquid supplying means such as pumps and piping.
- Furthermore, the regulation of the flow rate of the injection is effected either by varying the pressure of the supply liquid or by varying the area of the nozzle opening. However, the former method provides poor atomization at a low flow rate (low pressure), as a remedy for which air or steam has additionally been used on medium or large-sized boilers to enhance the atomization of liquid fuel, requiring more and more complicated and enlarged apparatus. On the other hand, the latter method requires an extremely intricate construction of nozzle which is difficult to control and maintain.
- In order to overcome the drawbacks to such prior art injection nozzles, attempts have been made to impart ultrasonic waves to liquid material while injecting it out through the jet of the injection nozzle under pressure.
- ; However, the conventional ultrasonic liquid injecting nozzle has so small capacity for spraying that it is unsuitable for use as such injection nozzle as described above which required a large amount of atomized liquid.
- As a result of extensive researches and experiments on the ultrasonic liquid atomizing mechanism and the configuration of the ultrasonic vibrating element in an attempt to achieve atomization of a large amount of liquid, the present inventors have discovered that a large quantity of liquid may be atomized by forming an edged portion at the end of an ultrasonic vibrating element and delivering liquid to and along said edged portion in a film form, and have proposed an ultrasonic injection method and injection nozzle as disclosed in EP-A-85 30 2674.8.
- In order to provide a vibrating element for ultrasonic atomization which is capable of spray spreading liquid over a wider angle, and delivering and spraying or injecting a larger quantity of liquid, the present invention provides a vibrating element for ultrasonic atomization formed around its periphery with an edged portion having one or more steps, said edged portion being supplied with liquid to atomize said liquid, characterized by the height (h) and width (w) of each step being such that
w S 10. - Specific embodiments of the present invention will now be described by way of example and not by way of limitation with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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- Fig. 1 is a fragmentary front view of one embodiment of the vibrating element for ultrasonic atomization according to the present invention;
- Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of an ultrasonic atomizing apparatus incorporating the vibrating element for ultrasonic atomization according to this invention;
- Figs. 3 to 5 are fragmentary front views of alternate embodiments of the vibrating element for ultrasonic atomization according to this invention.
- First, one form of ultrasonic injection nozzle with which the vibrating element according to the present invention may be employed will be described with reference to Fig. 2.
- While the present invention is suitably applicable to atomizing apparatus for various uses, it will herein be described with reference to a fuel nozzle for a gas turbine.
- Referring to Fig. 2, an injection nozzle which is a
fuel nozzle 10 for a gas turbine in the illustrated embodiment includes a generally cylindricalelongated valve housing 8 having acentral bore 6 extending centrally therethrough. - A vibrating element 1 according to this invention is disposed extending through the
central bore 6 of thevalve housing 8. The vibrating element 1 includes an upper body portion la, an elongated cylindrical vibrator shank lb having a diameter smaller than that of the body portion la, and a transition portion lc connecting the body portion la and shank lb. The body portion la has an enlarged diameter flange ld which is attached to thevalve housing 8 by ashoulder 12 formed in the upper end of thevalve housing 8 and anannular vibrator retainer 14 fastened to the upper end face of the valve housing by bolts (not shown). - The forward end of the vibrating alement 1, that is, the forward end of the shank lb is formed with an
edged portion 2, the geometry of which will be described in details hereinafter. Thevalve housing 8 is formed through its lower end portion with one ormore supply passages 4 for feeding fuel to saidedged portion 2. Thefuel supply port 16 of the supply passage; 4 is supplied with liquid fuel through an external supply line (not shown) from a source of fuel (not shown). The flow and flow rate of fuel are controlled by a supply valve (not shown) disposed in the external supply line. - With the construction described above, the vibrating element 1 is continuously vibrated by an
ultrasonic generator 100 operatively connected to the body portion la. Thus, liquid fuel is fed through the line, the supply valve and thesupply passage 4 to theedged portion 2 where it is atomized and jetted outwardly. - The
edged portion 2 of the vibrating element 1 is in the form of an annular staircase including five steps having progressively reduced diameters as shown in Fig. 1, but may be in the form of a staircase having two, three or four or six steps. - More specifically, with the construction as described above, as liquid,which is fuel in the illustrated embodiment, 5is delivered to the
edged portion 2, the stream of fuel is severed and atomized at each edge. The fuel is first partially atomized at the edge (A) of the first step, and the excess portion of the fuel which has not been handled at the edge (A) of the first step is fed successively through the second step edge (B), the third step edge (C) and so forth to be handled thereby. At a higher flow rate of fuel requiring larger effective areas.for atomization, more stepped edges are required. At a lower flow rate, however, a smaller number of steps are required before the atomization is completed. With the vibrating element 1 according to this invention, the number of steps required for atomization will vary with changes, in the flow rate so as to ensure generally uniform conditions such as the thickness of liquid film at the location of each step where the atomization takes place, resulting in uniform particle shape and size of the droplets being atomized. The vibrating element according to this invention provides for a full range of flow rates usually required for atomization so that atomization of various types of liquid materials may be accomplished, whether it may be on an intermittent basis or on a continuous basis. - It will be appreciated from the foregoing that the height (h) and width (w) of the steps of the edged portion shown in Fig. 1 is such that it may act to render the liquid filmy and to dam the liquid flow. Researches and experiments conducted by the present inventors have shown that the height (h) and width (w) of the steps of the edged portion must be kept in a predetermined range as follows in order to effect atomization of supplied liquid in a large quantity: .
- In a preferred embodiment of this invention the height (h) and width (w) that 1 ≤ h/w ≤ 10. Particularly for the vibrating element of the configuration as illustrated in Fig. l.the'height (h) is preferably less than 4 mm. The wavelength of the ultrasonic is typically 5 cm to 50 cm depending upon the material (such as inconnel, titanium or the like) of which the vibrating element is made.
- The output of the ultrasonic generator the vibrating element is the order of 10 W, and the amplitude and frequency of vibration of the vibrating element are in the ranges of 30 to 70 µm and 20 to 50 KHz, respectively. The diameter (D) of the vibrating element is suitably in the range of X/10 to λ/4. The greater the amplitude of vibration and the diameter (D), the greater the capacity for handling the liquid.
- vibrating element of the present invention is not limited to the configuration as shown in Fig. 1, but may take various forms as shown in Fig. 3 to 5.
- The forward end of the vibrating element shown in Fig. 3 is formed with an edged portion 2' having one or more steps of equal diameter, three steps (A'), (B'), (C') in the illustrated embodiment. The shape of the edged portion 2' as viewed in the direction of the arrow (X) is not limited to a circular shape, but may be triangular, square or some other polygonal shape. According to the present invention, the height (h) and width (w) of the steps of the edged portion 2' are sized as defined by the equations (1) and (2) as indicated hereinabove. The angle (α) may be suitably selected. The angle of injection (angle of injection spread) may be adjusted by selecting the height (h), width (w) and angle (α) as desired.
- While the edged portion 2' has been described as comprising protrusions (A'), (B') and (C') which are all of the same angular shape, those protrusions need not be of angular shape but may be of any other shape, provided that they are formed around their outer peripheries with edges.
- Figs. 4 and 5 illustrate further embodiments of this invention in which the multi-stepped
edged portion 2" or 2"' has one or more steps is formed around an inner periphery of the forward end of the vibrating element 1. Again, in these embodiments, satisfactory atomization may be achieved if the aforesaid conditions are satisfied. Of course, in these embodiments, liquid is fed to the edged portion through a liquid supply passage 4' formed through the vibrating element. -
- As is described hereinabove, the vibrating element having a geometry defined according to the present invention is capable of providing a wider angle of spray spread and achieving atomization in a large amount, and thereby enables the provision of an ultrasonic atomizing apparatus capable of accomplishing consistent atomization in that there is no change in the conditions of atomization (flow rate and particle size) depending upon the properties, particularly viscosity of the supply liquid.
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1) A vibrating element for ultrasonic atomization which is formed around its periphery with a stepped edged portion having one or more steps, said edged portion being supplied with liquid to atomize said liquid, characterized by the height (h) and width (w) of each step being such that and wherein λ is the wave length of the ultrasonic waves.
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