Smoke Abatement by Impaction with Charged Water Droplets.

Abstract

The use of sprays consisting of electrostatically charged water droplets to knockdown smoke produced by burning diesel fuel in a chamber was investigated. It was found that a fourfold increase in smoke knockdown capability of water droplets can be achieved by imparting and electrostatic charge to the droplets. Positive and negative charges exhibited similar reductions in knockdown time.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 11, 1983
Accession Number
ADA131890

Entities

People

  • C. M. Henderson
  • J. P. Stone
  • Joseph T. Leonard

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Compounds
  • Chemistry
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Products
  • Confidence Limits
  • Diesel Fuels
  • Electrostatic Charge
  • Fires
  • Fuels
  • Hydrocarbon Fuels
  • Ignition
  • Line Of Sight
  • Military Research
  • Obscuration
  • Smoke Abatement
  • Standards
  • Two Dimensional

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  • Molecular Biology and Genetics