Explosive Decay of Emulsion Drops Based on Water and Oil Products under Conditions of High-Temperature Purification of Liquids

Abstract

In the present paper, we established the conditions and the main characteristics of the stable boiling and subsequent explosive disintegration of emulsion droplets based on water and oil products under high-temperature (from 350 to 1100 K) heating using high-speed video recording (up to 10⁵ frames per second). The studies were carried out under various conditions of energy supply to the droplet: on a massive substrate, in contact with a heated rod (local heating), and in a heated air flow. The times of heating up the emulsion droplets before the explosive decay are determined. The scale of the effect of the ambient temperature (up to 1100 K), the heat flux density (up to 10⁴ kW/m²), and the oil product concentration (up to 70%) in the emulsion on these characteristics is established. Using high-speed video tracking, the main characteristics of the emulsion droplet decay are determined: the duration, surface transformation stages, and the number of liquid fragments formed (up to 300) and their total area (7–8 times higher than the initial one). The conditions for the emulsion drop decay both before and after its ignition were studied.