Analysis of Water Droplet Distribution in Wind for the Fluidic Sprinkler
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Experimental Set-Up
2.2. Modeling Cumulative Numeric Frequency and Cumulative Volumetric Frequency Curves
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Velocity, Number of Drops and Drop Diameter Relationship
3.2. Analysis of the Cumulative Distribution Curves
3.3. Drop Diameter Distribution
3.4. Comparison Between Droplet Distribution in Wind and No Wind Conditions
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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S/N | Characteristic Features | Symbols | PXH20 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Inner Contraction angle | Θ ([0) | 20 |
2 | Offset lengths | S (mm) | 2.8 |
3 | Working area Length | L (mm) | 28 |
4 | Basic Hole diameter | D (mm) | 8 |
5 | Wetted Radius | R (m) | 17–20 |
P (kPa) | R (m) | A1 | A2 | λ | D50 | R2 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | 4.35074 | 101.13699 | 5.36928 | 0.36946 | 0.98428 | |
4 | 2.88752 | 99.94652 | 3.85044 | 0.44777 | 0.99335 | |
6 | 1.69551 | 104.99942 | 1.7467 | 0.39513 | 0.99516 | |
8 | 2.5024 | 99.02599 | 2.98966 | 0.44008 | 0.99227 | |
250 | 10 | 1.86698 | 100.20939 | 2.52046 | 0.40547 | 0.99278 |
12 | −0.85133 | 104.69056 | 1.31335 | 0.32243 | 0.99564 | |
14 | −0.1407 | 97.6805 | 2.45775 | 0.1912 | 0.99825 | |
16 | −0.32141 | 97.52474 | 2.01172 | 0.18659 | 0.99563 | |
2 | −0.8763 | 104.28791 | 5.59177 | 0.59115 | 0.99379 | |
4 | 2.0104 | 99.55765 | 4.76936 | 0.4573 | 0.99593 | |
6 | 1.30004 | 100.96095 | 2.85829 | 0.54546 | 0.99614 | |
8 | 0.23674 | 105.59931 | 1.4126 | 0.42248 | 0.99686 | |
300 | 10 | −0.98784 | 104.27079 | 1.21641 | 0.31175 | 0.99338 |
12 | −0.88509 | 101.98693 | 1.30446 | 0.25463 | 0.99452 | |
14 | −0.03001 | 103.90991 | 1.41498 | 0.35347 | 0.99797 | |
16 | −0.1027 | 98.99158 | 2.52459 | 0.17618 | 0.99898 | |
18 | 0.1686 | 99.3514 | 2.29874 | 0.19175 | 0.99883 | |
2 | 6.05989 | 100.59838 | 5.34356 | 0.37972 | 0.98388 | |
4 | 2.95144 | 100.89556 | 2.81991 | 0.32918 | 0.99261 | |
6 | 4.3256 | 100.52678 | 3.41895 | 0.41152 | 0.99063 | |
8 | 2.05796 | 100.21004 | 2.81285 | 0.41711 | 0.99433 | |
350 | 10 | −1.1916 | 106.69928 | 1.09705 | 0.32141 | 0.98744 |
12 | 2.21099 | 100.60703 | 2.52162 | 0.39871 | 0.99447 | |
14 | −0.19118 | 97.81052 | 2.3766 | 0.15883 | 0.99656 | |
16 | −0.99357 | 98.59122 | 1.51007 | 0.19818 | 0.98673 | |
18 | −0.31208 | 96.87356 | 2.2641 | 0.16788 | 0.99237 |
P (kPa) | R (m) | A1 | A2 | λ | D50 | R2 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
250 | 2 | 0.08856 | 96.848411 | 7.26594 | 0.46555 | 0.99421 |
4 | −0.42105 | 104.41339 | 3.44243 | 0.88705 | 0.99881 | |
6 | 0.05231 | 111.11761 | 2.99371 | 1.42368 | 0.99676 | |
8 | −1.59095 | 238.02521 | 1.67524 | 1.65432 | 0.99741 | |
10 | 0.45277 | 122.62697 | 2.70279 | 1.67021 | 0.99554 | |
12 | 1.06059 | 122.93157 | 3.95813 | 2.05172 | 0.99721 | |
14 | 3.95472 | 6.72054E5 | 4.18789 | 2.09845 | 0.97431 | |
16 | 1.51554 | 172.42044 | 3.68582 | 2.35884 | 0.99669 | |
18 | 3.11196 | 2.32762E6 | 1.51411 | 2.45469 | 0.97306 | |
300 | 2 | −0.01509 | 97.40207 | 4.66525 | 0.37324 | 0.99804 |
4 | −1.27027 | 107.78744 | 2.16983 | 0.68425 | 0.99804 | |
6 | −1.54117 | 105.75077 | 2.59613 | 0.64925 | 0.99884 | |
8 | −0.28941 | 113.47855 | 2.20843 | 1.11596 | 0.99681 | |
10 | 1.41597 | 105.89393 | 4.44662 | 1.79166 | 0.99804 | |
12 | 0.59313 | 110.80845 | 2.36416 | 1.16741 | 0.99731 | |
14 | 0.38831 | 232.47864 | 2.57067 | 1.58233 | 0.98813 | |
16 | 0.80295 | 103.08389 | 4.25144 | 2.09048 | 0.99804 | |
18 | 1.06507 | 105.26508 | 5.26081 | 2.43845 | 0.99407 | |
350 | 2 | −0.01509 | 97.40207 | 4.66525 | 0.37324 | 0.99651 |
4 | −1.27027 | 107.78744 | 2.16983 | 0.68425 | 0.99661 | |
6 | −1.54117 | 105.75077 | 2.59613 | 0.64925 | 0.99621 | |
8 | −0.28941 | 113.47855 | 2.20843 | 1.11596 | 0.99681 | |
10 | 1.41597 | 105.89393 | 4.44662 | 1.79166 | 0.99611 | |
12 | 0.59313 | 110.80845 | 2.36416 | 1.16741 | 0.99407 | |
14 | 0.38831 | 232.47864 | 2.57067 | 1.58233 | 0.98813 | |
16 | 0.80295 | 103.08389 | 4.25144 | 2.09048 | 0.99572 | |
18 | 1.06507 | 105.26508 | 5.26082 | 2.43845 | 0.99731 | |
20 | 1.43634 | 129.69815 | 4.93339 | 3.10043 | 0.99791 |
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Dwomoh, F.A.; Yuan, S.; Li, H.; Zhu, X.; Liu, J.; Mensah, R.; Fordjour, A. Analysis of Water Droplet Distribution in Wind for the Fluidic Sprinkler. Water 2020, 12, 3320. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12123320
Dwomoh FA, Yuan S, Li H, Zhu X, Liu J, Mensah R, Fordjour A. Analysis of Water Droplet Distribution in Wind for the Fluidic Sprinkler. Water. 2020; 12(12):3320. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12123320
Chicago/Turabian StyleDwomoh, Frank Agyen, Shouqi Yuan, Hong Li, Xingye Zhu, Junping Liu, Richard Mensah, and Alexander Fordjour. 2020. "Analysis of Water Droplet Distribution in Wind for the Fluidic Sprinkler" Water 12, no. 12: 3320. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12123320