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Title

Ice particles study for ice jet machining

Author(s)

Shanmugam, Dinesh Kumar;  Morsi, Yos S.;  Chen, Frank L.

Abstract

This research was undertaken at the Industrial Research Institute of the Swinburne University of Technology (IRIS), Melbourne, Australia. The aim of this research work was to study the effects of parameters such as temperature and flow rate of water, on the phenomenon of ice particle formation. The shape, size and the percentage of ice produced from water were studied. The ice particles can be used for water jet applications such as cleaning, degreasing and cutting. The concept is based on the convective heat transfer between a cold cryogenic gas and atomised water droplets. Ice particles are formed inside the system by transferring latent heat of water droplets to liquid nitrogen. The results show that the ice particles obtained were linearly proportional to the water droplets atomised.

Publication type

Conference paper

Research centre

Swinburne University of Technology. Industrial Research Institute Swinburne

Source

Profiles in Industrial Research: Knowledge and Innovation 2002, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 15-19 July 2002, pp. 87-93

Publication year

2002

Keyword(s)

Convective heat transfer;  Ice;  Water jet applications

Publisher

Industrial Research Institute Swinburne, Swinburne University of Technology

Publisher URL

http://www.swinburne.edu.au/feis/iris/publications.html

Additional information

The authors wish to acknowledge the support of CRC IMST for funding this research project.