Effect of atmospheric humidity on electrical conductivity of oil and implications in electrostatic atomization

A. Sankaran; C. Staszel; D. Belknap; A. L. Yarin; F. Mashayek

doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2019.05.013

Effect of atmospheric humidity on electrical conductivity of oil and implications in electrostatic atomization

A. Sankaran, C. Staszel, D. Belknap, A. L. Yarin, F. Mashayek

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In this work, the effect of the atmospheric humidity on the electrical conductivity of oil as well as its implications in the case of electrostatic atomizers are studied. It was observed that the electrical current through oil increased by at least two orders of magnitude when the relative humidity changed from ∼10% to ∼85%. A comparison of these results is made with the available model for the electrical conductivity of organic liquids. Additional experiments with oil previously subjected to elevated relative humidity were conducted to evaluate its performance in electrostatic atomizer. No improvement of electrostatic atomization was detected, rather a detrimental effect to the steady operation was introduced.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	283-292
Number of pages	10
Journal	Fuel
Volume	253
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2019.05.013
Publication status	Published - 2019 Oct 1

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This work is supported by National Science Foundation (NSF) GOALI Grant CBET-1505276 .

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Keywords

Electrical conductivity
Electrostatic atomization
Organic oils

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General Chemical Engineering
Fuel Technology
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Organic Chemistry

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Effect of atmospheric humidity on electrical conductivity of oil and implications in electrostatic atomization

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