Title :
Force of attraction between two conducting droplets in electric field
Author :
Adamiak, Kazimierz
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Western Ontario, London, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
Distortion of two identical droplets aligned with the external uniform electric field is investigated in this paper. It is assumed that both droplets are perfectly conducting and placed in an ideal dielectric medium. The equation of the droplet distortion is solved using the finite difference method, while the electric field distribution for a given droplet shape is predicted by means of the boundary element method. The droplet distortion is calculated in terms of two nondimensional numbers and the distance between both droplets. The force of mutual attraction between droplets is also determined
Keywords :
boundary-elements methods; drops; electric fields; electrophoresis; finite difference methods; aligned droplets distortion; boundary element method; conducting droplets; droplet shape; electric field; electric field distribution; external uniform electric field; finite difference method; force of attraction; ideal dielectric medium; nondimensional numbers; Agriculture; Boundary element methods; Dielectrics; Difference equations; Finite difference methods; Fuel processing industries; Gas industry; Gravity; Oils; Shape;
Conference_Titel :
Industry Applications Conference, 1999. Thirty-Fourth IAS Annual Meeting. Conference Record of the 1999 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Phoenix, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5589-X
DOI :
10.1109/IAS.1999.805983
