Ways of intensifying liquid dispersion in gas flow

Ways of intensifying liquid dispersion in gas flow are examined with a view to increasing the efficiency of the existing atomizing nozzles. It is noted that the most economical method of dispersion intensification, without using any additional power, is the excitation of auto-oscillations in liquid and gas flows. Several methods of generating auto-oscillations in commonly used centrifugal nozzles are discussed. Other developments include the spraying of viscous and contaminated fluids in a field of forced pressure, velocity, and vorticity fluctuations, and also gas saturation of liquids prior to spraying in nozzles with porous elements.