Narváez-Muñoz Christian, Ryzhakov Pavel, Pons-Prats Jordi
Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyers de Camins, Canals i Ports, C/Jordi Girona 1, Campus Nord UPC, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech (UPC), 08034 Barcelona, Spain.
Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numérics en Enginyeria (CIMNE), C/Gran Capitán s/n, Campus Nord UPC, 08034 Barcelona, Spain.
Polymers (Basel). 2021 Feb 10;13(4):529. doi: 10.3390/polym13040529.
This work aims at bridging experimental and numerical approaches to determine the optimal operating parameters for the fabrication of well-shaped polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) particles via electrohydrodynamic atomization. Particular emphasis is given to the role of the PVP solution viscosity. Solutions of PVP at various concentrations dissolved in Dimethylformamide (DMF) were prepared and analyzed. Numerical simulation using a coupled electro-CFD model was used to determine the ranges of experimental flow rate and the voltage, ensuring that well-shaped spherical particles are produced. It was deduced that the optimal combination of the parameters (flow rate, voltage, and polymer concentration) can be well approximated by a scaling law. The established relationship allowed determination of a stability island that guarantees that the given polymer solution will form spherical particles. Analyzing morphology and sizes of the particles manufactured in the optimal parameters range, we show, among others, that the size of the PVP particles can be predicted as a function of the flow rate by a power scaling relationship.
这项工作旨在将实验方法和数值方法相结合,以确定通过电流体动力学雾化制备形状良好的聚乙烯吡咯烷酮(PVP)颗粒的最佳操作参数。特别强调了PVP溶液粘度的作用。制备并分析了溶解在二甲基甲酰胺(DMF)中的各种浓度的PVP溶液。使用耦合电-计算流体动力学(CFD)模型进行数值模拟,以确定实验流速和电压的范围,确保生成形状良好的球形颗粒。据推断,参数(流速、电压和聚合物浓度)的最佳组合可以通过比例定律很好地近似。所建立的关系允许确定一个稳定岛,该稳定岛保证给定的聚合物溶液将形成球形颗粒。通过分析在最佳参数范围内制造的颗粒的形态和尺寸,我们表明,除其他外,PVP颗粒的尺寸可以通过幂比例关系作为流速的函数进行预测。