{"id":7584,"date":"2023-08-26T07:44:26","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T22:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dry-fog.com\/en\/?post_type=technical-report&#038;p=7584"},"modified":"2025-03-05T13:21:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T04:21:58","slug":"basics-011","status":"publish","type":"technical-report","link":"https:\/\/www.dry-fog.com\/en\/projects-technology\/technical-report\/basics-011\/","title":{"rendered":"Basics of Spray Nozzles | Air-liquid Mixing and Liquid Feeding Systems for Pneumatic Spray Nozzles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.1rem;background: url('https:\/\/www.dry-fog.com\/jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/10px-45px.svg') no-repeat 0 0;background-size: auto 30px;padding-left: 20px\">\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 1.3rem\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Air-liquid Mixing Systems<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">There are three types of pneumatic nozzles, based on different methods of mixing liquid with compressed air for atomizing it.\n<\/div>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dry-fog.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/basics-011_1.png\" alt=\"three types of air-liquid mixing systems\" width=\"1000\" \/><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Internal Mixing Type is further classified into the following three types.\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-size: 1.2rem\"><u>Inner air type<\/u><\/span><br \/>\nInside the nozzle, compressed air flows in the center while liquid flows along its circumference.<br \/>\nIts larger liquid passage diameter effectively prevents clogs.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-size: 1.2rem\"><u>Outer air type<\/u><\/span><br \/>\nInside the nozzle, liquid flows in the center while compressed air flows along its circumference.<br \/>\nThis common type can have a larger orifice size, resulting in slightly coarser spray droplet sizes.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-size: 1.2rem\"><u>Pre-mix type<\/u><\/span><br \/>\nAir and liquid mix before reaching the orifice. Even at low air-water ratios, droplet velocity accelerates prior to the orifice, resulting in a stronger impact force.<br \/>\nAdditionally, this nozzle type has a larger turn-down ratio, making it suitable for cooling objects at high temperatures.<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0.1rem;background: url('https:\/\/www.dry-fog.com\/jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/10px-45px.svg') no-repeat 0 0;background-size: auto 30px;padding-left: 20px\">\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 1.3rem\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Liquid Feeding System<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">There are two types of liquid feeding systems: the liquid pressure type (where liquid is pressurized and delivered to the nozzle) and the liquid siphon type (where liquid is sucked up into the nozzle by compressed air).<br \/>\n <\/span><\/div>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dry-fog.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/basics-011_2.png\" width=\"1000\" \/><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\"><br \/>\nFor your information, some of our pneumatic spray nozzle series are available in both the liquid pressure type and the liquid siphon type, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dry-fog.com\/en\/products\/noz-pne-bimv\/\" style=\"color: #00a273\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BIMV<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dry-fog.com\/en\/products\/noz-pne-bimv-s\/\" style=\"color: #00a273\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BIMV-S<\/a> series and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dry-fog.com\/en\/products\/noz-pne-bimk\/\" style=\"color: #00a273\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BIMK<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dry-fog.com\/en\/products\/noz-pne-bimk-s\/\" style=\"color: #00a273\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BIMK-S<\/a> series.\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","cat_technical_report":[551],"tag_technical_report":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dry-fog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/technical-report\/7584"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dry-fog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/technical-report"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dry-fog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/technical-report"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dry-fog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cat_technical_report","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dry-fog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cat_technical_report?post=7584"},{"taxonomy":"tag_technical_report","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dry-fog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tag_technical_report?post=7584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}