EXTRACTION OF WATER FROM A CAPILLARY
SAMPLE IN AN ACOUSTIC FIELD

Yu. G. Korobeinikov and A. V. Fedorov

UDC 532.72;669.015.23

Results of a theoretical analysis of experimental data 
on the acoustic drying of a model capillary sample are presented. 
It is shown that most of the water is extracted from the sample in 
the form of microdroplets. The droplet size is evaluated.

Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Siberian 
Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia; email: 
orov@itam.nsci.ru.Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, 
Vol. 76, No. 1, pp. 7-10, January-February, 2003. Original 
article submitted October 20, 2001; revision submitted March 15, 2002.