In this research, we present the results of experiments measuring the
interaction times of colliding liquid droplets in different modes (bounce,
coalescence, separation, and disruption). The experiments involve water and
typical water-based slurries, emulsions, and solutions. The main
experimental parameters are close to those of high-potential
gas-vapor-droplet technologies (heat and mass transfer power plants, thermal
and flame water treatment systems, and fuel technologies): droplet size
0.1-5 mm; velocities 0.1-10 m/s; liquid temperature 20-80 ?C; impact angle
0-90?; relative volume and mass fractions of liquid and solid additives in
water 0-10%. We explore how a set of parameters and effects influence the
characteristics of the processes under study. The most important of these
parameters are relative droplet velocity, impact angle, impact parameter,
and temperature. Using dimensionless linear and angular interaction
parameters as well as the Weber, Reynolds and Ohnesorge numbers, we produce
interaction mode maps to consider the correlation of the main forces:
inertia, surface tension, and viscosity. We determine the interaction times,
number, size, and total surface area of the newly formed post-collision
droplets and obtain approximations for the experimentally determined
functions.