The evaporation process of a liquid spheroidal drop floating in a gaseous atmosphere has been modelled, accounting for the oscillation between oblate and prolate states. A previously developed exact solution for the heat and mass transfer equations has been extended to investigate the effect of oscillation on drop evaporation under the assumption of quasi steady-state conditions and the results are compared with approximate models from the open literature. The validity of the quasi steady-state assumption is discussed, deriving, for different fluids, the range of drop temperature and size and gas temperature where it is reasonably acceptable.

An evaporation model for oscillating spheroidal drops

TONINI, Simona;COSSALI, Gianpietro
2014-01-01

Abstract

The evaporation process of a liquid spheroidal drop floating in a gaseous atmosphere has been modelled, accounting for the oscillation between oblate and prolate states. A previously developed exact solution for the heat and mass transfer equations has been extended to investigate the effect of oscillation on drop evaporation under the assumption of quasi steady-state conditions and the results are compared with approximate models from the open literature. The validity of the quasi steady-state assumption is discussed, deriving, for different fluids, the range of drop temperature and size and gas temperature where it is reasonably acceptable.
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2014
Tonini, Simona; Cossali, Gianpietro
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