Evaporation of a suspended binary mixture droplet in a heated flowing gas stream

Studying vaporization of binary mixture liquid droplets as a model system provides useful information for understanding several engineering applications involving multicomponent systems. The present study investigated vaporization behaviour of both polar and non-polar binary droplet systems in hot c...

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Main Authors: Nguyen, T., Mitra, S., Sathe, M., Pareek, Vishnu, Joshi, J., Evans, G.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier Science Inc. 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/61313
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author Nguyen, T.
Mitra, S.
Sathe, M.
Pareek, Vishnu
Joshi, J.
Evans, G.
author_facet Nguyen, T.
Mitra, S.
Sathe, M.
Pareek, Vishnu
Joshi, J.
Evans, G.
author_sort Nguyen, T.
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description Studying vaporization of binary mixture liquid droplets as a model system provides useful information for understanding several engineering applications involving multicomponent systems. The present study investigated vaporization behaviour of both polar and non-polar binary droplet systems in hot convective environment using a mathematical model and experiments. A lumped parameter rapid mixing evaporation model accounting for non-ideal solution behaviour and temperature dependent physical properties was presented. The model p redicted temporal variation in droplet diameter and temperature were validated against the experimental data for heptane-decane and water-glycerol mixture. Experiments involving the water-glycerol system involved both size and temperature measurement of millimetre-size droplets at constant gas temperature ~353 K and at free stream gas velocity ~4.3 m/s. In general, model predictions were in good agreement with the experiments however some deviations in the model prediction were noted at the transition stage specifically for the water-glycerol system which was attributed to the liquid phase diffusional resistance not accounted in the present modelling framework. Inclusion of activity coefficient into the model was shown to have insignificant effect on the evaporation rate in both non-polar and polar systems. Internal motions induced by the external shear flow and internal density difference were quantified. Time scales based on heat transfer (convective heat transfer and thermal diffusion) and mass diffusion accounting for the internal motion were estimated. It was shown that the unsteady heating duration of the droplet fall within the two limits set by the heat transfer and mass diffusion time scales.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-613132018-07-03T03:42:47Z Evaporation of a suspended binary mixture droplet in a heated flowing gas stream Nguyen, T. Mitra, S. Sathe, M. Pareek, Vishnu Joshi, J. Evans, G. Studying vaporization of binary mixture liquid droplets as a model system provides useful information for understanding several engineering applications involving multicomponent systems. The present study investigated vaporization behaviour of both polar and non-polar binary droplet systems in hot convective environment using a mathematical model and experiments. A lumped parameter rapid mixing evaporation model accounting for non-ideal solution behaviour and temperature dependent physical properties was presented. The model p redicted temporal variation in droplet diameter and temperature were validated against the experimental data for heptane-decane and water-glycerol mixture. Experiments involving the water-glycerol system involved both size and temperature measurement of millimetre-size droplets at constant gas temperature ~353 K and at free stream gas velocity ~4.3 m/s. In general, model predictions were in good agreement with the experiments however some deviations in the model prediction were noted at the transition stage specifically for the water-glycerol system which was attributed to the liquid phase diffusional resistance not accounted in the present modelling framework. Inclusion of activity coefficient into the model was shown to have insignificant effect on the evaporation rate in both non-polar and polar systems. Internal motions induced by the external shear flow and internal density difference were quantified. Time scales based on heat transfer (convective heat transfer and thermal diffusion) and mass diffusion accounting for the internal motion were estimated. It was shown that the unsteady heating duration of the droplet fall within the two limits set by the heat transfer and mass diffusion time scales. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/61313 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2017.10.025 Elsevier Science Inc. restricted
spellingShingle Nguyen, T.
Mitra, S.
Sathe, M.
Pareek, Vishnu
Joshi, J.
Evans, G.
Evaporation of a suspended binary mixture droplet in a heated flowing gas stream
title Evaporation of a suspended binary mixture droplet in a heated flowing gas stream
title_full Evaporation of a suspended binary mixture droplet in a heated flowing gas stream
title_fullStr Evaporation of a suspended binary mixture droplet in a heated flowing gas stream
title_full_unstemmed Evaporation of a suspended binary mixture droplet in a heated flowing gas stream
title_short Evaporation of a suspended binary mixture droplet in a heated flowing gas stream
title_sort evaporation of a suspended binary mixture droplet in a heated flowing gas stream
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/61313