Single component droplet vaporization

In the next section some of the important time scales are identified and transient droplet heating effects during the spherically symmetric, single-component droplet vaporization are reviewed. Spherically symmetric, multicomponent droplet vaporization and droplet vaporization with nonradial convection are discussed in later sections. 

Transient Droplet Heating during Spherically Symmetric Single-Component Droplet Vaporization... 

Figure 2. Temporal variations of the droplet temperature profiles for single-component droplet vaporization (45)...

Hence a complete analysis of the phenomena of interest will involve the simultaneous descriptions of the chemical reactions in the gas phase, the phase change processes at the interface, the heat, mass, and momentum transport processes in both the gas and liquid phases, and the coupling between them at the interface. The processes are transient and can be one dimensional (spherically symmetric) or two dimensional (axisymmetric). Although extensive research on this problem has been performed, most of it emphasizes the spherical-symmetric, gas-phase transport processes for the vaporization of single-component droplets. Fuchs book (84) provides a good introduction to droplet vaporization whereas Wise and Agoston (21), and Williams (22), have reviewed the state of art to the mid-flfties and the early seventies, respectively. 

General Discussion. It was shown in the previous section that the bulk vaporization characteristics of a single-component droplet do not depend too sensitively on the detailed description of the internal heat transfer mechanisms. However, for multicomponent droplet vaporization qualitatively different behavior is expected for different internal transport mechanisms. This is because the vaporization characteristics (for example, the vaporization rate, the flame temperature and location, and the... 

Consider now what happens if the liquid is a mixture of several components. As heat is added, the liquid temperature rises until a temperature is reached at which the first bubble of vapor forms. Up to this point, the process looks like that for a single component. However, if the liquid is a mixture, the vapor generated generally will have a composition different from that of the liquid. As vaporization proceeds, the composition of the remaining liquid continuously changes, and hence so does its vaporization temperature. A similar phenomenon occurs if a mixture of vapors is subjected to a condensation process at constant pressure at some temperature the first droplet of liquid forms, and thereafter the composition of the vapor and the condensation temperature both change. 

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