- Author
- Tartarini, P. | Liao, Y. | diMarzo, M.
- Title
- Numerical Simulation of Multi-Droplet Evaporative Cooling.
- Coporate
- Universita di Bologna, Italy Maryland Univ., College Park
- Journal
- Heat and Technology, Vol. 11, No. 1/2, 98-107, 1993
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Book or Conf
- ATTI. National Congress on Heat Transfer, 10th. Universita degli Studi di Genova, Italy. March 25-27, 1992, Genova, Italy, 123-132 p., ['1992', '1993']
- Keywords
- droplets | evaporation cooling | numerical analysis | formulations | thermal conductivity | solid surfaces
- Abstract
- A theoretical study is carried out to predict the thermal behavior of a solid surface subjected to multi-droplet evaporative cooling. A single-droplet numerical code, which has been previously presented and validated, is used here to gain insight into the behavior of a surface subjected to dropwise evaporative cooling. On the basis of the single-droplet results, a generalized model is presented and a novel numerical code is formulated, which analyzes the effects of a multi-droplet evaporative transient on a low thermal conductivity solid surface. The main parameters that characterize the evaporative transient behavior are identified. Some numerical results obtained with this new model are presented and discussed.