- Author
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diMarzo, M.
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Trehan, A. K.
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Evans, D. D.
- Title
- Cooling Effect of a Single Evaporating Droplet on a Hot Semi-Infinite Metal Body.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Sponsor
- Maryland Univ., College Park
- Report
-
NBSIR 87-3517,
April 1987,
29 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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conduction
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droplets
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evaporation
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extinguishment
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fire models
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spray quenching
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time prediction
- Identifiers
- suppression; model formulation; evaporation time prediction; solid thermal behavior
- Abstract
- Transient cooling of solid surfaces by water droplet evaporation has been investigted through controlled experiments using a large heated aluminum cylinder. Quantitative prediction of droplet evaporation time and in-depth transient temperature distribution in the solid have been made.