1. Studying the Mass Transport
Phenomena Associated with
Evaporation
Greg Wassom & Taylor Piske
Advised by Dr. Peter Kelly-Zion, Dr. Chris Pursell, and Dr. Hoa Nguyen
2. Details of Evaporation
Applications:
• Coating
• Spray cooling
• Printing
• Surface Patterning
• DNA stretching and depositing
Vapor Transport Mechanisms:
• Diffusion and Convection
Image take from: Lin, Zhiqun. Evaporative Self-Assembly of Ordered Complex Structures. World Scientific, 2012.
4. Buoyancy Induced Convection
Video taken from Sharma, Vidit. “VOF in Ansys Fluent 14”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wys3qiBQzYY
• Bulk Transport
Phenomena
• Driven by a
Density
Gradient
• Gravity
5. Experimental Techniques
• Gravimetric Analysis
• Shadowgraph
• Pressure Chamber
• Schlieren Imaging
• IR Spectral Analysis
y = -0.1085x + 53.43
R² = 0.999
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Mass(mg)
Time (s)
Mass vs. Time
Measured Data
Fitted Slope (evaporation rate)
Linear (Fitted Slope (evaporation rate))
8. Using the Experimental Conc. Data with Gridfit
• MATLAB function Gridfit models the data with a surface
• Concentration gradients (
𝜕𝐶
𝜕𝑟
and
𝜕𝐶
𝜕𝑧
) are computed along a cylindrical
control volume
• Flux through the control volume is calculated
• Flux → Diffusion rate
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z-position(mm)
r-position (mm)
10. Methodology Check - Comparing Methanol
Diffusion Rates of Different Control Volumes
5.5E-08
6.0E-08
6.5E-08
7.0E-08
7.5E-08
8.0E-08
8.5E-08
9.0E-08
0.75 0.95 1.15 1.35 1.55 1.75 1.95 2.15 2.35 2.55 2.75
DiffusionRate(kg/s) Height of Control Volume (mm)
Diffusion Rates of Methanol Using Analytical Data
Methanol Theory
CV Radius = 8.5 mm
CV Radius = 8 mm
CV Radius = 7.5 mm
CV Radius = 7 mm
CV Radius = 6.5 mm
Theory
12. Comparing Diffusion Rates of Different
Control Volumes (Experimental Data)
0.0E+00
5.0E-08
1.0E-07
1.5E-07
2.0E-07
2.5E-07
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DiffusionRate(kg/s)
Control Volume Height (mm)
Control Volume Radius = 7 mm
3MP
3MP Theory
Hexane
Hexane Theory
Methanol
Methanol Theory
0.0E+00
5.0E-08
1.0E-07
1.5E-07
2.0E-07
2.5E-07
3.0E-07
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DiffusionRate(kg/s) Control Volume Radius (mm)
Control Volume Height = 1.5 mm
3MP
3MP Theory
Hexane
Hexane Theory
Methanol
Methanol Theory
13. Traditional Theory vs. Real Hexane Data
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Radial Position, r [mm]
Elevation,z[mm]
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MeasuredComputed: Diffusion-Only
14. Summary
• Vapor concentration data measured for methanol, hexane, and 3-methylpentane
• Data modeled by Gridfit
• Gridfit model used to compute gradients, calculate diffusion rates
• Diffusion rates and theory compared
• Evidence of convection found
15. Acknowledgments
• Petroleum Research Fund
• Dr. Peter Kelly-Zion
• Dr. Chris Pursell
• Dr. Hoa Nguyen
• Chemistry Department, Trinity University
• Engineering Department, Trinity University
• Mathematics Department, Trinity University
Hinweis der Redaktion
Say: Evaporation is an important process involved in many applications. For instance, Surface patterning…(talk about surface patterns and why they are important)
Talk about how evaporation happens to different species in different ways, and has practical applications many people don’t think of.
Molecular Trqansport
Driven by concentration gradient
Bulk transport phenomena
Driven by density gradient
Bulk flow of vapors above a droplet moving away from their natural position due to a difference in density between the ambient gas and the evaporating droplet.
Because of this, there is room for more vapor to diffuse outward from the droplet.
Now imagine that just outside of the station, there is a tornado. Once people get outside, the gust takes them far away from the station.
Because of this, more room is present for people to escape out of the door in order to try to maintain equilibrium vapor pressure, so they do (escape), and the cycle continues until no one is left in the station.
This is an example of a density difference in the evaporating species, and the gases that it evaporates into, causing evaporation rates to be expedited.
This could happen the other way too. Imagine a lighter compound evaporating into a heavier one. This could be represented by a snowstorm which causes the exits in the train station to be blocked. Depending on how high the snow is outside, the evaporation rate changes up to the point where it can no longer escape.
Not worry about details involved in
Studying Evaporation (not rates)
In our lab, weve developed techniques to meaure and analyze evaporation rates.
Gravimetric Scale: Allows for comparison of evaporation rates in room temperature conditions across devices.
IR Spectrometer: Allows us to find concentrations of vapor clouds above droplets.
Pressure Chamber: Allows us to change ambient conditions around sessile droplets in order to see how they affect evaporation rates.
Shadowgraph: Imaging technique used in the pressure chamber which observes the droplet evaporate, and computes its rate of evaporation.
Schlieren Imaging: Allows observation of vapor clouds above droplets to see how distribution correlates with evaporation rates.
Use slides
Talk about how wavenumbers are chosen to integrate under.
Integration from 3200 to 2500 wavenumbers w/ baseline of the same
Try to change colors
Explain that this is infrared spectroscopy. This technique relates the absorbance of infrared light to the concentration of vapor. Absorbance is proportional to the concentration.
To measure vapor concentration, the IR beam of an FTIR is passed horizontally through the cloud at various locations above the drop. From these IR beam measurements, we will have a projection of the average concentration in the x-z plane. Each pass measures average absorption of vapor-air mixture in the path of the beam. (bottom image) this is the front profile of the vapor cloud and (point at the top left image) here is a top view of the vapor cloud. The measurements are done at multiple x-positions throughout the cloud. This is all for one elevation, this gives a 2 dimensional distribution. By repeating this process for multiple elevations, we can obtain a 3 dimensional distribution.