Transient modeling of heat, mass and momentum transfer of an evaporating cerium nitrate solution droplet with a surrounding shell in a rf thermal argon-oxygen plasma under reduced pressure

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 50, Issue 21-22, 2007, Pages 4468-4487

  Castillo, I ^a   Munz, R J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ALE model; Cerium nitrate; Crust formation; Darcy flow; Evaporation; Knudsen effect; Liquid bridges; Solution droplet; Thermal plasma

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; GAS DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

ALE MODEL; CERIUM NITRATE; CRUST FORMATION; KNUDSEN EFFECT; SOLUTION DROPLET; THERMAL PLASMA;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EVAPORATION; GAS DYNAMICS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

EID: 34547183040     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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