Subcritical and supercritical droplet evaporation within a zero-gravity environment: Low Weber number relative motion

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 385-394

  Zhang, Hongtao ^a   Raghavan, Vasudevan ^a   Gogos, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Axisymmetric model; Droplet evaporation; High pressure; Zero gravity

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

LOW WEBER NUMBER RELATIVE MOTION; SUBCRITICAL DROPLET EVAPORATION; SUPERCRITICAL DROPLET EVAPORATION;

DROPS;

DROPS; EVAPORATION; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 39149109583     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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