Gintautas Miliauskas

Regularities of unsteady radiative–conductive heat transfer in evaporating semitransparent liquid droplets

Abstract The numerical investigation method of unsteady transfer processes in evaporating droplets in radiating media is introduced, evaluating the dependence of optical spectral properties of material upon temperature. The distribution of temperature and heat fluxes regularities in heating and simultaneously evaporating water droplets has been investigated. It is shown that as a cause of interaction of radiation and conduction processes, the profile of the temperature field inside the droplet is distorted, and the magnitude and direction of heat conductivity flux vector changes. According to the maximum place in the instant temperature field of the droplet, it is suggested to distinguish three periods of state change for an evaporating droplet: initial, transient and final. The results of the unsteady radiative–conductive heat transfer are generalized by using similarity theory methods.

Interaction of the transfer processes in semitransparent liquid droplets

Abstract The study presents the mathematical model of unsteady heat transfer in evaporating semitransparent droplets of non-isothermal initial state and the numerical research method, evaluating selective radiation absorption and its influence on the interaction of transfer processes. The relation of the transfer processes inside droplets and in their surroundings and the necessity of thorough research of these processes are substantiated. When modeling the combined energy transfer in water droplets, the evaluation of thermoconvective stability in evaporating semitransparent liquid droplets is presented; the influence of the droplet initial state on its heating and evaporation process is investigated. The influence of heat transfer peculiarities on the change of the evaporating droplet state is indicated. Main parameters, which decide the peculiarities of the interaction of unsteady transfer processes in droplets and their surroundings, are discussed. The results of the numerical research are compared to the known results of the experimental studies of water droplet temperature and evaporation rate.

Modelling of Combined Heat and Mass Transfer of Water Droplets in Thermal Technology Equipment

Water droplet evaporation process is numerically modelled under various heat and mass transfer conditions. Regularities of heat transfer process interaction are examined. Modelling in this work was performed using the combined analytical–numerical method to investigate heat and mass transfer in the two-phase droplets-gas flow system. The influence of forced liquid circulation on the thermal state of droplets is taken into account by the effective coefficient of thermal conductivity. Calculating the rate of droplet evaporation and the intensity of convective heating, the influence of the Stefan’s hydrodynamic flow is taken into account. Balancing energy fluxes in the droplet to within one hundredth of a percent and using the fastest sinking the droplet surface temperature is determined.Copyright