Evaporation of explosively disseminated liquid drops on a sandy soil surface
As methyl salicylate (MS) is often used as a field simulant for chemical agents, knowledge of its evaporative characteristics is therefore necessary. A series of field trials using a chemical simulant was conducted on sandy soil in the Experimental Proving Ground of the Defence Research Establishment Suffield, located near Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. Seven trials were conducted with methyl salicylate thickened to a zero shear viscosity of six poise. Explosive dissemination was used to provide liquid drops. The measured vapor recovery rate was accurately predicted by means of a previously developed mathematical model, by which the effect of varying wind speed, ground temperature and drop sizes are accounted for. The results of these trials are compared to those of similar trials conducted on prairie grassland. The shapes of the vapor recovery versus time curves are similar, but the time scale is longer for evaporation from sandy soil.
- OSTI ID:
- 435751
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-951135-; ISBN 0-7918-1755-5; TRN: IM9710%%409
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 1995 International mechanical engineering congress and exhibition, San Francisco, CA (United States), 12-17 Nov 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the ASME Heat Transfer and Fluids Engineering Divisions: Fluid mechanics and heat transfer in sprays; Heat, mass and momentum transfer in environmental flows; Measurement techniques in multiphase flow; Multiphase transport in porous media. HTD-Volume 321; FED-Volume 233; Hoyt, J.W. [ed.] [San Diego State Univ., CA (United States)]; O`Hern, T.J. [ed.] [Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)]; Presser, C. [ed.] [National Inst. of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (United States)] [and others]; PB: 761 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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