Droplet Evaporation on Hot Micro-Structured Superhydrophobic Surfaces: Analysis of Evaporation from Droplet Cap and Base Surfaces
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- Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA (United States)
- Dalian Univ. of Technology (China). Key Lab. for Non-Traditional Machining Technology
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)
- Beihang Univ., Beijing (China)
In this study, evaporation of sessile water droplets on hot micro-structured superhydrophobic surfaces is experimentally and theoretically investigated. Water droplets of 4 µL are placed on micro-pillared silicon substrates with the substrate temperature heated up to 120°C. A comprehensive thermal circuit model is developed to analyze the effects of substrate roughness and substrate temperature on the sessile droplet evaporation. For the first time, two components of heat and mass transfer, i.e., one from the droplet cap surface and the other from the droplet base surface, during droplet evaporation are distinguished and systematically studied. As such, the evaporation heat transfer rates from both the droplet cap surface and the interstitial liquid-vapor interface between micropillars at the droplet base are calculated in various conditions. For droplet evaporation on the heated substrates in the range of 40°C – 80°C, the predicted droplet cap temperature matches well with the experimental results. Furthermore, during the constant contact radius mode of droplet evaporation, the decrease of evaporation rate from the droplet base contributes most to the continuously decreasing overall evaporation heat transfer rate, whereas the decrease of evaporation rate from the droplet cap surface is dominant in the constant contact angle mode. The influence of internal fluid flow is considered for droplet evaporation on substrates heated above 100°C, and an effective thermal conductivity is adopted as a correction factor to account for the effect of convection heat transfer inside the droplet. Temperature differences between the droplet base and the substrate base are estimated to be about 2°C, 5°C, 8°C, 13°C and 18°C for droplet evaporation on substrates heated at 40°C, 60°C, 80°C, 100°C, and 120°C, respectively, elucidating the delayed or depressed boiling of water droplets on a heated rough surface due to evaporative cooling.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; CBET-1550299; ECCS-1808931; NSFC-52075071
- OSTI ID:
- 1865735
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1839841
- Journal Information:
- International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 185, Issue na; ISSN 0017-9310
- Publisher:
- ElsevierCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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