Mathematical modelling of heating and evaporation of a spheroidal droplet
- Submitting institution
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University of Brighton
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 7136538
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2016.12.074
- Title of journal
- International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
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- First page
- 2181
- Volume
- 108
- Issue
- Part B
- ISSN
- 0017-9310
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- January
- Year of publication
- 2017
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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6
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- While understanding the physics of droplet heating/evaporation is key to many engineering and pharmaceutical applications, prior mathematical models only predicted the properties of spherical droplets. This paper is significant because it proposes a new mathematical model for predicting the heating/evaporation of non-spherical droplets. The new model correctly accounts for internal temperature gradients and the change in droplet shape during the heating, revealing significant variations in local evaporation rates. This research is a key outcome of a collaborative EPSRC project with bp (EP/K020528/1), and underpinned a REF2021 Impact Case Study [ICS_bp].
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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