Comparison of Convective and Radiative Heating Modes on the Thermophysical Changes of a Cerium Nitrate Droplet

Pathak, Binita and Basu, Saptarshi (2016) Comparison of Convective and Radiative Heating Modes on the Thermophysical Changes of a Cerium Nitrate Droplet. In: JOURNAL OF THERMAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS, 8 (1, SI).

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Abstract

In this paper, we try to establish the equivalence or similarity in the thermal and physiochemical changes in precursor droplets (cerium nitrate) in convective and radiative fields. The radiative field is created through careful heating of the droplet using a monochromatic light source (CO2 laser). The equivalence is also established for different modes of convection like droplet injected into a high-speed flow and droplet experiencing a convective flow due to acoustic streaming (levitated) only. The thermophysical changes are studied in an aqueous cerium nitrate droplet, and the dissociation of cerium nitrate to ceria is modeled using modified Kramers' reaction rate formulation. It is observed that vaporization, species accumulation, and chemical characteristics obtained in a convectively heated droplet are retained in a radiatively heated droplet by careful adjustment of the laser intensity. The timescales and ceria yield match reasonably well for both the cases. It is also noted that similar conclusions are drawn in both levitated droplet and a nonlevitated droplet.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	JOURNAL OF THERMAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS
Publisher:	ASME
Additional Information:	Copy right for this article belongs to the ASME, TWO PARK AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10016-5990 USA
Keywords:	acoustic levitation; precursor droplets; convective and radiative heating; precipitation; cerium nitrate; functional coating
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Mechanical Engineering
Date Deposited:	04 Mar 2016 07:27
Last Modified:	04 Mar 2016 07:27
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/53348

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