Deformation and breakup behavior of a small droplet impinging upon a hot surface.

Abstract

The phenomenon of a small droplet impinging upon a hot surface is applied in various industries. Such applications are divided into those employing atomization by the impingement of the droplet and those employing the heat transfer from surface to the droplet. The purpose of this paper is to obtain fundamental information concerning the heat transfer process and breakup behavior characteristics of individual small droplets impinging upon a hot surface. A uniform sized water droplets array at room temperature under atmospheric pressure was produced by the vibratory method to impinge upon a heated flat copper surface. And then, the deformation and the breakup behavior owing to the impingement of the droplet in observed by means of a drum camera recording high-speed microscopic photographs. The transient change in the diameter of the radial film which is formed after the droplet impinges on a surface is adjusted with the Weber number, and it is revealed that contact resistance in solid-liquid interface varies with surface temperature. The breakup form of the impinged droplet is classified into 7 types: R, RB, B, N, H, V, and F. The changes in the Sauter mean diameter of breakup droplets and the volume distribution of breakup droplets are examined.