Hydrodynamic interactions of evaporating droplet with droplet of nonvolatile substance

Abstract

The hydrodynamic interactions of freely evaporating or growing droplet (suspended in gaseous medium) in the supersaturated vapor with the droplet of nonvolatile substance or spherical solid particle are theoretically studied with allowance for effects that are linear with respect to the Knudsen number. The process of interaction between the volatile droplet and the infinite plane surface of nonvolatile liquid or solid is considered as a limiting case. Numerical estimates of the velocities of the steady motion of evaporating droplets of water and castor oil are reported. For the droplet of water and spherical solid particle, the effect of the heat conductivity of the latter on the velocity of particle motion is considered. Analogous estimates are obtained for a water droplet that evaporates near the infinite solid surface of castor oil or solid. The effects of the droplet size and the heat conductivity of wall on the rate of the evaporation of water droplet are analyzed.