Abstract
A numerical model is presented for the acoustic vaporization threshold of a dodecafluoropentane (or perfluoropentane) microdroplet. The model is based on the Rayleigh-Plesset equation and is improved by properly treating the supercritical state that occurs when a bubble collapses rapidly and by employing the van der Waals equation of state to consider the supercritical state. The present computations demonstrate that the microdroplet vaporization behavior depends intricately on bubble compressibility, liquid inertia and phase-change heat transfer under acoustic excitation conditions. We present acoustic pressure-frequency diagrams for bubble growth regimes and the ADV threshold conditions. The effects of acoustic parameters, fluid properties and the droplet radius on the ADV threshold are investigated.
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