Theory of turbulent evaporating clouds

A theory is deduced to describe the evaporation dynamics of turbulent clouds of water droplets. The formulation of the macroscopic transfer processes is in terms of the “eddy diffusivities” familiar to meteorologists. It is shown that the effects characteristic of evaporation arise from a nonlinear...

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Published in:Journal of colloid science 1958, Vol.13 (2), p.114-124
Main Author: Milburn, Richard H
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:A theory is deduced to describe the evaporation dynamics of turbulent clouds of water droplets. The formulation of the macroscopic transfer processes is in terms of the “eddy diffusivities” familiar to meteorologists. It is shown that the effects characteristic of evaporation arise from a nonlinear source term which is appended to the diffusion equation describing the behavior of nonvolatile particles and gases under similar conditions. A form of psychrometric equation is found to relate the temperatures and vapor concentrations throughout the cloud.
ISSN:0095-8522
DOI:10.1016/0095-8522(58)90014-X