Marangoni instability of an evaporating binary mixture droplet

Evaporation of a binary mixture droplet (BMD) is a common natural phenomenon and widely applied in many industrial fields. For the case of a sessile BMD being the only contact-line pinning throughout an entire evaporation, a theoretical model describing the evaporating dynamics is established when c...

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Published in:Physics of fluids (1994) 2023-08, Vol.35 (8)
Main Authors: Li, Chunxi, Zhang, Ningkang, Wang, Xiaoyu, Ye, Xuemin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Binary mixtures
Convection cooling
Cylindrical coordinates
Droplets
Ethanol
Evaporative cooling
Flow stability
Fluid dynamics
Fluid flow
Heating
Internal flow
Marangoni convection
Mass transfer
Positive feedback
Substrates
Temperature gradients
Water drops
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Summary:Evaporation of a binary mixture droplet (BMD) is a common natural phenomenon and widely applied in many industrial fields. For the case of a sessile BMD being the only contact-line pinning throughout an entire evaporation, a theoretical model describing the evaporating dynamics is established when considering the comprehensive effect of evaporative cooling, the thermal Marangoni effect, the solutal Marangoni effect, the convection effect, and the Stefan flow. The dynamics of a binary ethanol–water droplet on a heated substrate is simulated using a cylindrical coordinate system. The reasons for Marangoni instability-driven flow (MIF) are discussed, and the influence of initial ethanol concentration and substrate heating temperature are examined. An evaporating BMD first forms a MIF at the contact line and quickly affects the whole droplet. Under the influence of the Marangoni instability, the BMD presents a complex internal flow structure with multiple-vortex and nonlinear temperature and ethanol concentration distributions. The positive feedback induced by vortices and the nonlinear distribution of concentration and temperature promotes the development of a MIF. At low initial ethanol concentrations, the MIF loses its driving force and turns into a stable counterclockwise single-vortex flow as ethanol evaporates completely. However, at high initial ethanol concentrations, the MIF exists in the entire evaporation. Increasing ethanol concentration and substrate heating temperature can delay the appearance of the MIF; ethanol concentration affects the MIF duration time, and heating temperature alters the MIF intensity. To enhance flow intensity and mass transfer of BMDs, the temperature difference should first be increased, followed by increased ethanol concentration.
ISSN:1070-6631
1089-7666
DOI:10.1063/5.0157791