Temperature is one of the most important factors affecting the life of insects [1]. For instance, high temperatures can have deleterious effects on insects' physiology. Therefore, many of them have developed various strategies to avoid the risk of thermal stress [2]. They can seek a fresher environment or adjust their water loss, but hematophagous insects, such as mosquitoes, must confront the ...

We report on experiments of droplet evaporation on a structured superhydrophobic surface that displays very high contact angle (CA ∼ 160 deg), and negligible contact angle hysteresis (<1 deg). The droplet evaporation is observed to occur in a constant-contact-angle mode, with contact radius shrinking for almost the entire duration of evaporation. Experiments conducted on Teflon-coated smooth su...

Evaporative and exhaust mobile source air toxic (MSAT) emissions of total volatile organic compounds, carbon monoxide, BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes), formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, butadiene, methyl tertiary butyl ether, and ethanol were measured in vehicle-related high-end microenvironments (ME) under worst-case conditions plausibly simulating the >99th percentile of inhalati...

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The chemical reactor concept, usually based on a homogeneous mixture, is extended to non-homogeneous two-phase flows study the impact of preferential segregation autoignition an n-heptane spray in air. To introduce inhomogeneities, two-dimensional reactors are resolved thanks direct numerical simulations (DNS) with Eulerian/Lagrangian description follow evolution carrier phase and dispersed eva...

As pulmonary drug deposition is a function of aerosol particle size distribution, it critical that the dynamics formation and maturation in pMDI sprays interim between generation inhalation are fully understood. This paper presents an approach to measure evaporative condensational fluxes volatile components water from solution droplets following using novel technique referred as Single Particle...

Abstract We consider evaporation of pure liquid drops on a thermally conductive substrate. Two evaporative models are considered: one that concentrates on the liquid phase in determining evaporative flux, and the other one that centers on the gas/vapor phase. A single governing equation for the evolution of drop thickness, including both models, is developed. Experiments are used to estimate re...

Morgan & Claypool. Paperback. Book Condition: New. Paperback. 124 pages. Dimensions: 9.2in. x 7.5in. x 0.3in.The aim of this book is to supply valid and reasonable parameters in order to guide the choice of the right model of industrial evaporative tower according to operating conditions which vary depending on the particular industrial context: power plants, chemical plants, food processing pl...

We consider evaporation of pure liquid drops on a thermally conductive substrate. Two commonly used evaporative models are considered: one that concentrates on the liquid phase in determining the evaporative flux and the other one that centers on the gas-vapor phase. A single governing equation for the evolution of drop thickness, including both models, is developed. We show how the derived gov...

The electrical and mechanical characteristics of composite materials prepared using evaporative casting and vacuum filtration of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) dispersed in the biopolymer s-carrageenan (IC) are reported. It is demonstrated that the contact angle of water with films is proportional to the CNT mass and volume fraction, which is used to compare the properties of buckypapers with those of...