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© 2019 Elsevier LtdSpray flash evaporation is an effective desalination method, which increases specific surface area of salty water by liquid atomization, thereby improving desalination performance and maximising low-grade heat source utilization. During evaporation, explosive boiling phenomenon occurs inside superheated droplets on a heated surface. In order to understand the mechanism of explosive boiling, spray flash evaporation of distilled water and 3.5 wt% salty water in a high vacuum vessel was observed visually. Meanwhile, a parametric study was carried out to scrutinize the impacts of the variation of ambient pressure, heat flux, and surface superheat degree. The experiment data indicates that nucleate site is located in the upper layer of a droplet due to internal superheated liquid and Marangoni convection. In different operating conditions, bubble fragmentation process or crown fragmentation process happens at nucleate site. The fragmentation time of pure water, which is mainly influenced by heat flux and surface superheat degree, shrinks with higher heat flux and higher surface superheat degree. The fragmentation time of 3.5 wt% salty water decreases with ambient pressure drops and superheat degree increments.
Author(s): Gao W, Qi Q, Zhang J, Chen G, Wu D
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
Year: 2019
Volume: 144
Online publication date: 30/08/2019
Acceptance date: 07/08/2019
Date deposited: 23/10/2019
ISSN (print): 0017-9310
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2019.118552
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2019.118552
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