Bo Zhang1, Yunxie Huang2, Peilin Cui2, Zhiguo Wang1, Duo Ding1, Zhenhai Pan3, Zhenyu Liu2,*
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.22, No.4, pp. 997-1016, 2024, DOI:10.32604/fhmt.2024.053592
Abstract The high surface area of porous media enhances its efficacy for evaporative cooling, however, the evaporation of pure substances often encounters issues including local overheating and unstable heat transfer. To address these challenges, a volume of fluid (VOF) model integrated with a species transport model was developed to predict the evaporation processes of ternary mixtures (water, glycerol, and 1,2-propylene glycol) in porous ceramics in this study. It reveals that the synergistic effects of thermal conduction and convective heat transfer significantly influence the mixtures evaporation, causing the fluctuations in evaporation rates. The obtained result shows a More >