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COMBINED CONCENTRATION AND TEMPERATURE-INDUCED MARANGONI CONVECTION IN A BINARY MIXTURE

  • Institute of Science Tokyo

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Abstract

In binary and multi-component mixtures, surface-tension-driven flow, i.e., Marangoni convection, can arise from both concentration and temperature gradients at the liquid surface. Depending on the liquids, concentration effects can complement or oppose temperature effects, which is important for many areas of engineering interest, e.g., mixing, solidification, evaporation, and drying. This work experimentally investigates combined temperature and concentration-induced Marangoni convection for an ethanol-water binary mixture in an enclosed cell with heated and cooled walls. Velocity profiles are obtained using a photochromic dye technique, and concentration variation at the liquid surface is measured using an interferometric technique. The results indicate that concentration effects dominate at 50/50 and 80/20 ethanol-water volume percent mixtures, resulting in a large surface velocity in the opposite direction to the bulk flow. Concentration effects can be arrested by exposing the free liquid surface to non-condensable gas at atmospheric pressure.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHeat Transfer
Subtitle of host publicationVolume 3 � Experimental Studies in Multiphase Flow; Multiphase Flow in Porous Media; Experimental Multiphase Flows and Numerical Simulation of Two-Phase Flows; Fundamental Aspects of Experimental Methods
PublisherAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Pages77-83
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9780791815212
DOIs
StatePublished - 1996
EventASME 1996 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 1996 - Atlanta, United States
Duration: Nov 17 1996Nov 22 1996

Publication series

NameASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)
Volume1996-AJ

Conference

ConferenceASME 1996 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 1996
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAtlanta
Period11/17/9611/22/96

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