Investigation of Single Water Droplet Evaporation over Aluminium Surfaces Using High Speed Camera and Image Processing

Abstract:

The study of evaporation of water droplets over horizontal heated surfaces is an intense area of research because of its wide application in various fields of heat transfer. The characterization of the behavior of water droplets is important in studying the cooling effects produced over impinging surfaces. The present study focuses on analyzing the shape and size of the droplets by applying image processing techniques. In the present work, a fixed volume of single water droplet is made to impinge on a horizontal Aluminium surface using a designed microcontroller based syringe pump. The formation and the dynamics of bubbles are recorded using a high speed camera. Image processing technique is used to determine the droplet parameters such as contact angle, spreading radius and to study the shape of the droplet. The surface temperature is measured using a Thermocouple connected to an online Data acquisition system. The effect of the characteristics of droplet on the decrease in surface temperature can be seen from the temperature – time graph and the processed photographs taken using high speed camera. The decrease in base plate temperature is found to be depending on the behavior and the properties of the droplet.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 592-594)
• Pages: 1642-1646
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.592-594.1642
• Online since: July 2014
• Authors: V. Harshavardhan Reddy*, Shaik Sadiq, S. Arunkumar, M. Venkatesan
• Keywords: Contact Angle, Evaporation, Image Processing, Water Droplets

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