Modeling of Droplet Evaporation from a Nebulizer in an Inductively Coupled Plasma

Abstract

The evaporation rate of sample droplets in an inductively coupled plasma is investigated through the development of two models using the direct simulation Monte Carlo technique. A standard continuum evaporation model is contrasted with a kinetic technique designed to obtain correct results over a large range of Knudsen numbers. The droplet evaporation rates predicted by the continuum desolvation model are found to be in agreement with those of previous studies. We present the first predicted spatial distribution of droplet concentrations and evaporation rates in an ICP flow.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 09, 2000
Accession Number
ADA400889

Entities

People

  • Akbar Montaser
  • Craig M. Benson
  • Deborah A. Levin
  • Sergey F. Gimelshein

Organizations

  • George Washington University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Barometric Pressure
  • Boundary Layer
  • Collisions
  • Energy
  • Energy Transfer
  • Flow
  • Fluid Flow
  • Gas Dynamics
  • Gas Flow
  • High Temperature
  • Knudsen Number
  • Particles
  • Physics
  • Pressure Gradients
  • Simulations
  • Standards
  • Temperature Gradients

Readers

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Regression Analysis.