Experimental Study of Transport Phenomena of Evaporating

Hexane Film: The dark region shows the vapor cloud that forms above the film. ... buoyancy-induced convection substrate vapor cloud film...
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Experimental Study of Transport Phenomena of Evaporating Fuel Films P. L. Kelly-Zion (Engineering Science Department) and C. J. Pursell (Chemistry Department), Trinity University, San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 Schlieren Image of an  Evaporating Hexane Film: The dark region shows  the vapor cloud that  forms above the film.

Evaporation of hexane in a quiescent (initially) environment. vapor cloud buoyancy‐induced convection film substrate

The distribution of vapor  concentration above an  evaporating hexane drop.  Measurements were made using  infrared spectroscopy combined  with computed tomography. Due to axial symmetry, the  distribution above only half of the  drop is plotted.