2134/25806 Sergey Semenov Sergey Semenov Victor Starov Victor Starov Ramon Rubio Ramon Rubio M.G. Velarde M.G. Velarde Computer simulations of evaporation of pinned sessile droplets: Influence of kinetic effects Loughborough University 2017 untagged Chemical Engineering not elsewhere classified 2017-07-17 12:19:31 Journal contribution https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/Computer_simulations_of_evaporation_of_pinned_sessile_droplets_Influence_of_kinetic_effects/9240617 The aim of the current work is to present results of computer simulations, which show the influence of kinetic effects on evaporation of pinned sessile water droplets of submicrometer size placed on a heat conductive substrate. The computer simulation model also takes into account the following phenomena: influence of curvature of the droplet’s surface on saturated vapor pressure above the surface (Kelvin’s equation), the effect of latent heat of vaporization, thermal Marangoni convection, and Stefan flow inside an air domain above the droplet. The suggested model combines both diffusive and kinetic models of evaporation. The obtained results allow the characteristic droplet sizes to be estimated, where each of the mentioned above phenomena becomes important or can be neglected