Growth and Motion of Heterogeneous Water Droplets
in Laminar Flow Diffusion Chambers

A. A. Brin’ and S. P. Fisenko

Lykov Institute of Heat and Mass Transfer, Belarussian Academy of Sciences, ul. Brovki 15, Minsk, 220072 Belarus

Received January 16, 2007

Abstract—The growth of heterogeneous water droplets containing nanoparticles is studied in two laminar flow
diffusion chambers of different designs. It is shown that the efficiency of heterogeneous condensation is, to a
substantial extent, governed by the processes of heat and mass transfer inside a chamber condenser. Integral
parameter frame0(R) representing the probability that a nanoparticle with radius R is covered with a condensate film
in a laminar flow chamber is calculated. It is established that, in air–water vapor mixtures, the radius of heter-
ogeneous water droplets may amount to several micrometers and efficient condensation begins on spherical
nanoparticles when their radii exceed 5 nm.

DOI: 10.1134/S1061933X07060014


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