The global phase diagram ~i.e., vapor–liquid and fluid–solid equilibrium! of two-center Lennard-Jones ~2CLJ! model molecules of bond length L5s has been determined by computer simulation. The vapor–liquid equilibrium conditions are obtained using the Gibbs ensemble Monte Carlo method and by performing isobaric-isothermal NPT calculations at zero pressure. In the case of the solid phase, two clo...

Passive phase-change thermal spreaders such as vapor chambers have been widely employed to spread the heat from small-scale high-flux heat sources to larger areas. In the present work, a numerical model for ultra-thin vapor chambers has been developed which is suitable for reliable predictions of the operation at high heat fluxes and small scales. The effects of boiling in the wick structure on...

Using high-speed visualization we demonstrate that ultrasound irradiation of pressurized carbon dioxide (CO(2)) induces phenomena that do not occur in ordinary liquids at ambient conditions. For a near-critical mixture of CO(2) and argon, sonication leads to extremely fast local phase separation, in which the system enters and leaves the two-phase region with the frequency of the imposed sound ...

We propose several simple interpolations of the isotherms for real fluids in the region below the binodal curve, where data concerning the equation of state is absent, especially in the thermodynamically prohibited region. All interpolations satisfy the boundary conditions at the points on the binodal curve. The Maxwell rule is also fulfilled. As an example,we construct several isotherms for re...

In this work subcooled film boiling on a horizontal disc was studied analytically/ numerically. Linearized stability analysis of a vapor film underlying a pool of heavier liquid was performed in three-dimensional, cylindrical coordinates. From the analysis the dominant wavelength and configuration of vapor releasing nodes was identified. Complete numerical simulation of the nonlinearly evolving...

We studied cavitation in metastable fluids drawing on the example of liquid nitrogen confined to spheroidal pores of specially prepared well-characterized mesoporous silica materials with mean pore diameters ranging from approximately 6 to approximately 35 nm. Cavitation was monitored in the process of evaporation/desorption from fully saturated samples with gradually decreasing vapor pressure ...