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4.3. Single Bi-component Droplet Evaporation and Solid Layer Formation 89<br />

1.5<br />

Mass [ T g<br />

= 100°C ]<br />

Mass [ T g<br />

= 160°C ]<br />

T [ T g<br />

= 100°C ]<br />

T [ T g<br />

= 160°C ]<br />

100<br />

Droplet mass [µg]<br />

1.25<br />

1<br />

0.75<br />

0.5<br />

80<br />

60<br />

40<br />

Droplet temperature [°C]<br />

0.25<br />

0 0.5 1 1.5 2<br />

20<br />

2.5<br />

Time [s]<br />

Fig. 4.39: Effect of gas temperature on the droplet mass and temperature.<br />

required solute mass fraction for initiation of the solid layer formation is less in case of<br />

PVP (about 0.78 at 100 ◦ C, see Fig. 4.29) compared to mannitol, which is fixed to 0.9.<br />

Figure 4.39 shows the effect of gas temperature on the temporal evolution of<br />

PVP/water droplet mass and temperature when the droplet is subjected to 100 ◦ C<br />

and 160 ◦ C gas temperatures. Elevated temperature leads to higher energy transfer<br />

from the gas to the droplet, and thereby, an increase in the rate of droplet evaporation<br />

and drying, which is reflected in Fig. 4.39. The higher the gas temperature the quicker<br />

the time taken to see molecular entanglement leading to solid layer formation: in case<br />

of 160 ◦ C, the solid layer develops in about 0.7 s whereas with 100 ◦ C , the same is<br />

observed in about 1.5 s, which is in agreement with Fig. 4.38. This means that an<br />

increase in gas temperature would give larger particles towards the end of the drying<br />

process.<br />

Figure 4.40 shows the temporal development of PVP mass fraction profiles inside<br />

the PVP/water droplet of initial radius 70 µm subjected to hot air flowing at 0.65 m/s<br />

with 100 ◦ C temperature and no humidity, i.e., dry air (left) and with 5% R.H. (right),<br />

respectively. Initially, the droplet has a homogenous PVP mass fraction of 0.15 and<br />

with time the droplet size decreases, and there is development of PVP mass fraction<br />

gradients inside the droplet due to continuous water evaporation, which can be seen at<br />

later times in both the figures. The PVP mass fraction at the droplet surface reaches<br />

the value of 0.78 in about 1.4 s with dry air, as seen left side of Fig. 4.40, which is<br />

equivalent to 20% above the saturation solubility whereas the same is achieved after<br />

1.8 s with 5% R.H., see right part of Fig. 4.40. This indicates that the increase in<br />

humidity prolongs the drying period because of the reduced driving force for water

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