Constrained Vapor Bubbles of Ideal Mixtures

Principal Investigator: Dr. Joel Plawsky
Affiliation: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
This project will examine gas/liquid interfaces of various organic mixtures used in heat pipes. Heat pipes are heat transfer devices that are used routinely for cooling a variety of electronic equipment, including laptop computers. Heat pipes use fluid to transfer heat. An essential feature of these devices is that the fluid undergoes a phase change from liquid to vapor. The detailed motion of the liquid and vapor, and the motion and dynamics of the interface between the two phases, can strongly affect the performance of heat pipes and similar systems.