Bulk Vapor Condensation upon Intensive Evaporation from Interfacial Surface

An iterative approach has been proposed for analyzing the relation between the processes of intensive evaporation and bulk condensation near an evaporation surface. This approach employs the results of the numerical solution of the Boltzmann kinetic equation for intensive evaporation from an interfacial surface to calculate the kinetics of the bulk condensation near the evaporation surface. It has been shown that, during the lifetime of the supersaturated state of the vapor predicted on the basis of the solution without condensation, the condensation aerosol has sufficient time to be formed. The results obtained indicate that the formation of droplets near the evaporation surface and the thermal effect of the condensation on the vapor parameters must be taken into account when analyzing the intensive evaporation from an interfacial surface.