Lactide Bubble Nucleation Rate Model for Degassing in Polylactic Acid Synthesis

2010 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 275-284
Author(s):  
Naruyasu Okamoto ◽  
Toshiaki Matsuo ◽  
Masahiro Ohshima
Keyword(s):  
Polylactic Acid ◽  
Nucleation Rate ◽  
Acid Synthesis ◽  
Bubble Nucleation ◽  
Rate Model

scholarly journals Measuring the activation energy barrier for the nucleation of single nanosized vapor bubbles

2019 ◽  
Vol 116 (26) ◽  
pp. 12678-12683 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Chen ◽  
Kai Zhou ◽  
Yongjie Wang ◽  
Jia Gao ◽  
Tinglian Yuan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Activation Energy ◽  
Rate Constant ◽  
Nucleation Rate ◽  
Energy Barrier ◽  
Bubble Nucleation ◽  
Vapor Bubbles ◽  
Activation Energy Barrier ◽  
Facet Structure ◽  
Optical Images ◽  
Local Activation Energy

Heterogeneous bubble nucleation is one of the most fundamental interfacial processes that has received broad interest from diverse fields of physics and chemistry. While most studies focused on large microbubbles, here we employed a surface plasmon resonance microscopy to measure the nucleation rate constant and activation energy barrier of single nanosized embryo vapor bubbles upon heating a flat gold film with a focused laser beam. Image analysis allowed for simultaneously determining the local temperature and local nucleation rate constant from the same batch of optical images. By analyzing the dependence of nucleation rate constant on temperature, we were able to calculate the local activation energy barrier within a submicrometer spot. Scanning the substrate further led to a nucleation rate map with a spatial resolution of 100 nm, which revealed no correlation with the local roughness. These results indicate that facet structure and surface chemistry, rather than geometrical roughness, regulated the activation energy barrier for heterogeneous nucleation of embryo nanobubbles.

Nucleation Kinetics for Boiling in Microstructures

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. F. Lu ◽  
X. F. Peng ◽  
B. Bourouga
Keyword(s):  
Kinetic Equation ◽  
Dynamic Characteristics ◽  
Nucleation Rate ◽  
Critical Radius ◽  
Momentum Conservation ◽  
Bubble Nucleation ◽  
Nucleation Process ◽  
Nucleation Kinetics ◽  
Bubble Evolution ◽  
Two Stages

Theoretical investigation is conducted to understand the bubble nucleation process in microstructures. The bubble evolution in microstructures is investigated for momentum conservation, and the evolution rate is deeply dependent on the structure. According to different dynamic characteristics in the region close to the critical radius, the nucleation process is divided into two stages. Based on the characteristics of these two stages, a nucleation kinetic equation is modified from classical theory and then is conducted to understand the special bubble nucleation process. The result concludes that the nucleation rate will be deduced if bubble evolution is restrained in microstructures.

Analytical Investigation on the Homogeneous Nucleation in a Mono-Component and Bi-Component Droplet

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xi Xi ◽  
Hong Liu ◽  
Chang Cai ◽  
Ming Jia ◽  
Weilong Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Nucleation Rate ◽  
Homogeneous Nucleation ◽  
Ambient Pressure ◽  
Analytical Investigation ◽  
Bubble Nucleation ◽  
Nucleation Theory ◽  
Classical Nucleation Theory ◽  
Liquid Temperature ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Good Agreement

Abstract The work attempts to analyze the performance of homogeneous nucleation by using the non-equilibrium thermodynamics theory and the classical nucleation theory. A nucleation rate graph was constructed under a wide range of operating temperature conditions. The results indicate that the superheat limit temperature (SLT) estimated by the modified homogeneous nucleation sub-model is in good agreement with the experimental results. The nucleation rate increases exponentially with the liquid temperature rise when the liquid temperature exceeds the SLT under atmospheric pressure. The superheated temperature needed to trigger the bubble nucleation decreases with the elevated ambient pressure.

scholarly journals Polylactic acid: synthesis and biomedical applications

2019 ◽  
Vol 127 (6) ◽  
pp. 1612-1626 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.S. Singhvi ◽  
S.S. Zinjarde ◽  
D.V. Gokhale
Keyword(s):  
Polylactic Acid ◽  
Biomedical Applications ◽  
Acid Synthesis

Preparation of open microcellular polylactic acid foams with a microfibrillar additive using coreback foam injection molding processes

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 765-784 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shota Ishihara ◽  
Yuta Hikima ◽  
Masahiro Ohshima
Keyword(s):  
Injection Molding ◽  
Polylactic Acid ◽  
Bubble Nucleation ◽  
Number Density ◽  
Cell Content ◽  
Open Cell ◽  
Cooling Conditions ◽  
Nucleation Sites ◽  
Fast Cooling ◽  
Foam Injection Molding

Open microcellular polylactic acid foams with a fibrous polytetrafluoroethylene additive were prepared by a coreback foam injection molding technique. The effects of this fibrous additive on the foam cell structure were investigated. Fibrous polytetrafluoroethylene forms a network structure in polylactic acid in metering and mixing processes. The fibrous polytetrafluoroethylene network increased the viscoelasticity of polylactic acid and provided polylactic acid with a strain-hardening property. The network also provided heterogeneous bubble nucleation sites for physical foaming. However, because of the slow crystallization rate of polylactic acid, the fibrous polytetrafluoroethylene additive did not promote the nucleation of polylactic acid crystals under fast cooling conditions. During fast cooling, such as injection molding cooling conditions, the crystals induced by the fibrous polytetrafluoroethylene network could not behave as bubble nucleation sites. Thus, changes in rheological properties and the increased number of heterogeneous sites contributed to the decrease in cell size, the increase in the number density of cells and the increase in the open cell content. As the number density of cells increased, the cell walls with the fibrous polytetrafluoroethylene fibrous additive became so thin that they could be easily fibrillated by a stretching operation during the coreback operation, while their strain-hardening property prevented the walls from complete breakage. Synergistically conducting cell reduction and stretching (coreback) operations, high expansion ratio foams with high open cell content were prepared. When we adjusted the foaming temperature and holding time, five-fold expansion (i.e. 80% void ratio) foams with cell diameters less than 25 µm and open cell contents (OCC) higher than 80% were produced.

Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Bubble Nucleation in Superheated Liquid

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao Liu ◽  
Xiaobo Wu ◽  
Hualing Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Molecular Dynamics Simulation ◽  
Nucleation Rate ◽  
Homogeneous Nucleation ◽  
Argon Atom ◽  
Bubble Nucleation ◽  
Nucleation Theory ◽  
Dynamics Simulation ◽  
Superheated Liquid ◽  
Classic Nucleation Theory

The bubble homogeneous nucleation in superheated liquid argon is studied by molecular dynamics simulation in NVT ensemble. L-J potential is adopted for the interaction of argon atom. The simulated particle numbers of argon atom is 10976. The non-dimensional size of simulated box is 27.8×27.8×27.8. The initial non-dimensional temperature and density are 0.4 and 0.51 separately. The results show that the bubble homogeneous nucleation is divided into the waiting process, the appearing process of numerous small bubble nucleuses and the aggregation process of small bubble nucleuses. By fitting simulated data, we find that the bubble nucleation rate is eight orders of magnitudes bigger than the result of classic nucleation theory. The bubble nucleation rate increases along with the increasing of density and superheated temperature, which agrees well with one of classic nucleation theory.

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