Effects of Engineered Wettability on the Efficiency of Dew Collection
| Autor: | Jason J. Benkoski, Emre Ölçeroğlu, Matthew McCarthy, Konstantinos Gerasopoulos, William L. Luedeman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Materials science
Condensation Nucleation 02 engineering and technology 010402 general chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology 01 natural sciences Water collection 0104 chemical sciences Subcooling Hydrophobic surfaces Chemical engineering General Materials Science Dew Wetting 0210 nano-technology Angle of inclination |
| Zdroj: | ACS applied materialsinterfaces. 10(4) |
| ISSN: | 1944-8252 |
| Popis: | Surface wettability plays an important role in dew collection. Nucleation is faster on hydrophilic surfaces, while droplets slide more readily on hydrophobic surfaces. Plants and animals in coastal desert environments appear to overcome this trade-off through biphilic surfaces with patterned wettability. In this study, we investigate the effects of millimeter-scale wettability patterns, mimicking those of the Stenocara beetle, on the rate of water collection from humid air. The rate of water collection per unit area is measured as a function of subcooling (ΔT = 1, 7, and 27 °C) and angle of inclination (from 10° to 90°). It is then compared for superbiphilic, hydrophilic, hydrophobic, and surperhydrophobic surfaces. For large subcooling, neither wettability nor tilt angle has a significant effect because the rate of condensation is so great. For 1 °C subcooling and large angles, hydrophilic surfaces perform best because condensation is the rate-limiting step. For low angles of inclination, superhydrophobic samples are best because droplet sliding is the rate-limiting step. Superbiphilic surfaces, in contrast to their superior fog collecting capabilities, generally collected dew at the slowest rate due to their inherent contact angle hysteresis. Theoretical considerations suggest that this finding may apply more generally to surfaces with patterned wettability. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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