The prevention and control of ice accumulation has important applications in aviation
building construction and power grid construction. A deep physical insight of the ice forming on the cylindrical surface would give an instruction to the ice-removal strategies for energy conversion devices. Simulations were performed using CLSVOF (coupled level-set and volume of fluid) to track the air-water interface and an enthalpy-porosity method to capture the phase transition. The effects of learning behavior and phase transition characteristics are mainly concerned with the variation of two important parameters: the change of liquid film height and the wetting characteristics of droplets on the wall. The results showed that improve the wall hydrophobicity performance
which could effectively reduce the spreading wetted area of the droplet impact cylinder
thereby reducing the frozen area and decreasing the damage degree of icing. Due to the curvature of the cylinder
the liquid film breaks when the droplet hits the hydrophobic cylindrical wall. However
at extremely low temperature
it can inhibit the splitting of the liquid film on the circular wall surface
resulting in an increase in the spreading area of the liquid film on the wall surface
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