A theoretical study on the evaporation of dry ammonium chloride and ammonium nitrate aerosols

A theoretical model has been developed to investigate possible mechanisms and parameters which may influence the evaporation behavior of dry ammonium chloride and ammonium nitrate aerosols. The model results compared well with the experimental observations available in the literature. Effects of particle polydispersity, gas-particle interaction, flow pattern of the system, particle number concentration, and accommodation coefficient on the evaporation of dry ammonium chloride and ammonium nitrate were quantitatively determined. The particle size distribution has a significant effect on the overall evaporation rate. A negligence of the size distribution and inappropriate use of the evaporation theory would lead to departures from experimental observations.