Patent ID: 8271238
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with instructions for execution by a processor to perform a method for simulating evaporation of a droplet of a fluid, the instructions comprising: (a) instructions for tracking boundaries of saturation regions of the droplet; (b) instructions for setting the boundaries at a first, initial time; (c) instructions for solving, at the first initial time, a plurality of differential equations that represent diffusion in, and evaporation of, the droplet within the boundaries of the saturation regions through temporal and spatial discretization; (d) instructions for comparing a solute concentration in each of the saturation regions with a gelation concentration for the solute; (e) instructions for updating the boundaries based on the comparison; and (f) instructions for solving, at a second or next time, the plurality of differential equations within the updated boundaries of the saturation regions through temporal and spatial discretization.