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I am doing this project where I need condensation to form on a glass bowl lid.
The idea is this: I have a ceramic bowl and a glass lid on top of the bowl. I was wondering how can I improve conditions so I can catch condensation water from the downward face of the lid.
The idea is not to use external heaters or coolers. Instead, the properties of the materials or the inner conditions of the bowl should create the condensation alone. How can I improve the heat transfer to gain more condensation?
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How to improve condensation inside a glass bowl?1 Reply
Is there any way you can use evaporation on the outside of the lid? You say you can't change any properties, but can you do something like drop some wet paper towels on top of the lid (thereby using evaporative cooling of the towels to help draw latent heat out of the lid)?
If the underside of the lid slopes down strongly (for instance if the underside of the lid was shaped like a cone) and condensation that does collect will more quickly coalesce into drops and can fall down into a smaller container inside the bowl where they will be trapped.
Chris Spurgeon
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