ABSTRACT

Many technological processes, such as extraction, evaporation, or absorption are accompanied by solutal Marangoni instability. This type of convection, which is driven by gradients in interfacial tension, can significantly influence process performance in industrial production. The patterns originating from this convection are of a complex and unsteady nature. One particularly remarkable feature is the formation of hierarchical structures, that is, larger patterns emerging on a background

23.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 481 23.2 Stationary Solutal Marangoni Instability ............................................................................. 482 23.3 Methods to Study Solutal Marangoni Instability .................................................................484