Parametric Analysis of Cylinder Drying Process in Association with Various Materials
In this study, the heat and mass transfers in the fabric drying process of a single-cylinder dryer are numerically examined in detail by using MATLAB codes and illustrating 3D velocity and temperature profiles obtained by a CFD-ACE+ software package. Seven different drying materials including Polyet...
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| description | In this study, the heat and mass transfers in the fabric drying process of a single-cylinder dryer are numerically examined in detail by using MATLAB codes and illustrating 3D velocity and temperature profiles obtained by a CFD-ACE+ software package. Seven different drying materials including Polyethylene terephthalate (PET), Polyethylene, Polypropylene, Cotton, Wool, Rayon, and Nylon are employed as drying materials. Influences of the drying-material thickness, contacting percentage, cylinder temperature, feeding velocity, and cylinder diameter are examined in detail. For all cases in this study, it is found that the maximum temperature of the drying material in the drying process is strongly dependent on the thermal diffusivity of the drying material. The higher the thermal diffusivity of the drying material, the greater the peak temperature achieved. The peak temperature of the drying material increases with the increase in the contacting percentage. The higher feeding velocity leads to a faster increase in the temperature of the drying material; however, the peak temperature of the slower feeding velocity is higher than that of the faster one. The heat transfer between the central layer of the drying material and to ambient environment is limited by the thermal diffusivity of the drying material. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7f624d7ee56e4fe69c420675a2227e4c2023-11-23T22:45:33ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172022-10-0112201048910.3390/app122010489Parametric Analysis of Cylinder Drying Process in Association with Various MaterialsNgoctan Tran0Akash Sengupta1Jane-Sunn Liaw2Chi-Chuan Wang3Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 1001 University Road, Hsinchu 30010, TaiwanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 1001 University Road, Hsinchu 30010, TaiwanGreen Energy & Environment Research Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu 31040, TaiwanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 1001 University Road, Hsinchu 30010, TaiwanIn this study, the heat and mass transfers in the fabric drying process of a single-cylinder dryer are numerically examined in detail by using MATLAB codes and illustrating 3D velocity and temperature profiles obtained by a CFD-ACE+ software package. Seven different drying materials including Polyethylene terephthalate (PET), Polyethylene, Polypropylene, Cotton, Wool, Rayon, and Nylon are employed as drying materials. Influences of the drying-material thickness, contacting percentage, cylinder temperature, feeding velocity, and cylinder diameter are examined in detail. For all cases in this study, it is found that the maximum temperature of the drying material in the drying process is strongly dependent on the thermal diffusivity of the drying material. The higher the thermal diffusivity of the drying material, the greater the peak temperature achieved. The peak temperature of the drying material increases with the increase in the contacting percentage. The higher feeding velocity leads to a faster increase in the temperature of the drying material; however, the peak temperature of the slower feeding velocity is higher than that of the faster one. The heat transfer between the central layer of the drying material and to ambient environment is limited by the thermal diffusivity of the drying material.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/20/10489cylinder dryerweb-drying materialsdrying-cylinder diameterdrying |
| spellingShingle | Ngoctan Tran Akash Sengupta Jane-Sunn Liaw Chi-Chuan Wang Parametric Analysis of Cylinder Drying Process in Association with Various Materials Applied Sciences cylinder dryer web-drying materials drying-cylinder diameter drying |
| title | Parametric Analysis of Cylinder Drying Process in Association with Various Materials |
| title_full | Parametric Analysis of Cylinder Drying Process in Association with Various Materials |
| title_fullStr | Parametric Analysis of Cylinder Drying Process in Association with Various Materials |
| title_full_unstemmed | Parametric Analysis of Cylinder Drying Process in Association with Various Materials |
| title_short | Parametric Analysis of Cylinder Drying Process in Association with Various Materials |
| title_sort | parametric analysis of cylinder drying process in association with various materials |
| topic | cylinder dryer web-drying materials drying-cylinder diameter drying |
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