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Transient computational fluid dynamics modelling of the melting process in thermal bonding of porous fibrous media

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posted on 2017-07-03, 13:29 authored by Murat Peksen, Memis Acar, Weeratunge MalalasekeraWeeratunge Malalasekera
A continuum model of the melting process in porous fibrous media is introduced. The fluid flow, heat transfer and phase change within the porous nonwoven web is numerically solved using computational fluid dynamics. Boundary conditions from an experimentally validated whole system model of a typical industrial machine, producing fibrous webs are incorporated. The presented model shows the capability to investigate the phase change during heating of the thermoplastic fibres during nonwoven web formation. Moreover, the fibres' geometrical information and constitutive equations, describing the material behaviour are included. The approach considers the fibre thickness, sheath fraction, and thermophysical properties like melting temperature, latent heat of fusion and the liquid fraction, enabling the assessment of different fibre types and to determine the properties of the fabric. The model results reveal that the web porosity has the most significant effect on the melting process among the considered parameters. Thermal gradients that occur inside the web are due to the combined convection and latent heat of fusion effect, which stores heat to melt the fibres. The model is applicable to a wide variety of systems ranging from textiles, fibrous beds, ceramics, membranes and porous composite materials. © IMechE 2012 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/ journalsPermissions.nav.

Funding

This work was supported by Colbond bv, Arnhem, The Netherlands

History

School

  • Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

Published in

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering

Volume

227

Issue

4

Pages

254 - 263

Citation

PEKSEN, M., ACAR, M. and MALALASEKERA, W., 2013. Transient computational fluid dynamics modelling of the melting process in thermal bonding of porous fibrous media. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, 227(4), pp. 254-263.

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© IMechE. Published by Sage.

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Publication date

2013

Notes

This paper was accepted for publication in the journal Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering and the definitive published version is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0954408912462184

ISSN

0954-4089

Language

  • en