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Analysis of process parameters related to the single-screw extrusion of recycled polypropylene blends by using design of experiments
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posted on 2017-07-21, 08:27 authored by Tingrui Fu, Barry Haworth, Leno Mascia© SAGE Publications.The process dynamics of single-screw extrusion on mixtures of polypropylene (PP) and recycled PP were studied using a statistical, design of experiments (DoE) approach. For a conventional screw design, the barrel temperature, screw speed and two vastly different melt viscosity polypropylene mixtures were selected as the independent factors, whilst melt pressure, mass output, screw torque and temperature rise at the die due to shear heating were the dependent responses. A central composite design (CCD) in the framework of response surface methodology (RSM) was constructed, and an analysis of variance (ANOVA) was carried out to determine the significance of the response surface models. The resulting statistical and response surface predictions have demonstrated that the low viscosity component concentration in the blend is a dominating factor on melt pressure and screw torque, apart from the expected effect of screw speed on output. Viscous heating is affected only by screw speed and recycled polypropylene concentration. Furthermore, the predictions have identified a wider process operating window with increased low-viscosity component concentration. The data confirm that statistical tools make quantitative predictions for the effects of experimental process variables, in accordance with the expected qualitative trends towards process optimisation, providing scope towards its application in scaled-up industrial processes.
History
School
- Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Department
- Materials
Published in
Journal of Plastic Film and SheetingVolume
33Issue
2Pages
168 - 190Citation
FU, T., HAWORTH, B. and MASCIA, L., 2017. Analysis of process parameters related to the single-screw extrusion of recycled polypropylene blends by using design of experiments. Journal of Plastic Film and Sheeting, 33(2), pp. 168-190.Publisher
© The authors. Published by SAGEVersion
- 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/Acceptance date
2016-03-24Publication date
2017Notes
This paper was accepted for publication in the journal Journal of Plastic Film and Sheeting and the definitive published version is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/8756087916649006ISSN
8756-0879eISSN
1530-8014Publisher version
Language
- en