Drying comparison of nonhygroscopic and hygroscopic materials

This paper investigates and presents the simulation of drying for hygroscopic and nonhygroscopic materials. This present work used a coupled mathematical model of mass, heat and gas transfer that implemented to finite element method in two dimensional and numerically compute using Skyline solver to...

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Main Authors: Harun, Zawati, Tze, Ching Ong, Ahmad, Rosli
Format: Article
Published: Trans Tech Publications Inc 2014
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Online Access:http://www.scientific.net/AMM.465-466.637
http://www.scientific.net/AMM.465-466.637
http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/8289/1/28_Drying_comparison_(cant_upload).pdf
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Summary:This paper investigates and presents the simulation of drying for hygroscopic and nonhygroscopic materials. This present work used a coupled mathematical model of mass, heat and gas transfer that implemented to finite element method in two dimensional and numerically compute using Skyline solver to capture highly nonlinear transient process. Bound water contribution was taken into account in the drying of hygroscopic materials by incorporating constitutive equation of bound water. The results showed drying process can be divided into three periods named constant rate period (CRP), first falling rate period (FRP1) and second falling rate period (FRP2). Capillary action is dominated during CRP before vapour diffusion takes place in FRP1. Bound water movement is generated by vapour pressure gradient exists that represent hygroscopic material.