Abstract
In this study experimental results and analysis are given of convective heat and mass transfer in the drying of tissue and towel products (25 and 50 g/m2 basis weight) under commercially realistic conditions under through flow. Parameter effects on drying rate include process variables such as refining, shaping, commercial forming, initial moisture content, and drying temperature. Drying rate curves display initial increase, plateau, and final decrease as the paper dries. Nondimensional Sherwood numbers (versus Peclet number) generally agreed with and augment the available dataset on through drying.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 685-694 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Drying Technology |
Volume | 27 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2009 |
Keywords
- Drying paper
- Mass transfer coefficients
- Porous materials
- Sherwood number
- Through drying