Logo image
Back
OPTIMIZATION OF SINGLE-ZONE DRYING OF POLYMER SOLUTION COATINGS TO AVOID BLISTER DEFECTS
Journal article   Peer reviewed

OPTIMIZATION OF SINGLE-ZONE DRYING OF POLYMER SOLUTION COATINGS TO AVOID BLISTER DEFECTS

Peter E. Price and Richard A. Cairncross
Drying technology, v 17(7-8), pp 1303-1311
01 Aug 1999
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/07373939908917616
Featured in Collection :   UN Sustainable Development Goals @ Drexel

Abstract

coatings optimization polymer-solvent drying
The optimal conditions for drying polymer-solvent coatings result from a trade-off between minimizing the residual solvent level and creating defects. Blistering defects can be caused by boiling the solvent within the coating. In this paper, we use a detailed drying model with automated constrained optimization to find optimal drying conditions for prototypical coatings that minimize the residual solvent without blistering the coating. The drying oven is assumed to have a single zone with fixed residence time. The optimal drying conditions include the oven air temperature and substrate-side and coating-side heat transfer coefficients The latter are constrained to physically reasonable values. According to our results, the optimal coating-side heat transfer coefficient is always equal to or greater than the optimal substrate-side heat transfer coefficient.

Metrics

9 Record Views
20 citations in Web of Science
22 citations in Scopus

Details

UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

This publication has contributed to the advancement of the following goals:

#13 Climate Action

InCites Highlights

Data related to this publication, from InCites Benchmarking & Analytics tool:

Collaboration types
Industry collaboration
Domestic collaboration
Web of Science research areas
Engineering, Chemical
Engineering, Mechanical
Logo image