Experimental investigation on industrial drying process of cotton yarn bobbins: energy consumption and drying time

In the textile industry, the drying process is a time consuming and energy expensive operation that influences strongly the cost of the textile finishing operations. For this reason, the study of innovative techniques plays a key role to decrease the energy consumption, the costs and the environment...

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Published inEnergy procedia Vol. 126; pp. 361 - 368
Main Authors Galoppi, Giovanni, Ferrari, Lorenzo, Ferrara, Giovanni, Antonio Carnevale, Ennio
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2017
Subjects
air conditions influence
cotton bobbin
drying
energy consumption
experimental tests
experimental tests
cotton bobbin
drying
energy consumption
air conditions influence
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Summary:In the textile industry, the drying process is a time consuming and energy expensive operation that influences strongly the cost of the textile finishing operations. For this reason, the study of innovative techniques plays a key role to decrease the energy consumption, the costs and the environmental impact. After a first mechanical process, the moisture is removed from yarn fibers by a thermal convection dryer that delivers hot air through the material. In this study, the drying process of cotton yarn bobbins is experimentally analyzed. With this aim, an experimental test rig was developed based on the geometry of industrial dryers. The influence of the drying air path and the air working conditions was assessed by performing tests with different configurations, temperatures and pressures. The results were analyzed in terms of drying time and energy consumption as the optimum drying condition is a trade-off between these parameters.
ISSN:1876-6102
1876-6102
DOI:10.1016/j.egypro.2017.08.246