EFFECT OF INFRARED IRRADIATION ON DRYING CHARACTERISTICS OF WET POROUS MATERIALS

We studied infrared drying characteristics of wet porous materials by comparison with the convective drying characteristics, and our attention was focused on the factors influencing their characteristics. By selecting three kinds of membrane filters, we examined the influences of the mean pore diame...

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Published inDrying technology Vol. 17; no. 7-8; pp. 1613 - 1626
Main Authors Hashimoto, A, Kameoka, T.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Taylor & Francis Group 01.01.1999
Subjects
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
convective drying
DRYERS
DRYING
ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
FAR INFRARED RADIATION
infrared drying
infrared spectrum
NEAR INFRARED RADIATION
PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS
POROUS MATERIALS
wet porous materials
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Summary:We studied infrared drying characteristics of wet porous materials by comparison with the convective drying characteristics, and our attention was focused on the factors influencing their characteristics. By selecting three kinds of membrane filters, we examined the influences of the mean pore diameter and the spectral distribution of irradiation power as variables using a far-infrared heater and a near-infrared heater. The differences between the infrared and convective drying characteristics (drying rate, sample temperature, water content distribution) were experimentally obtained, and the influence of mean pore diameter of the sample on its drying characteristics was observed only in infrared drying but in convective drying. By measuring the diffuse transmittance of the membrane filter in consideration of the drying process, we deliberated that infrared radiation penetrating into the drying sample was absorbed directly by the water in the voids, and that the water vaporized there.
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ISSN:0737-3937
1532-2300
DOI:10.1080/07373939908917640