Modeling and optimization of melt filtration systems in polymer recycling
Sprache des Titels:
Englisch
Original Buchtitel:
AIP Conference Proceedings
Original Kurzfassung:
This paper addresses the performance improvement of a double-cavity piston screen changer used for processing slightly contaminated in-house recycling material. Rheological optimization of the flow geometry based on analytical calculations and numerical CFD simulations in order to increase its self-cleaning capacity, decrease the residence time of the melt in the filter and reduce pressure drops, thus enabling gentle processing of a variety of thermoplastic polymers. Various analytical calculations of the overall pressure drop were performed and experimentally verified for a range of in-house recycling materials, throughputs and filter screen types.
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