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Convective Drying of Ceramic Bricks by CFD: Transport Phenomena and Process Parameters Analysis

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  • Morgana de Vasconcellos Araújo

    (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Campina Grande, 58428-830 Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil)

  • Balbina Raquel de Brito Correia

    (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Campina Grande, 58428-830 Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil)

  • Vanderson Alves Agra Brandão

    (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Campina Grande, 58428-830 Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil)

  • Iran Rodrigues de Oliveira

    (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Campina Grande, 58428-830 Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil)

  • Rosilda Sousa Santos

    (Department of Science and Technology, Federal Rural University of the Semi-Arid Region, 59780-000 Caraúbas, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil)

  • Guilherme Luiz de Oliveira Neto

    (Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Piauí, 64800-000 Floriano, Piauí, Brazil)

  • Leonardo Pereira de Lucena Silva

    (Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Paraíba, 58900-000 Cajazeiras, Paraíba, Brazil)

  • Antonio Gilson Barbosa de Lima

    (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Campina Grande, 58428-830 Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil)

Abstract

In the manufacturing process of ceramic brick, the step of drying needs the control of process variables to uniformly dry the porous material, producing a good end-product. The majority of numerical simulations involving drying of ceramic materials is performed considering only the solid domain, resulting in a very simplified and limited study. This way, the objective of this work is the analysis of the drying process with hot air of an industrial hollow clay brick inside the oven at different temperatures by using computational fluid dynamic (CFD). The results of the temperature and water mass distribution inside the brick and of air in the oven at different times of the drying process are shown, analyzed and checked with experimental data, and it was obtained in a concordance with the data. An equation to calculate the brick water mass diffusivity depending on the drying air temperature was proposed.

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  • Morgana de Vasconcellos Araújo & Balbina Raquel de Brito Correia & Vanderson Alves Agra Brandão & Iran Rodrigues de Oliveira & Rosilda Sousa Santos & Guilherme Luiz de Oliveira Neto & Leonardo Pereira, 2020. "Convective Drying of Ceramic Bricks by CFD: Transport Phenomena and Process Parameters Analysis," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(8), pages 1-18, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:13:y:2020:i:8:p:2073-:d:348371
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    1. Elisiane S. Lima & João M. P. Q. Delgado & Ana S. Guimarães & Wanderson M. P. B. Lima & Ivonete B. Santos & Josivanda P. Gomes & Rosilda S. Santos & Anderson F. Vilela & Arianne D. Viana & Genival S. , 2021. "Drying and Heating Processes in Arbitrarily Shaped Clay Materials Using Lumped Phenomenological Modeling," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(14), pages 1-25, July.
    2. Stephane K. B. M. Silva & Carlos J. Araújo & João M. P. Q. Delgado & Ricardo S. Gomez & Hortência L. F. Magalhães & Maria J. Figueredo & Juliana A. Figueirôa & Mirenia K. T. Brito & José N. O. Neto & , 2022. "Heat and Mass Transfer in Structural Ceramic Blocks: An Analytical and Phenomenological Approach," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(19), pages 1-16, September.
    3. Ming Yan & Xinnan Song & Jin Tian & Xuebin Lv & Ze Zhang & Xiaoyan Yu & Shuting Zhang, 2020. "Construction of a New Type of Coal Moisture Control Device Based on the Characteristic of Indirect Drying Process of Coking Coal," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(16), pages 1-20, August.
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