Mathematical Modeling of Heat, Mass, and Momentum Transport in MDF Fiber Drying
Journal article, 2011

A 3D two-phase flow drying model for medium density fiberboard (MDF) fibers was developed and implemented in the Ansys-CFX commercial CFD software. The model was validated against measurement data([1]) with satisfactory results. A parameter study was done to study the effects of dryer temperature and mass loading of fibers. A realistic dryer geometry has been simulated and it has been demonstrated that the model can capture 2D and 3D flow phenomena that affect the drying results. The simulation results can be used to determine suitable ways for improving dryer efficiency.

Dryer model

flow

Computational fluid dynamics

wood fibers

dryer

MDF fibers

Author

Olof Melander

Metso Paper

Anders Rasmuson

Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chemical Engineering Design

Wallenberg Wood Science Center (WWSC)

Drying Technology

0737-3937 (ISSN) 1532-2300 (eISSN)

Vol. 29 1 64-72

Subject Categories

Chemical Engineering

DOI

10.1080/07373937.2010.482712

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