Melt Electrospinning of PET and Composite PET-Aerogel Fibers: An Experimental and Modeling Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Electrospinning Experiments
2.2. Multiphysics Simulations
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Parameter | Value | Unit |
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0.1 | Pa·s | |
0.1–10,000 | Pa·s | |
Ramping factor between each simulation | 10 | - |
a | 0.001 | - |
150 | °C | |
250 | °C | |
0.1 | W/m·°C |
Material | Distance (cm) | Temperature (°C) | Diameter (µm) | STD.DEV (µm) |
---|---|---|---|---|
PET | 7.4 | 280 | 29.5 | 8.3 |
PET | 10.9 | 43.7 | 10.8 | |
PET | 17.4 | 56.8 | 10.8 | |
PET | 20.4 | 91.2 | 16.1 | |
PET | 10.1 | 290 | 25.3 | 6.8 |
PET | 20.0 | 42.1 | 14.1 | |
PET | 20.9 | 36.4 | 8.3 | |
PET | 7.4 | 300 | 19.9 | 5.5 |
PET | 10.1 | 29.0 | 7.0 | |
PET | 10.9 | 22.0 | 2.9 | |
PET | 16.9 | 50.3 | 9.3 | |
PET | 7.4 | 320 | 12.4 | 2.6 |
Cellulose Acetate | 7.4 | 150 | 39.0 | 11.9 |
Cellulose Acetate | 7.4 | 160 | 22.2 | 3.9 |
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Christiansen, L.; Gurevich, L.; Wang, D.; Fojan, P. Melt Electrospinning of PET and Composite PET-Aerogel Fibers: An Experimental and Modeling Study. Materials 2021, 14, 4699. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14164699
Christiansen L, Gurevich L, Wang D, Fojan P. Melt Electrospinning of PET and Composite PET-Aerogel Fibers: An Experimental and Modeling Study. Materials. 2021; 14(16):4699. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14164699
Chicago/Turabian StyleChristiansen, Lasse, Leonid Gurevich, Deyong Wang, and Peter Fojan. 2021. "Melt Electrospinning of PET and Composite PET-Aerogel Fibers: An Experimental and Modeling Study" Materials 14, no. 16: 4699. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14164699