A Charge-Based Mechanistic Study into the Effects of Process Parameters on Fiber Accumulating Geometry for a Melt Electrohydrodynamic Process
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Material Preparation
2.2. Melt Electrohydrodynamic System Configuration
2.3. Imaging and Data Measurement
3. Results
3.1. Effect of Deposition Time and Collector Temperature on Bulk Geometry of the Fiber Deposit
3.2. Effect of Voltage on Bulk Geometry of Fiber Deposit
3.3. Observation of Jet States and Its Dependence on Collector Temperature
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Parameters | Values |
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Polymer temperature (Tp) | 94.7 ± 1 °C (measured) |
Applied Voltage (V) | 12 kV, unless otherwise stated |
Volumetric flow rate (Qv) | 25 µL/h |
Tip-to-collector distance (Dtc) | 20 mm |
Inter-fiber distance (Sf) | 60–500 µm |
Set temperature (Ts) | 160 °C |
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Cao, K.; Zhang, F.; Chang, R.C. A Charge-Based Mechanistic Study into the Effects of Process Parameters on Fiber Accumulating Geometry for a Melt Electrohydrodynamic Process. Processes 2020, 8, 1440. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr8111440
Cao K, Zhang F, Chang RC. A Charge-Based Mechanistic Study into the Effects of Process Parameters on Fiber Accumulating Geometry for a Melt Electrohydrodynamic Process. Processes. 2020; 8(11):1440. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr8111440
Chicago/Turabian StyleCao, Kai, Fucheng Zhang, and Robert C. Chang. 2020. "A Charge-Based Mechanistic Study into the Effects of Process Parameters on Fiber Accumulating Geometry for a Melt Electrohydrodynamic Process" Processes 8, no. 11: 1440. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr8111440