Introduction to Drying of Ceramics With Laboratory Exercises

by Brosnan, Denis A.; Robinson, Gilbert C.

• ISBN13: 9781574980462
• ISBN10: 1574980467
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-06-17
• Publisher: Wiley-American Ceramic Society

Summary

This important book will make an excellent addition to anyone involved in the drying of ceramic materials. In order to accommodate readers with a wide range of interest and abilities, most chapters are divided into sections by basic and advanced concepts. Selected chapters include introduction to drying; water, air, and water vapor; drying mechanisms in particulate systems; psychrometry; characterization of dryer operations; dryer control; drying defects; and advanced drying technologies. The book contains problems at the end of each chapter (with answers to selected problems in the appendix) and laboratory exercises.

Author Biography

Denis A. Brosnan and Gilbert C. Robinson are the authors of Introduction to Drying of Ceramics: With Laboratory Exercises, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Drying

Basic Concepts

Advanced Concepts

Water, Air, and Water Vapor

Water

Air

Air-Water Vapor Mixtures

Drying Mechanisms in Particulate Systems

Basic Concepts

Stages of Drying

Psychrometry

Reading and Interpreting Psychrometric Charts

Advanced Concepts: Summary of Equations for Psychrometric Properties

Characterization of Dryer Operations

Analyzing Dryer Performance Using Psychrometric Charts

Sankey Diagrams and Dryer Thermal Efficiency

Dryer Control: Controlling Countercurrent Convection Dryers

Drying Defects and Drying Shrinkage

Drying Cracks Resulting from Material Preparation

Theoretical Treatment of Drying Shrinkage

Advanced Drying Technologies

Microwave Drying

Radio Frequency Drying

Airless Drying

Fast Drying Using Convection

Laboratory Exercises

Particle Size (Screen Analysis)

Particle Size (Sedimentation Analysis to Determine Colloidal Sizes)

Moisture Adsorption and Ignition Loss

Extrusion of Clay Bodies

Stages of Drying

Permeability in Drying (Moisture Movement in Drying)

Mix Pelletizing

Thermal Gradient Furnace Testing/Thermal Expansion

Firing Traditional Ceramics

Firing Dry-Pressed Ceramics

Advanced Properties of Pressed and Extruded Ceramics

Symbols, Terms, and Units of Measurement

Conversion Factors

Answers to Selected Problems

Additional Psychrometric Charts

Index

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