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Modelagem e simulação numérica da dinâmica de redistribuição de umidade em pó atomizado armazenado em silos para manufatura de revestimentos cerâmicos [recurso eletrônico] / Rossane Mailde Santos ; orientador, Marintho Bastos Quadi ; coorientador, Agenor de Noni Junior
Data de publicação
2024
Descrição física
134 p. : il.
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Disponível somente em versão on-line.
Tese (doutorado) – Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro Tecnológico, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Química, Florianópolis, 2024.
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Modelagem e simulação numérica da dinâmica de redistribuição de umidade em pó atomizado armazenado em silos para manufatura de revestimentos cerâmicos [recurso eletrônico] / Rossane Mailde Santos ; orientador, Marintho Bastos Quadi ; coorientador, Agenor de Noni Junior
Data de publicação
2024
Descrição física
134 p. : il.
Nota
Disponível somente em versão on-line.
Tese (doutorado) – Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro Tecnológico, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Química, Florianópolis, 2024.
Inclui referências.
Abstract: The production of porcelain stoneware tiles requires the formation of a homogeneous atomized powder, essential to prevent manufacturing defects in the final product. A phenomenological model simulated moisture homogenization and temperature stabilization of atomized porcelain powder stored in an industrial silo. Dynamic vapor sorption method measured equilibrium points between the solid phase and water at 20°C, 40 °C e 50 °C. The simulation of a porcelain granule subjected to the sorption chamber conditions supplemented the experiments to determine the diffusion coefficients of water in the material. Mass balance in porous media included adsorption, as well as the premise of a non-constant diffusivity. The minimization of quadratic errors between the kinetic experimental results and the values predicted by the model estimated the effective diffusion coefficients at 20 °C, 40 °C e 50 °C in water activity varying from 0.0 to 0.9. Experimental data at different temperatures allowed the evaluation of energetic parameters, e.g. isosteric enthalpy of adsorption and Arrhenius’ activation energy. Experiments conducted on a 1:12 scale prototype with centralized feed determined the mass fraction distribution of porcelain powder along its radius. A multiscale approach portrayed the porcelain powder stored in an industrial silo as a non-uniform porous media (intergranular) composed of fine, intermediate, and coarse granules (intragranular), distributed along the radius according to a mathematical function representing the segregated state. The intragranular mass balance accounted for the varying initial moisture content conditions across different granule sizes. Intergranular mass balance accounted input and output intragranular water fluxes. Finite element method numerically solved intra- and intergranular equations coupled to the heat transfer equation. Operational data of an industrial silo validated the model. The Guggenheim-Anderson-de Boer model satisfactorily represented the Type II adsorption isotherm. Henderson, Chung-Pfost, and their modified versions also fitted the experimental data well. The mass transfer model with external resistance for a single granule estimated effective diffusion coefficients varying from 4.73 × 10-8 m2∙s-1 to 8.37 × 10-7 m2∙s-1, with mean activation energy of (59.2 ± 3.82) kJ∙mol-1. The model incorporating a non-constant diffusion coefficient provided a superior fit to the kinetic data. The difference in moisture content between coarse and fine granules decreased from 3.19% to 1.62% and 0.88% after 24 hours and 48 hours of storage, respectively. Temperature estimates closely matched measurements, with a maximum error of 17%. Higher thermal gradients demonstrated the cooling effect as moisture content increased across all granules near the wall, evident in the formation of condensed water in the actual system. The multiscale model enabled the simulation of moisture redistribution in the atomized porcelain powder stored in silos. Temperature control to reduce thermal gradients may improve the moisture homogenization of the powder,