Open AccessNumerical simulation and parameter sensitivity analysis for the cooling of rolling rubber-film on cooling-drums
Author(s) -
Wenxin Ma,
Hongjie Yu,
Yunyun Liu,
Qian Chen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1549/4/042115
Subject(s) - natural rubber , drum , sensitivity (control systems) , materials science , heat transfer , process (computing) , mechanical engineering , composite material , water cooling , mechanics , computer science , engineering , physics , electronic engineering , operating system
Cooling of the rolling rubber-film on cooling-drums is a common practice in the final stage to achieve good quality of the rubber-film. In this paper, the stable heat transfer process of the rubber-film on the cooling-drums was simulated with a simplified fluid rubber-film method. The temperature at the film on each cooling-drum is obtained and compared with experimental measurements. It is found that the simulation results well agree with the measurements, indicating that the method proposed here is valid. In addition, parameter sensitivity on the cooling efficiency of the system were studied to provide the references for engineering applications.