Analytical Determination of the Drying Characteristics of Carpet Tiles

摘要

Carpe manufacturing involves a crucial energy-intensive drying stage at the end of the process to remove the moisture left from dye setting. Determining drying charac- teristics for carpet tiles, such as temperature levels, transition times, total drying times, and evaporation rates is vitally important so as to optimize this drying stage. This paper describes a was to determine the drying characteristics of foam-backed carpet tiles using experimental data along with analytical data generated by a computer pro- gram developed fro this purpose.