PMID- 34771188
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20211118
IS  - 2073-4360 (Electronic)
IS  - 2073-4360 (Linking)
VI  - 13
IP  - 21
DP  - 2021 Oct 21
TI  - Heat Transfer Modeling of Oriented Sorghum Fibers Reinforced High-Density 
      Polyethylene Film Composites during Hot-Pressing.
LID - 10.3390/polym13213631 [doi]
LID - 3631
AB  - A one-dimensional heat transfer model was developed to simulate the heat transfer 
      of oriented natural fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites during hot-pressing 
      and provide guidance for determining appropriate hot-pressing parameters. The 
      apparent heat capacity of thermoplastics due to the heat of fusion was included 
      in the model, and the model was experimentally verified by monitoring the 
      internal temperature during the hot-pressing process of oriented sorghum fiber 
      reinforced high-density polyethylene (HDPE) film composites (OFPCs). The results 
      showed that the apparent heat capacity of HDPE accurately described its heat 
      fusion of melting and simplified the governing energy equations. The data 
      predicted by the model were consistent with the experimental data. The thermal 
      conduction efficiency increased with the mat density and HDPE content during 
      hot-pressing, and a higher mat density resulted in a higher mat core temperature. 
      The addition of HDPE delayed heat transfer, and the mat had a lower core 
      temperature at a higher HDPE content after reaching the melting temperature of 
      HDPE. Both the experimental and simulated data suggested that a higher 
      temperature and/or a longer duration during the hot-pressing process should be 
      used to fabricate OFPC as the HDPE content increases.
FAU - Qi, Chusheng
AU  - Qi C
AD  - MOE Key Laboratory of Wood Material Science and Utilization, Beijing Forestry 
      University, Beijing 100083, China.
FAU - Wang, Jinyue
AU  - Wang J
AD  - MOE Key Laboratory of Wood Material Science and Utilization, Beijing Forestry 
      University, Beijing 100083, China.
FAU - Yadama, Vikram
AU  - Yadama V
AD  - Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Composite Materials and 
      Engineering Center, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA.
LA  - eng
GR  - 31870536/National Natural Science Foundation of China/
GR  - 2021ZY30/Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities/
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20211021
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Polymers (Basel)
JT  - Polymers
JID - 101545357
PMC - PMC8587922
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - heat transfer modeling
OT  - high-density polyethylene
OT  - hot-pressing
OT  - sweet sorghum
OT  - wood-plastic composites
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2021/11/14 06:00
MHDA- 2021/11/14 06:01
PMCR- 2021/10/21
CRDT- 2021/11/13 01:13
PHST- 2021/09/30 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/10/14 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2021/10/18 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/11/13 01:13 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/11/14 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/11/14 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2021/10/21 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - polym13213631 [pii]
AID - polymers-13-03631 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/polym13213631 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Polymers (Basel). 2021 Oct 21;13(21):3631. doi: 10.3390/polym13213631.