Abstract
Contact drying of fabric was studied using a two-roll steam-heated laundry calender. The effects on heat and mass transfer of steam temperature, fabric initial moisture content, fabric velocity, contact pressure and steam-side heat transfer coefficient were observed experimentally. Bed and roller surface temperature profiles were measured to assist in interpreting and subsequently analysing the drying process. The experimental results were correlated using dimensionless parameters derived from a dimensional analysis of a drying equation. An empirical expression was obtained that related the final moisture content of the fabric to the initial moisture content and the other pertinent physical variables.
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