More comprehensive 3D modeling of clay‐like material drying

Abstract

Drying process plays an important role in the manufacturing of many products such as ceramic, kitchenware and building materials, some of which have complex three‐dimensional (3D) geometry. To deal with many restrictions found in literatures, a 3D numerical approach was used to describe the drying process of a porous Clay‐like material. The problem investigated involves highly coupled equations considering heat, mass, and mechanical aspects. The model is validated through the comparison of experimental measurements with simulation result. Simulation results show that increasing the initial moisture content and reducing the initial temperature have the same privilege and without significant increase in drying time, it reduces slightly the amount of maximum stress but delays the occurrence time of maximum stress. The nonuniform heat expansion induced stresses are very small in comparison to nonuniform moisture shrinkage induced stresses and can be neglected in drying simulation. © 2017 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 64: 1469–1478, 2018

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