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Smart Water Receiver for Use in the Wet Press Section of a Paper Machine

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dc.contributor.advisor Orloff, David
dc.contributor.author Gilfoil, Wyly en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMember Ahrens, Fred
dc.contributor.committeeMember Patterson, Tim
dc.contributor.department Mechanical Engineering en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2005-09-16T14:59:41Z
dc.date.available 2005-09-16T14:59:41Z
dc.date.issued 2005-05-18 en_US
dc.description.abstract When the paper web and press felt enter a nip in the press section of a paper machine, both the paper web and felt are compressed. Water is forced from the paper sheet into the press felt due to a hydrodynamic pressure gradient between the sheet and felt. Water not only flows through the felt in the transversal z-direction, but also flows through the felt in the machine and cross-machine directions. On the exit side of the nip, the pressure imposed on the sheet-felt system by the rolls begins to decrease. Both the paper web and press felt begin to expand, and a vacuum is created in the web and felt. The vacuum in the web is stronger than that in the felt, and thus water and air tend to flow from the felt back into the sheet, causing rewet. Three mechanisms that contribute to rewet have been proposed: 1) film splitting between the paper web and press felt, 2) capillary forces in the web drawing water from the felt into the web, and 3) the pressure differential between the web and felt during expansion. The objective of this project was to design and test under flow conditions similar to those in a press nip a smart water receiver to be used in the press section of a paper machine. In this manner, the feasibility of such a water receiver was to be determined. The purpose of this water receiver is to accept water that is pressed from the paper web in a nip and prevent the return of this water to the paper web upon exit from the nip. Thus, the smart water receiver allows flow through the felt in the positive z-direction of the felt (away from the paper web) and not in the negative z-direction (towards the paper web). The smart water receiver concept utilizes a layer of micro-check valves incorporated into the press felt to perform in the desired manner. A mathematical model and lab-scale prototype were created in order to predict the behavior of such a design in the press nip. en_US
dc.description.degree M.S. en_US
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dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/7117
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology en_US
dc.subject Reynolds number en_US
dc.subject Permeability
dc.title Smart Water Receiver for Use in the Wet Press Section of a Paper Machine en_US
dc.type Text
dc.type.genre Thesis
dspace.entity.type Publication
local.contributor.corporatename George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
local.contributor.corporatename College of Engineering
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