Mineral wool : production and properties /: production and properties. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: B. Širok, B. Blagojević and P. Bullen.
• Other Names: Širok, B; Bullen, F. P; Blagojević, B
• Contents: Cover; Mineral Wool: Production and properties; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1INTRODUCTION; Supplying raw materials and energy sources; Melting; Fiberisation -- Centrifuge; Primary layer formation -- collection chamber; Conveyor belt and primary balance; Pendulum; Squeezer; Curing chamber; 2MELTING THE RAW MATERIALS; 2.1 Cupola furnace operation; 2.2 Influence of underdraft on cupola furnace operation; 2.3 Measuring temperature and concentrations in the cupola furnace; 3MULTIPLE REGRESSION; 3.1 Hypothesis testing in multiple linear regression; 4 PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MINERAL WOOL MELTS. 4.1 Density4.2 Viscosity; 4.3 Surface tension; 4.4 Computing algorithm for calculation of density, viscosity and surface tension of mineral wool melts; 5 DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; 5.1 Foundations of dimensional analysis; 6 FIBERISATION PROCESS; 6.1 Dimensional analysis of the fiberisation process on a double-wheel spinning machine; 6.2 Simulation of chemical composition's influence on fibre thickness; 6.3 Regression model of mineral wool fibres on a four-rheel spinning machine; 6.4 Cooling of glass fibres; 7VISUALISATION METHOD IN REAL PRODUCTION PROCESSES; 7.1 Monitoring the production process. 7.2 Reconstruction of the jet and its trajectory8APPLYING THE VISUALISATION METHOD TO MEASURING THE THICKNESS OF MINERAL WOOL FIBRES; 8.1 Experimental results of fibre diameter on a double-wheel spinning machine; 9 INFLUENCE OF MELT FILM TEMPERATURE ON THE FIBRE DIAMETER DISTRIBUTION IN MINERAL WOOL PRODUCED BY A DOUBLE-WHEEL SPINNING MACHINE; 9.1 Thermovision of the spinning wheel melt film; 10FORMATION OF THE PRIMARY LAYER; 10.1 Influence of blow away velocity field on the primary layer fibre structure in the mineral wool production process. 10.2 Visualisation method for measuring the primary layer11NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF FLOW PROPERTIES IN THE COLLECTION CHAMBER; 11.1 Numerical analysis; 11.2 Numerical results of flow properties in the operating collection chamber; 11.3 Numerical simulation of modified geometry of the collection chamber; 11.4 Local distribution and spectral analysis of the primary layer structure; 12QUALITY OF THE PRIMARY LAYER AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE FINAL PRODUCT; 12.1 Experiments; 12.2 Regression model of specific density of the final product; 13 CURING CHAMBER. 13.1 Measurements of mineral wool layer temperature characteristics along the curing chamber13.2 Measurements of aerodynamic resistive characteristics of mineral wool layer; 13.3 Diagnostics of local homogeneities in the mineral wool layer; References; Index.
• Publisher Details: Cambridge, England : Woodhead Publishing Limited
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (196 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 196; Glass fibers; Mineral wool; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Textiles & Polymers; Glass fibers; Mineral wool; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781845694456; 1845694457
• Related ISBNs: 9781420070453; 9781845694067
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 5, 2014).
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