Monitoring systems of an electrospinning plant for the production of composite nanofibers

Abstract

Electrospinning is a versatile and promising technology for the production of polymer-based nanofibres. Composite nanofibres suitable for filtration of air and water have been developed by merging biopolymer processing and sol-gel techniques using electrospinning technology.Afine control of large-scale nanofibre formation is required to achieve reliable transfer of electrospinning-based processes into relevant industrial environments. The main goals of this work were the production of innovative multifunctional filter media (high-efficiency filtration, biocidal, self-cleaning, photo-catalytic, reactive, adsorbent properties) by integrating nanofibre membranes with inorganic nanoparticles and developing an electrospinning plant integrating sensors able to detect electrospinning fault and electrostatic alteration during the process.