Investigation into the effect of the angle of dual slots on an air flow field in melt blowing via numerical simulation

Abstract

The effect of the angle of dual slots on an air flow field in melt blowing was researched via numerical simulation. Through establishing the geometric model of air flow field in melt blowing with dual slots, meshing, designating the boundary conditions and their parameters and numerical simulation, the result illustrates the influence of the angle of dual slots on the variations of air velocity, pressure and temperature distributions. Higher peak values of air velocity, pressure and temperature are obtained with larger angles of dual slots near the die, while only a few differences of these parameters are detected away from the die. Our results demonstrate the angle of 70° is the appropriate one that can produce the finest fibers.