Thermodynamic Analysis on Drying System of Gravure Press
LIU Peng1, HOU He-ping1, ZHANG Hai-yan1, XIANG Chen2
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(1)Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710048, China; (2)Patent Examination Cooperation Center of the Patent Office, SIPO, Sichuan, Chengdu 610213, China
The work aims to study the thermal energy flow direction and quality of the hot air drying system in gravure press to provide theoretical basis for the design and optimization on the drying system, improve the heat efficiency of drier, and promote the further development of press energy audit on domestic gravure. The thermodynamic analysis method was used to measure energy consumption on the drying system of gravure press. It was calculated that the thermal efficiency of the hot air drying system in gravure press was only 9.21%, and 62.29% high heat gas was directly discharged out of the drying system, which was not effectively utilized. The result also showed that the irreversible loss in the drying oven was 86.96%, while the irreversible loss to heat the paper accounted for 24.21% of the total irreversible loss in the drying oven when the drying medium passed through the drying oven. Recycling the waste heat of the drying system is the most effective way to improve the thermal efficiency of the drying system in the gravure press. In addition, reducing the irreversible energy loss in heat transfer process between hot air and paper will directly improve the quality of heat energy.