AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF GAS-FIRED INFRARED DRYING OF PAPER

Abstract

Infrared heating/drying of paper is becoming very common in industry. However, there is a lack of fundamental information explaining the transport phenomena occurring within a paper sheet due to energy supplied by a gas-fired infrared emitter. This experimental study provides basic drying and temperature data for moist paper exposed to gas-fired infrared radiation energy. Two paper types, linerboard and bleached, at three basis weight levels, are used in this study.

Keywords:

• Drying of paper
• Heating of paper
• Infrared emitters

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This work has been supported by the Drying Research Center at Texas A&M University.