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Towards the production of carbon xerogel monoliths by optimizing convective drying conditions
Job, Nathalie; Sabatier, Françoise; Pirard, Jean-Paul et al.
2006In Carbon, 44 (12), p. 2534-2542
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Keywords :
carbon xerogels; porous carbon; heat treatment; texture; drying
Abstract :
[en] Resorcinol-formaldehyde hydrogels prepared at various resorcinol/sodium carbonate ratios, R/C, were convectively air dried. The influence of the drying operating conditions, i.e. air temperature and velocity, on the pore texture, shrinkage and cracking of the dried gels were investigated. Shrinkage was found to be isotropic. The shrinkage behaviour and the textural properties of the gels are independent of the drying operating conditions, but are completely determined by the value of the synthesis variables. The analysis of the drying kinetics shows two main drying periods. During the first phase, shrinkage occurs and the external surface of the material remains completely wet: heat and mass transfers are limited by external resistances located in a boundary layer. When shrinkage stops, the second period begins: the evaporation front recedes inside the solid and internal transfer limitations prevail. The drying time can be reduced by increasing the air temperature and/or velocity, but the temperature increase is limited when monolithicity is required, especially when the pores are small. For example, at a temperature of 160 degrees C and a velocity of 2 m/s, about 1 h is needed to dry a 2.8 cm in diameter and 1 cm in height cylinder containing macropores (pore width > 50 nm after drying). The same cylinder presenting small mesopores (pore width = 10-15 nm after drying) requires 20 h at 30 degrees C and 2 m/s to reach complete dryness without the development of cracks. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Disciplines :
Physics
Chemical engineering
Materials science & engineering
Chemistry
Author, co-author :
Job, Nathalie  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de chimie appliquée > Génie chimique - Génie catalytique
Sabatier, Françoise
Pirard, Jean-Paul ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de chimie appliquée > Génie chimique - Génie catalytique
Crine, Michel ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de chimie appliquée > Génie chimique - Opérations physiques unitaires
Léonard, Angélique  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de chimie appliquée > Génie chimique - Opérations physiques unitaires - Département de chimie appliquée
Language :
English
Title :
Towards the production of carbon xerogel monoliths by optimizing convective drying conditions
Alternative titles :
[fr] Vers la production de monolithes de xérogel de carbone en optimisant les conditions de séchage convectif
Publication date :
October 2006
Journal title :
Carbon
ISSN :
0008-6223
eISSN :
1873-3891
Publisher :
Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford, United Kingdom
Volume :
44
Issue :
12
Pages :
2534-2542
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [BE]
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