TY - JOUR
TI - Numerical simulation study of a stable jet shape variation in electrospinning
AU - Wei Liang
AU - Qin Xiaohong
AU - Jia Lin
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2019
VL - 23
IS - 2
SP - 965
EP - 974
PT - Article
AB - High voltage power was used to produce jet in electrospinning. It was very  difficult to study electrospinning jets by experiment, because they have  high-speed and complex movements in the high-voltage electrostatic field,  and the diameter of jet was very small. In this study, the software of  finite element analysis was used to simulate the formation process of a  stable jet in electrospinning. The numerical simulation results indicated  that the diameter of a stable jet decreased as well as the velocity of a  stable jet increased with the increasing of drafting force when the solution  flow rate was constant. At last, an experiment about a stable jet diameter  has been carried out. The different conductivities spinning solution by  adding different content lithium chloride into polyvinyl alcohol solution  have been prepared. They could lead to different electric force for a stable  jet in electrospinning. We used glass slide to intercept the stable jet to  test the diameter of jet. The experiment results showed that the diameter of  a stable jet decreased with the electric force increased. The experiment  results were in good agreement with numerical simulation of a stable jet in  electrospinning.