TY - JOUR
TI - Wool drying process in heat-pump-assisted dryer by fuzzy logic modelling
AU - Akarslan Kodaloglu Feyza
AU - Elbir Ahmet
AU - Sahin Mehmet Erhan
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2023
VL - 27
IS - 4
SP - 3043
EP - 3050
PT - Article
AB - The drying process in the textile industry is an expensive and laborious  process that requires a lot of energy. The main purpose of the drying  process is to provide maximum energy saving and energy efficiency at minimum  time and cost without compromising the quality and structural properties of  the material used. Since heat pumps are devices that can produce more heat  compared to the work they consume, energy consumption substantially reduce  is important. In drying processes, which are widely used in agriculture and  textile industry in our country. It is important to use a heat pump in terms  of energy saving. In this study, wool drying process in a heat-pump-assisted  dryer was investigated with fuzzy logic metods. The test material used was  wet wool, which is a fibrous material. The air velocities at the inlet of  the dryer were varied from 0.8 m/s to 1.5 m/s, while the material loading  ratio (material/dryer volume) ranged from 0.5 to 2.5. The temperature at the  inlet of the dryer were varied from 40°C to 90°C. In this study, a fuzzy  model was created to determine the effect of time, temperature, loading  ratio and air velocity on the drying rate by using the fuzzy logic method,  which is one of the artificial intelligence methods.