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    Modeling Polymer Crystallization Kinetics in the Meltblowing Process
    (ACS, 2020-12-06) Ghosal, Arkaprovo
    A novel model of the crystallization process in meltblowing process is proposed and implemented in numerical simulations. The spinline crystallization is studied using numerical solutions of the system of coupled quasi-one-dimensional equations describing the dynamics of multiple polymer jets moving in the surrounding high-speed air. Cooling, crystallization, and solidification accompany three-dimensional motion of polymer jets resulting in their vigorous stretching by the air flux including the aerodynamically driven bending/flapping. The numerical solutions predict distribution of the degree of crystallinity in polymer jets in flight, as well as in the laydown formed on the collecting screen, with the three-dimensional structure of the laydown being fully reconstructed. The effect of the collector screen temperature, die-to-collector distance (DCD), and the activation energy of the viscous flow in the polymer melt on the laydown features is studied in detail.