Amarakoon, M;
Homer-Vanniasinkam, S;
Edirisinghe, M;
(2023)
A Global Challenge: Sustainability of Submicrometer PEO and PVP Fiber Production.
Global Challenges
10.1002/gch2.202300152.
(In press).
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Abstract
The field of submicrometer polymeric production currently has a predominant research focus on morphology and application. In comparison, the sustainability of the manufacture of submicrometer polymeric fibers, specifically the energy efficiency, is less explored. The principles of Green Chemistry and Green Engineering outline frameworks for the manufacture of “greener” products, where the most significant principles in the two frameworks are shown to be centered on energy efficiency, material wastage, and the use of non-hazardous materials. This study examines the power consumption during the production of Polyethylene oxide (PEO) and Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) submicrometer fibers under magnitudes of the key forming parameters to generate fibers via pressure spinning. The energy consumption, along with the fiber diameter, and production rate during the manufacture of fibers is predominantly attributed to the characteristics of polymeric solutions utilized.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | A Global Challenge: Sustainability of Submicrometer PEO and PVP Fiber Production |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1002/gch2.202300152 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1002/gch2.202300152 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2023 The Authors. Global Challenges published by Wiley-VCH GmbH. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | energy consumption, green engineering, manufacture, polymeric fiber, sustainability |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Mechanical Engineering |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10177056 |
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