The effect of melt viscosity on thermal efficiency for single screw extrusion of HDPE
- Submitting institution
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The University of Bradford
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 11
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.cherd.2013.12.025
- Title of journal
- Chemical Engineering Research and Design
- Article number
- -
- First page
- 2404
- Volume
- 92
- Issue
- 11
- ISSN
- 0263-8762
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- -
- Year of publication
- 2014
- URL
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0263876213005431?via%3Dihub
- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
- -
- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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9
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- Multidisciplinary collaborative research with Queen’s University Belfast considering industrial scale polymer extrusion, responsible for substantial energy usage worldwide (representing 29% of the total plastics demand in Europe in 2011). Industrial scale extruders in conjunction with novel characterisation techniques unique to Bradford provided data used to understand and model polymer extrusion; international consultants to SMEs and multinational processors used these results in training courses. Impact on energy usage and process variability/quality permits decisions to be made to positively affect energy costs and usage, related to climate change and industrial waste targets. Funded by EPSRC (EP/G059330/1), led to 2 further papers.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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