The aim of manufacturing this setup is to investigate the effect of vacuum on drying kinetics of textiles.
![](https://mechateng.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Vacuum-dryer-1024x872.jpg)
The setup consists of mainly: The vacuum chamber, the pneumatic circuit line, the controller, and the chamber internal equipment including heat source, sensors and loadcell.
![](https://mechateng.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/setup_schematic-1024x634.png)
I also tried to understand the process details by developing a simulation in both Comsol and Matlab.
![](https://mechateng.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Vacuum-dryer-Simulation-1024x546.jpg)
The simulation helps to figure out the effect of different parameters on instantaneous drying rate under vacuum.
![](https://mechateng.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/SIN_5965_edited-1024x683.jpg)