China Plastics ›› 2025, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (2): 45-53.DOI: 10.19491/j.issn.1001-9278.2025.02.009

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Analytic solution of heat⁃transfer model in rotomolding process

WEN Yuan(), GUO Deyu   

  1. Zhejiang Rotoun Plastic Technology Corp,Ningbo 315323,China
  • Received:2024-05-05 Online:2025-02-26 Published:2025-02-27

Abstract:

In this study, a heat transfer model was established for an electric heating rolling machine, and a law of energy conservation per unit time was used to establish and solve analytical solutions for the air temperature inside the furnace, mold temperature, material temperature, and mold air temperature. This analytical solution is a specific set of solutions for a sixth order homogeneous constant coefficient differential equation in the heating section, and a specific set of solutions for a third order homogeneous constant coefficient differential equation in the cooling section. These solutions could be easily obtained through matrix calculation. The analytical solution was validated through experiments, and the results indicated a high degree of agreement between the calculated and measured values. The calculation accuracy of the air temperature inside the mold was 97.51 %, and the calculation accuracy of the air temperature inside the furnace was 98.02 %. The simulation calculation results of material temperature do not support the existing powder deposition theory. The use of in⁃mold temperature curves as a quality control method in engineering has some limitations.

Key words: rotational molding, heat transfer model, analytical solution

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