Problem Statement

Tackling the problem of Warping of Tiles during the

drying process Improving the rate of production Cost efficiency

Concepts Used
Restrained Drying Large sized tiles are used for drying which are later cut

into smaller required ones. Hot Air is blown over the tiles to absorb moisture from the tiles

Salient Features
Wire-mesh is used to hold the tiles Heating Coils are used to heat the air

Fan is used to blow the air over the tiles with high

velocity so as to increase the convective heat transfer co-efficient The hot air which absorbs the moisture is recirculated

Dryer Design
Mesh

Frame

Tile

Perspective Views

Top View

Front View

Heat Transfer Calculations-I

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Method No.2- Corrugated Sheets for separation of Tiles

Corrugated sheets (insulator) are used for separation

along with the wired mesh Uniform load distribution is obtained by using corrugated sheets, while allowing air flow over the tiles Thus the possible problem of bending of mesh in the previous case is avoided The rate of drying is slightly lesser than the previous method

Corrugated Sheet

Method of Stacking the Tiles

Heat Transfer Calculations-II

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End Result
Thus here warping can be prevented by restraining the

surfaces of the tiles. Improved method of drying Lesser time per tile Cost of drying increases compared to the current method of drying Improved rate of production as large tiles are used and a no. of them can be stacked at a time.

Assumptions
Here we are assuming the temperature of the hot air

over the tiles as constant We are ignoring the heat losses due the conduction and convection in the wire-meshes Surface Temperature is assumed to be constant