Modeling-Based Control of Electrospinning Process

该赠款为进一步分析和开发静电纺丝过程的控制方法提供资金。这项研究的重点将是控制制造的纳米组装所需的结构和性能，结合高速nanomanufacturing过程。在多射流纳米制造系统中的射流相互作用的基础研究将进行实验。在此分析的基础上，将开发和验证多股射流过程的数值模型。该模型和实验结果将用于开发更好的机电方法的过程控制和电沉积。该GOALI项目将与一家主要制造商合作进行。如果成功，这项研究的结果将导致连续纳米纤维制造方法和过程控制的改进。发展复杂的，耦合模型依赖于丰富的新的测量，利用当代的实验方法将进一步提高我们对静电纺丝过程的基本理解。该项目首次提出的受控高速率纳米制造将对许多行业的现有和新兴公司的工业过程产生重大影响，包括化学，过滤，生物医学，纺织，复合材料，光电子，能源和其他行业，并可能导致全新行业的发展。

This grant provides funding for further analysis and development of methods of control of electrospinning process. The emphasis of this research will be on controlled fabrication of nanofiber assemblies with desired structure and properties, in conjunction with high-rate nanomanufacturing processes. Fundamental studies of jet interactions in the multiple-jet nanomanufacturing systems will be conducted experimentally. Based on this analysis, numerical models of the multiple-jet processes will be developed and validated. The models and experimental results will be used to develop better electromechanical methods of process control and nanofiber deposition. This GOALI project will be conducted in collaboration with a major manufacturer. If successful, the results of this research will lead to improvements in the methods of fabrication of continuous nanofibers and process control. Development of sophisticated, coupled models resting on a wealth of new measurements utilizing contemporary experimental methods will further improve our fundamental understanding of the electrospinning process. Controlled high-rate nanomanufacturing that is addressed in this project for the first time will critically impact industrial processes at the existing and emerging companies in many industries, including chemical, filtration, biomedical, textile, composites, optoelectronics, energy, and other industries, and may lead to the development of entirely new industries.