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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2012
Ut-battelle, Llc, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Beth L. Armstrong, Clinton, TN (US);
Claus Daniel, Knoxville, TN (US);
Jane Y. Howe, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
James O. Kiggans, Jr., Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Adrian S. Sabau, Knoxville, TN (US);
David L. Wood, III, Knoxville, TN (US);
Sergiy Kalnaus, Knoxville, TN (US);
UT-BATTELLE, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Abstract
A method of drying casted slurries that includes calculating drying conditions from an experimental model for a cast slurry and forming a cast film. An infrared heating probe is positioned on one side of the casted slurry and a thermal probe is positioned on an opposing side of the casted slurry. The infrared heating probe may control the temperature of the casted slurry during drying. The casted slurry may be observed with an optical microscope, while applying the drying conditions from the experimental model. Observing the casted slurry includes detecting the incidence of micro-structural changes in the casted slurry during drying to determine if the drying conditions from the experimental model are optimal.