Flow Rate Base Case

Sample Number Sample 1 Sample 2 Sample 3

Average Fibre Diameter (µm)

Fibre 1 3.915 3.954 5.944
Fibre 2 4.474 5.592 5.155
Fibre 3 5.206 4.292 6.814
Fibre 4 4.424 5.811 5.340 Graph Showing A
Fibre 5 5.125 4.847 3.940 5.4

Fibre Diameter Fibre 6 5.365 4.845 6.017 5.2

(µm) Fibre 7 5.633 2.862 4.277 5.0
Fibre 8 4.315 5.265 4.214 4.8
Fibre 9 3.768 4.913 6.433
4.6
Fibre 10 4.526 4.476 4.684
4.4
Mean Diameter (µm) 4.675 4.686 5.282
Standard Deviation (µm) 0.627 0.855 0.999 4.2
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Flow Rate 1 mL/hr 5 mL/hr

Sample Number Sample 1 Sample 2 Sample 3 Sample 1
Fibre 1 7.167 6.154 5.926 4.989
Fibre 2 4.532 6.924 6.738 3.660
Fibre 3 5.381 5.281 4.377 5.227
Fibre 4 5.094 5.488 4.736 5.284
Fibre 5 4.351 7.813 3.869 5.666
Fibre Diameter Fibre 6 4.785 4.663 7.019 5.334
(µm) Fibre 7 6.270 5.213 4.792 4.212
Fibre 8 5.553 5.381 5.242 4.947
Fibre 9 3.314 6.628 7.247 4.169
Fibre 10 4.687 5.553 5.242 5.376
Mean Diameter (µm) 5.113 5.910 5.519 4.886
Standard Deviation (µm) 1.068 0.957 1.165 0.651

Voltage 8 kV 12 kV
Sample Number Sample 1 Sample 2 Sample 3 Sample 1
Fibre 1 5.222 3.644 4.359 3.269
Fibre 2 3.044 3.354 4.813 3.718
Fibre 3 5.504 4.598 4.778 4.658
Fibre 4 4.351 5.408 4.019 4.531
Fibre 5 5.392 5.077 5.406 4.433
Fibre Diameter Fibre 6 4.269 4.328 4.480 4.828
(µm) Fibre 7 4.222 4.098 4.988 4.255
Fibre Diameter
(µm)
Fibre 8 3.022 4.648 5.147 4.239
Fibre 9 5.327 4.843 4.438 4.793
Fibre 10 4.636 2.867 7.693 4.924
Mean Diameter (µm) 4.499 4.287 5.012 4.365
Standard Deviation (µm) 0.912 0.800 1.026 0.524
 Average Fibre Diameter (µm)

Graph Showing Average Fibre Diameters and Standard Deviations for Base Case
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Sa mple 1 Sample 2 Sampl e 3
Selected Sample Regions for Base Case

5 mL/hr 7 mL/hr
Sample 2 Sample 3 Sample 1 Sample 2 Sample 3
5.060 4.675 2.859 3.814 4.239
4.991 5.006 3.264 3.758 3.952
5.274 3.837 3.393 3.805 3.599
2.823 5.674 3.277 3.494 3.618
4.526 4.750 3.107 3.287 3.013
5.242 5.642 4.094 3.522 3.645 Fibre
Diameter
2.695 5.880 3.277 3.940 4.282 (µm)
6.711 4.778 4.417 4.512 2.994
4.193 4.961 3.304 3.436 4.072
5.394 4.224 5.519 3.585 3.837
4.691 4.943 3.651 3.715 3.725
1.211 0.648 0.804 0.345 0.451

12 kV 20 kV
Sample 2 Sample 3 Sample 1 Sample 2 Sample 3
5.021 4.961 2.595 3.931 2.455
4.234 4.369 5.038 2.874 2.101
4.553 4.339 2.303 5.157 5.242
4.976 4.855 1.049 2.732 4.089
4.621 4.741 4.009 4.555 4.423
3.955 4.961 3.196 1.133 1.619 Fibre
Diameter
4.086 4.684 1.605 4.792 0.873 (µm)
 Fibre
Diameter
(µm)
4.352 4.203 1.484 4.338 4.734
4.531 4.970 3.917 4.190 3.938
5.375 4.227 3.917 4.584 3.642
4.570 4.631 2.911 3.829 3.312
0.446 0.316 1.313 1.228 1.457
 Distance 12 cm 15 cm 18 cm
Sample Number Sample 1 Sample 2 Sample 3 Sample 1 Sample 2 Sample 3 Sample 1 Sample 2
Fibre 1 2.976 5.796 5.659 4.478 5.464 3.528 4.074 4.783
Fibre 2 2.324 6.000 1.090 4.634 4.130 4.874 3.814 3.172
Fibre 3 3.068 1.352 1.541 3.686 2.290 3.860 2.955 1.905
Fibre 4 1.644 1.608 6.139 4.139 4.067 4.467 3.940 3.918
Fibre 5 4.926 1.940 6.139 4.818 4.359 2.637 4.150 3.817
Fibre 6 4.467 5.759 3.053 4.359 4.289 4.459 3.138 2.614
Fibre 7 0.744 4.453 6.430 4.720 4.563 3.931 5.350 4.382
Fibre 8 4.799 6.004 1.969 4.203 5.257 4.584 5.713 4.976
Fibre 9 6.043 5.974 5.922 4.743 4.364 4.439 4.331 3.287
Fibre 10 2.662 6.127 5.871 4.629 4.888 4.333 3.148 2.907
Mean Diameter (µm) 3.365 4.501 4.381 4.441 4.367 4.111 4.061 3.576
Standard Deviation (µm) 1.651 2.039 2.188 0.351 0.867 0.651 0.910 0.981

Concentration 10% 15%

Sample Number Sample 1 Sample 2 Sample 3 Sample 1 Sample 2 Sample 3
Fibre 1 0.445 0.206 0.254 0.536 0.632 0.503
Fibre 2 0.445 0.224 0.348 0.599 0.515 0.705
Fibre 3 0.389 0.200 0.249 0.507 0.522 0.655
Fibre 4 0.303 0.224 0.249 0.802 1.105 0.505
Fibre 5 0.211 0.364 0.222 0.550 0.806 0.747
Fibre 6 0.268 0.361 0.179 0.512 0.652 0.474
Fibre 7 0.222 0.224 0.199 0.601 0.610 0.505
 Fibre 8 0.249 0.316 0.254 0.362 0.403 0.553
Fibre 9 0.222 0.206 0.157 0.498 0.585 0.512
Fibre 10 0.205 0.304 0.254 0.459 0.608 0.653
Mean Diameter (µm) 0.296 0.263 0.237 0.543 0.644 0.581
Standard Deviation (µm) 0.096 0.066 0.053 0.114 0.193 0.099

0.075315 0.142958
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Sample 3
3.185
2.350
3.424
4.499
4.153
3.357
4.479
3.828
3.766
3.754
3.680
0.646
 Flow Rate (mL/hr)

Average Fibre Diameter (µm)

Fibre Sample 1 mL/hr 3 mL/hr 5 mL/hr 7 mL/hr
Sample 1 5.113 4.675 4.886 3.651
Fibre Sample 2 5.910 4.686 4.691 3.715
Diameter Sample 3 5.519 5.282 4.943 3.725 Graph Showing Average Fibre Diameters
(µm) Average 5.514 4.881 4.840 3.697 7.000
6.000
Standard Deviation 1.081 0.861 0.854 0.549
5.000
4.000
3.000
2.000
1.000
0.000
1 mL/hr

Sample 1

Distance (cm)

Average Fibre Diameter (µm)

Fibre Sample 10 cm 12 cm 15 cm 18 cm
Sample 1 4.675 3.365 4.441 4.061
Fibre Sample 2 4.686 4.501 4.367 3.576
Diameter Sample 3 5.282 4.381 4.111 3.680 Graph Showing Average Fibre Diameters
(µm) Average 4.881 4.083 4.306 3.772 6.000

Standard Deviation 0.861 1.972 0.651 0.854 5.000

4.000
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Samp
Average Fibre Diameter (µm)

Voltage
Fibre Sample 8 kV 12 kV 16 kV 20 kV
Sample 1 4.499 4.365 4.675 2.911 Graph Showing Average Fibre D

Fibre Sample 2 4.287 4.570 4.686 3.829 6.000

Diameter Sample 3 5.012 4.631 5.282 3.312 5.000

(µm) 4.000

3.000

2.000

1.000

0.000
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Graph Showing Average Fibre D
6.000
Fibre
Diameter 5.000

(µm) Average 4.599 4.522 4.881 3.351 4.000

3.000
Standard Deviation 0.938 0.438 0.861 1.344
2.000

1.000

0.000
8 kV 12 kV
Voltage (kV)

Sample 1 Sampl e 2 Sa

PS Concentration
Fibre Sample 10% 15% 25%
Sample 1 0.296 0.543 4.675

Average Fibre FIbre Diameter (µm)

Fibre Sample 2 0.263 0.644 4.686
Diameter Sample 3 0.237 0.581 5.282
(µm) Average 0.265 0.589 4.881
Standard Deviation 0.075 0.143 0.861

Graph Showing Average Fibre Diameters

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Flow Rate (mL/hr)

Sampl e 1 Sample 2 Sample 3

Flow Rate (mL/hr)

Avera ge Fibre Di a meter (µm)

Average Fibre Diameter (µm)

Graph Showing Average Fibre Diameter for Each Colle

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Voltage (kV)
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Average Fibre FIbre Diameter (µm)

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Fibre Diameter for Each Solution Flow Rate

3 mL/hr 5 mL/hr 7 mL/hr

Flow Rate (mL/hr)

Fibre Diameter for Each Collector Distance

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Collector Distance (cm)

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