eprintid: 5138 rev_number: 2 eprint_status: archive userid: 1 dir: disk0/00/00/51/38 datestamp: 2023-11-09 16:16:51 lastmod: 2023-11-09 16:16:51 status_changed: 2023-11-09 16:00:42 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Trinh, T.H. creators_name: KuShaari, K. creators_name: Shuib, A.S. creators_name: Bin Ismail, L. creators_name: Basit, A. creators_name: Azeem, B. title: Modeling the release of urea from coated urea: The constant release stage ispublished: pub keywords: Coatings; Diffusion; Finite element method; Latexes; Thickness measurement; Urea, Coating material; Coating thickness; Comsol multiphysics; Constant release; Controlled-release fertilizers; Effective diffusivities; Release profiles; Standard errors, Metabolism note: cited By 2; Conference of 1st International Conference on Science and Engineering of Materials, ICoSEM 2013 ; Conference Date: 13 November 2013 Through 14 November 2013; Conference Code:106246 abstract: Controlled release fertilizer (CRF) plays an important role in nutrient loss prevention by plants and its utilization enhancement. This study uses multi-diffusion model to simulate the release of urea for two coating materials: modified polyolefin (MPO) and latex film, based on COMSOL Multiphysics software. Effective diffusivity and lag time (t0) are determined based on experimental data. Modeling results well simulate the experimental data of "constant release" stage. Standard error of estimate (SEE) ranges from 0.012 - 0.017 for MPO and 0.0316 for Latex film. The validated model is then utilized to study the effect of coating thickness (l), saturated urea concentration (Csat) and effective diffusivity (De) on the urea release profile. Release time increase with increasing coating thickness or decreasing saturated urea concentration, effective diffusivity. In addition, a change in effective diffusivity does not make significant change in percentage of urea at the end of "constant release" stage. © (2014) Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland. date: 2014 publisher: Trans Tech Publications Ltd official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84904178938&doi=10.4028%2fwww.scientific.net%2fAMR.970.166&partnerID=40&md5=dd1140d1e0dcd9359efa04c4c5e47113 id_number: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.970.166 full_text_status: none publication: Advanced Materials Research volume: 970 place_of_pub: Kuala Lumpur pagerange: 166-171 refereed: TRUE isbn: 9783038350927 issn: 10226680 citation: Trinh, T.H. and KuShaari, K. and Shuib, A.S. and Bin Ismail, L. and Basit, A. and Azeem, B. (2014) Modeling the release of urea from coated urea: The constant release stage. Advanced Materials Research, 970. pp. 166-171. ISSN 10226680