High-velocity convective and radiative drying of an optical fibre coated
with an aqueous polymeric suspension is considered. This study is divided
into two parts: drying is first experimentally tested using a
semi-industrial device, then a heat and mass transfer model between the
fibre and its environment is proposed and discretised. The comparison of
experimental and numerical results consolidates the assumptions of the
present model and thus allows to consider it in future to dimension an
industrial coating-drying process.