scholarly journals Mathematical modeling of pequi pulp drying and effective diffusivity determination

Author(s):  
Elisabete P. de Sousa ◽  
Rossana M. F. de Figueirêdo ◽  
Josivanda P. Gomes ◽  
Alexandre J. de M. Queiroz ◽  
Deise S. de Castro ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT The aim of this work was to study the drying kinetics of pequi pulp by convective drying at different conditions of temperature (50, 60, 70 and 80 °C) and thickness (0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 cm) at the air speed of 1.0 m s-1, with no addition of adjuvant. The experimental data of pequi pulp drying kinetics were used to plot drying curves and fitted to the models: Midilli, Page, Henderson & Pabis and Newton. Effective diffusivity was calculated using the Fick’s diffusion model for a flat plate. It was found that, with increasing thickness, the drying time increased and, with increasing temperature, the drying time was reduced. The Midilli model showed the best fit to the experimental data of pequi pulp drying at all temperatures and thicknesses, presenting higher coefficients of determination (R2), indicating that this model satisfactorily represents the pequi pulp drying phenomenon. There was a trend of increase in the effective diffusivity with the increase in pulp layer thickness and temperature.

Author(s):  
Kricelle M. Deamici ◽  
Lucas C. de Oliveira ◽  
Gabriela S. da Rosa ◽  
Elizangela G. de Oliveira

ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to obtain the equilibrium moisture content of grape (variety ‘Tannat’) pomace through desorption isotherms, to evaluate the drying kinetics, determine the coefficient of effective diffusivity and physico-chemically characterize the grape pomace and the product obtained after drying. The desorption isotherms were determined at 50, 60 and 70 ºC and the experimental data were fitted using the GAB model (Gugghenheim, Anderson and de Boer). Drying was evaluated using a 22 factorial experimental design with three center points and effective diffusivity was obtained through the diffusion model of Fick’s second law. The grape pomace was characterized regarding the contents of moisture, protein, carbohydrates, lipids, ash and dietary crude fiber. The obtained isotherms showed sigmoid shape and the experimental data fitted well to the GAB model. The drying curves showed only a decreasing rate period. The effective diffusivity values were within the range for organic materials. Dry grape pomace showed high contents of protein and fiber and can be used in the development of new products, in order to increase the nutritional content and add value to this byproduct.


2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (12) ◽  
pp. 1346-1352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renata C. dos Reis ◽  
Ivano A. Devilla ◽  
Diego P. R. Ascheri ◽  
Ana C. O. Servulo ◽  
Athina B. M. Souza

The objective of this paper was to model the drying curves of the leaves of basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) in the infrared at temperatures of 50, 60, 70 and 80 ºC and to evaluate the influence of drying temperature on the color of dried leaves. Drying was conducted in infrared dryer with temperature and greenhouse air circulation. Experimental data were fitted to eight mathematical models. The magnitude of the coefficient of determination (R²), the mean relative error (P), the estimated mean error (SE) and chisquare test (χ2) were used to verify the degree of fitness of the models. From the study it was concluded that: a) the behavior of the drying curves of basil leaves was similar to most agricultural products, the drying times in the infrared were less than the drying times in an oven with air circulation, b) the mathematical drying model proposed by Midilli et al. (2002) was the one which best adjusted to the experimental data, c) the diffusion coefficient ranged from 9.10 x 10-12 to 2.92 x 10-11 m² s-1 and d) the color of the samples was highly influenced by drying, becoming darker due to loss of chlorophyll with increasing temperature.


Author(s):  
Douglas R. Reis ◽  
Fabrício B. Brum ◽  
Eduardo J. O. Soares ◽  
Jessiana R. Magalhães ◽  
Fabrício S. Silva ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Several types of seeds have been initially used in the food industry due to the great potential that vegetable proteins have. Baru is a fruit commonly found in the Cerrado biome, having a high nutritional value. This paper aimed to determine and analyze the drying kinetics of whole and defatted baru almond flours at different temperatures. The flour resulting from almond milling was defatted using petroleum ether. The drying processes were performed at temperatures of 40, 50 and 60 ºC. The mathematical models of Page, Henderson and Pabis, Midilli & Kucuk, Thompson and Approximation of Diffusion were fitted to the experimental data. The results showed a noticeable effect of air temperature on the drying kinetics of whole and defatted baru almond flours. According to the statistical parameters of analysis, the models Midilli & Kucuk and Page were the ones with the best fits to the experimental data. The effective diffusivity values found ranged from 8.02 × 10–10 to 19.90 × 10–10 m2 s-1 and for the activation energy were 22.39 and 39.37 KJ mol-1 for whole and defatted almonds, respectively.


2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliana M. Silva ◽  
Muriel G. Cantu ◽  
Vera Rodrigues ◽  
Marcio A. Mazutti

AbstractThis work evaluated the effects of osmotic dehydration on convective drying kinetics of figs. It used the experimental design methodology to evaluate the influence of sucrose concentration, temperature and time on the amount of total soluble solids (TSS) and moisture content of the figs. After the osmotic dehydration, it evaluated the convective drying kinetics at temperatures from 55 to 75°C. A mathematical model was employed to fit the experimental data. From the experimental data of the osmotic dehydration, it was seen that the moisture content of the figs after the treatment was closely related to the amount of TSS of the figs. Low moisture content and high TSS content were obtained for a narrow range of independent variables comprised between 55–60°C, 55–63 wt% and 260–280 min for temperature, sucrose concentration and exposure time, respectively. In the convective drying kinetics of the figs, there were no verified significant differences in the final time of drying of non-treated and osmotically dehydrated figs. However, the shrinkage was considerably reduced in the osmotically treated figs. The use of osmotic treatment enables the obtainment of figs softer than the simple use of convective drying without changing the final time of drying.


2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniele Penteado Rosa ◽  
Denis Cantú-Lozano ◽  
Guadalupe Luna-Solano ◽  
Tiago Carregari Polachini ◽  
Javier Telis-Romero

Drying of orange seeds representing waste products from juice processing was studied in the temperatures of 40, 50, 60 and 70 °C and drying velocities of 0.6, 1.0 and 1.4 m/s. Experimental drying kinetics of orange seeds were obtained using a convective air forced dryer. Three thin-layer models: Page model, Lewis model, and the Henderson-Pabis model and the diffusive model were used to predict the drying curves. The Henderson-Pabis and the diffusive models show the best fitting performance and statistical evaluations. Moreover, the temperature dependence on the effective diffusivity followed an Arrhenius relationship, and the activation energies ranging from 16.174 to 16.842 kJ/mol


Author(s):  
Monica Premi ◽  
Harish Sharma ◽  
Ashutosh Upadhyay

Abstract The present study examines the effect of air velocity on drying kinetics of the drumstick leaves in a forced convective dryer. The drumstick leaves were dried in the temperature range of 50–800 C, at different air velocity (Dv) of 0.5 and 1.3 m/s. The results indicated that drying temperature and air velocity are the factors in controlling the drying rate. Experimental data obtained for the samples for color, drying rate and drying time proved that air velocity of 1.3 m/s yielded the product superior in terms of both quality and energy efficiency as compared to the samples at 0.5 m/s. Activation energy for drumstick leaves dried with air velocity, 0.5 and 1.3 m/s was 12.50 and 32.74 kJ/mol respectively. The activation energy relates similarly with the effective moisture diffusivity which also increased with increase in air velocity and temperature.


Author(s):  
Juan A. Cárcel ◽  
Matheus P. Martins ◽  
Edgar J. Cortés ◽  
Carmen Rosselló ◽  
Ramón Peña

The great amount of waste produced by food industry contains interesting bioactive compounds. The extraction of these compounds requires the by-products previous stabilization being the convective drying one of most used techniques to this end. Drying conditions can affect both drying kinetics and final quality of products. The apple skin, byproduct of apple juice or cider industries, is rich in functional compounds such as polyphenols or vitamin C. The main goal of this contribution was to quantify the influence of temperature and ultrasound application in drying kinetics of apple skin. For this purpose, drying experiments at different temperatures (-10, 30, 50 and 70 ºC) and with (20.5 kW/m3) and without application of ultrasound were carried out. Drying kinetics were modelled by using a diffusion based model. As can be expected, the higher the temperature the faster the drying. Ultrasound application accelerated the process at every temperature tested being the influence slightly lower than found from the literature for other products. This can be attributed at the physical structure of the apple skin, less porous than the pulp. In any case, the application of ultrasound significantly reduced the drying time. Keywords: by-products; dehydration;diffusivity; mass transfer


2005 ◽  
Vol 59 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 73-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandar Jokic ◽  
Julianna Gyura ◽  
Zoltan Zavargo ◽  
Ljubinko Levic

Different authors have investigated hot air drying of sugar beet pulp, but no data on drying kinetics can be found in the literature. The aim of this study was to find suitable model for drying kinetics of sugar beet pulp. Of all models applied to drying curves, the best results were obtained for logarithmic equation. Also it was found that pressing of sugar beet pulp reduces time needed for drying by 10%, without any change in drying kinetics or any significant influence on coefficient of rehydration ratio.


Respuestas ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yesenia Campo-Vera ◽  
Mauricio Eduardo Contreras ◽  
Sandra Liliana Flórez ◽  
Lucero Villamizar

The use of ultrasound in food processing has increased in the last decade due to the reduction in times, temperatures, microbial and enzymatic inactivation, extraction of components of great interest to different industries; without altering or modifying its nutritional or organoleptic value during the transformation processes of raw materials into products with added value. Considering itself, a green technology by not causing a negative impact on the environment. In this work, the effect of US pretreatment (40KHz/130W/30°C /10, 20 and 30 min) on convective drying at 60°C / 2m / s of banana (musa paradisiaca) was evaluated. A diffusion model was used to describe the drying kinetics and to quantify the influence of the US on the effective diffusivity of water. Observing that the US significantly increased (p> 0.05) the drying speed in all the samples treated with an average reduction of 31% in the drying time with respect to the control treatment; reaching a weight loss of 77% with respect to the initial weight (3.8 to 0.9 g.). The exponential model is the most adequate to predict the experimental curves of banana drying and showed that the application of US increased both the effective diffusivity and the mass transfer coefficient, as corroborated by the values of the explained variance of 98.5 a 99.3%.


2020 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valdiney Cambuy Siqueira ◽  
Rafael Araújo Leite ◽  
Geraldo Acácio Mabasso ◽  
Elton Aparecido Siqueira Martins ◽  
Wellytton Darci Quequeto ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Buckwheat has become important in the food sector as its flour does not contain gluten. Since buckwheat is a relatively new crop in the agricultural environment, there is little information available regarding its processing. Drying is one of the most important post-harvest stages of buckwheat. The aim of the present study was to describe the drying process of buckwheat grains. Buckwheat grains with a moisture content of 0.41 ± 0.01 (dry basis, d.b.) were harvested, followed by drying in an experimental dryer at the temperatures of 40, 50, 60, 70, and 80 °C, at an air speed of 0.8 m s-1. The drying rate was determined, and the mathematical models generally employed to describe the drying process of several agricultural products were fitted to the experimentally obtained data. Model selection was based on the Gauss-Newton non-linear regression method and was complemented by Akaike Information Criterion and Schwarz’s Bayesian Information Criterion. It was concluded that the drying rate increased with an increase in temperature and decreased with an increase in drying time. It is recommended to use the Midilli model to represent the drying kinetics of buckwheat grains at the temperatures of 40, 60, and 70 °C, while the Approximation of diffusion model is recommended for the temperatures of 50 and 80 °C. The magnitudes of effective diffusion coefficients ranged from 1.8990 × 10-11 m2 s-1 to 17.8831 × 10-11 m2 s-1. The activation energy required to initiate the drying process was determined to be 49.75 kJ mol-1.


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