Drying Process Modelling for Heavy Clay Products Using a New Thin Layer Drying Model

2013 ◽  
Vol 371 ◽  
pp. 323-327
Author(s):  
Miloš Vasić ◽  
Zagorka Radojević

Drying results, determined on samples made of masonry clay from the locality "Banatski Karlovac", are presented in this study. Experimental investigations were carried out in a laboratory recirculation dryer in which drying parameters (humidity, temperature, and velocity) could be programmed, controlled and monitored during drying process. Several mathematical models were used for drying process modelling. New semi-theoretical thin layer drying model, for heavy clay products, was developed and presented in this study. It represents a modification of Page's and logarithm's thin layer drying models. Results presented in this study have shown that new thin layer drying model describes and correlates the best experimentally determined drying process.

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luqman Ebow Ibn Daud ◽  
Isaac Nyambe Simate

As a means of adding value to pineapple production and minimising post-harvest losses, sliced pineapples were dried using a Solar Conduction Dryer (SCD) and appropriate thin layer drying models to predict drying were developed whilst the performance of the SCD was also investigated. For the period of the experiment, ambient temperature and temperature in the dryer ranged from 24 to 37 °C and 25 to 46 ℃ respectively. The performance of the dryer was compared to open sun drying using pineapple slices of 3-5 mm in thickness where the slices were reduced from an average moisture content of 85.42 % (w.b.) to 12.23 % (w.b.) by the SCD and to 51.51 % (w.b.) by the open sun drying in 8 hours effective drying time. Pineapple slices of thicknesses 3 mm, 5 mm, 7 mm and 10 mm were simultaneously dried in the four drying chambers of the SCD and their drying curves simulated with twelve thin layer drying models. The Middilli model was found as the best fitted thin layer drying model for sliced pineapples. The optimum fraction of drying tray area that should be loaded with pineapples was also investigated by simultaneously loading 7 mm slices of pineapples at 50, 75, and 100 percent of drying tray area. Loading the slices at 50, 75 and 100 percent of drying tray area gave overall thermal efficiencies of 23, 32 and 44 percent, respectively, hence loading pineapple slices at 100 percent drying tray area was recommended as the best.


Processes ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 118
Author(s):  
Sencer Buzrul

Modeling the thin-layer drying of foods is based on describing the moisture ratio versus time data by using a suitable mathematical model or models. Several models were proposed for this purpose and almost all studies were related to the application of these models to the data, a comparison and selecting the best-fitted model. A careful inspection of the existing drying data in literature revealed that there are only a limited number of curves and, therefore, the use of some models, especially the complex ones and the ones that require a transformation of the data, should be avoided. These were listed based on evidence with the use of both synthetic and published drying data. Moreover, the use of some models were encouraged, again based on evidence. Eventually, some suggestions were given to the researchers who plan to use mathematical models for their drying studies. These will help to reduce the time of the analyses and will also avoid the arbitrary usage of the models.


2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-73
Author(s):  
Gede Arda ◽  
P.K. Diah Kencana ◽  
IBP. Gunadnya ◽  
Ni Luh Yulianti

Abstrak. Rebung bambu tabah (Gigantochloa nigrociliata KURZ) merupakan produk khas daerah Pupuan, Tabanan, Bali yang mempunyai potensi untuk dikembangkan sebagai produk yang bernilai ekonomis. Kajian awal proses pengeringan rebung untuk meningkatkan umur simpan rebung bambu Tabah dilakukan pada penelitian ini. Kurva laju pengeringan rebung bambu Tabah memberikan informasi penting untuk proses pengeringan. Oleh karena itu, tujuan penelitian ini adalah mempelajari karakteristik laju pengeringan rebung bambu Tabah melalui aplikasi model pengeringan lapisan tipis. Rebung bambu Tabah yang dibelah menjadi dua dan empat bagian dikeringkan pada suhu 50oC, 60oC, dan 70oC. Perubahan kadar air setiap saat kemudian dimodelkan dengan model Newton dan Page. Kesesuaian model yang digunakan dievaluasi dengan menentukan nilai koefisien determinasi (r2) dan RMSE dari model. Hasil menunjukkan bahwa model Page lebih baik digunakan untuk memodelkan pengeringan rebung bambu Tabah pada semua perlakuan. Model Newton menunjukkan ketidaksesuaian yang sangat tinggi pada suhu 50oC namun kesesuaiannya meningkat pada suhu yang lain.  Thin Layer Drying Model of Bamboo Shoots “Tabah” (Gigantochloa nigrociliata KURZ) Abstract. Bamboo shoots Tabah (Gigantochloa nigrociliata KURZ) is a unique product of Pupuan District, Tabanan, Bali which is potent to be developed as highly value product. Preliminary study of the bamboo shoots drying to enhance its storage life was conducted in this research. Bamboo shoots Tabah’s drying rate curve give an important information for its drying process. Therefore, the aim of this research was to study the characteristics of bamboo shoots Tabah drying by applying thin layer drying models. Bamboo shoots split into two and four pieces were dried under drying air temperatures 50oC, 60oC, and 70oC. Instantaneous moisture content of the shoots are modeled by Newton and Page model. The goodness of the models were evaluated by determining its coefficient of determination (r2) and RMSE. The results showed that Page model was better to model the bamboo shoots Tabah drying process on all drying treatments. The Newton Model indicated the worst fit on drying air temperature 50oC while showed better fit on other temperatures.


2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamil Neyfel Çerçi ◽  
Özge Sufer

In this study, the dehydration behavior of zucchini using solar assisted drying system was examined according to 22 thin layer drying models available in literature. The correlation coefficient (R2), chi-square (χ2) and root mean square error (RMSE) values were calculated to check the suitability of models by non-linear regression analysis. It was found that Cubic and Modified Midilli-1 models were the most suitable equations and their R2 values were calculated as 0.99963. χ2 and RMSE values of related mathematical expressions were 1.89343×10‒5, 1.91692×10‒5 and 0.01685×10‒3, 0.01721×10‒3 respectively. In addition, heat transfer, mass transfer and diffusion coefficients, which were important parameters in design of drying systems were also determined as 5.18124 W/m2°C, 1.57129×10‒7 m/s and 2.335718×10‒9 m2/s respectively.


2007 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. P. Sobukola ◽  
O. U. Dairo ◽  
L. O. Sanni ◽  
A. V. Odunewu ◽  
B. O. Fafiolu

Open sun drying experiments in thin layers of crain-crain (CC), fever (FV) and bitter (BT) leaves grown in Abeokuta, Nigeria were conducted. The drying process took place in the falling rate period and no constant rate period was observed from the drying curves. Eight thin layer mathematical drying models were compared using the multiple determination coefficients (R2), reduced chi-square (χ2) and root mean square error (RMSE) between the observed and predicted moisture ratios. Accordingly, Midilli et al. model satisfactorily described the drying curves of the three leaves with R2 of 0.9980, χ2 of 2.0×10-4 and RMSE of 1.09×10-2 for CC leaves; R2 of 0.9999, χ2 of 2×10-6 and RMSE of 1.11×10-3 for FV leaves; and R2 of 0.9998, χ2 of 1.9×10-5 and RMSE of 3.3×10-3 for BT leaves. The effective diffusivity was found to be 52.91×10-10, 48.72×10-10 and 43.42×10-10 m2/s for CC, BT and FV leaves, respectively.


Author(s):  
A. Stegou-Sagia ◽  
D. V. Fragkou

In the present research, experimental data from several studies about drying behavior of mushrooms have been selected and used to compare different drying methods and different mathematical thin layer drying models to simulate mushroom drying rates. The white button (Agaricus Bisporus), the oyster (Pleurotus Ostreatus) and the milky mushroom slices have been considered for drying in different dryers such as hot air cabinet dryer and fluidized bed dryer with different slice thicknesses, drying air temperatures (45 °C to 90 °C) and drying air velocities (0.2 m/s to 5 m/s). The entire drying process has taken place in the falling rate period, assuming that internal mass transfer occurred by diffusion in mushroom slices. The study shows that the drying air temperature and the drying air velocity have an effect on the moisture removal from mushrooms and also on the drying time. Mathematical models have been proved to be useful for design and analysis of heat and mass transfer during drying processes. All the drying models considered in this study could adequately represent the thin layer drying behavior of mushrooms. Furthermore, as it is obvious, any type of mushrooms has its own most suitable model.


2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 169-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitrios A. Tzempelikos ◽  
Alexandros P. Vouros ◽  
Achilleas V. Bardakas ◽  
Andronikos E. Filios ◽  
Dionissios P. Margaris

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (No. 2) ◽  
pp. 128-134
Author(s):  
Osman Yağız Turan ◽  
Ebru Fıratlıgil

Fruit and vegetable dehydration has been extensively studied for the improvement of food preservation. Effects of drying temperature on the drying kinetics of thyme were investigated and a suitable drying model was obtained to describe the drying process. Drying behaviour of thyme leaves at temperatures of 50, 60, 70 and 80°C was determined by using a conventional drying oven, and moisture ratio and drying rates were calculated. Four different thin layer drying models, namely Lewis, Henderson and Pabis, Page, and logarithmic models, were used to fit the experimental moisture ratio data. Three statistical parameters: coefficient of determination (R<sup>2</sup>), chi-square (χ<sup>2</sup>) and root mean square error (RMSE) were used to compare the goodness of fit of the drying models. Logarithmic model and Page model give the best description of the drying process kinetics of thyme leaves by comparing the experimental values and predicted values.


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