Drying Kinetics of Tomato by Using Electric Resistance and Heat Pump Dryers

Abstract

Drying kinetics of tomato was studied by using heat pump dryer (HPD) and electric resistance dryers with parallel and crossed airflow. The performance of both systems was evaluated and compared and the influence of temperature, air velocity, and tomato type on the drying kinetics was analyzed. The use of HPD showed to be adequate in the drying process of tomatoes, mainly in relation to the conversion rate of electric energy into thermal energy. The heat pump effective coefficient of performance (COP_HT,EF) was between 2.56 and 2.68, with an energy economy of about 40% when compared to the drying system with electric resistance. The Page model could be used to predict drying time of tomato and statistical analysis showed that the model parameters were mainly affected by drying temperature.     

Effects of Component Arrangement and Ambient and Drying Conditions on the Performance of Heat Pump Dryers

Performances of five heat pump dryer (HPD) configurations were studied by computer simulation. The component arrangement covers the fully open, the partially open, and the fully closed systems with external condenser or external cooler. The HPD performance was investigated for high and low drying rate and within the ambient temperature range of 20°C to 40°C. The best operating mode of the HPD depends on both drying rate and ambient condition. For the case of tropical climate and high drying rate, the partially open system is the optimum operating mode in general, except at some particular conditions where the fully open and fully closed systems are recommended. However, the operation for the low drying rate is more complicated, as the optimum configuration is sensitive to the change of ambient temperature.     

热泵干燥装置的应用和发展分析

在简要介绍热泵干燥装置基本结构和工作原理的基础上，对热泵干燥装置的特点、市场拓展、应用与推广中的主要问题和解决思路、技术发展等进行了较全面的分析，为科学地把握和应用热泵干燥技术提供了较好的参考。     

Low-Temperature Drying Using a Versatile Heat Pump Dehumidifier

A drying system incorporating a commercial 2.3 kW heat pump dehumidifier was designed and constructed. The HPD was equipped with an external water-cooled condenser that rejected excess heat out of the system. The design of the system allowed for conducting drying with recirculation of air as well as use of electrical heaters. In an open mode, the drying could be carried out simultaneously with room dehumidification and water heating in the secondary condenser. Drying experiments were conducted with apple and comparisons were made between HPD assisted drying (partial and complete) and hot air drying (at 45 and 65°C). The HPD dried fruit exhibited better rehydration properties than the hot air dried samples. Water activity of the HPD dried samples was noticeably lower than that of the hot air dried samples at the same water content, indicating that the residual moisture was probably held under higher tension in the former. In terms of energy consumption, the process of HPD assisted drying is more expensive as much of the energy input is rejected at the secondary condenser as excess heat.     

Drying Kinetics of Tomato Slices in Vacuum Assisted Solar and Open Sun Drying Methods

A lab model vacuum-assisted solar dryer was developed to study the drying kinetics of tomato slices (4, 6, and 8 mm thicknesses) compared with open sun drying under the weather conditions of Montreal, Canada. The drying study showed that the time taken for drying of tomato slices of 4, 6, and 8 mm thicknesses from the initial moisture content of 94.0% to the final moisture content of around 11.5 ± 0.5% (w.b.) was 360, 480, and 600 min in vacuum-assisted solar dryer and 450, 600, and 750 min in open sun drying, respectively. During drying, it was observed that the temperature inside the vacuum chamber was increased to 48°C when the maximum ambient temperature was only 30°C. The quality of tomato slices dried under vacuum-assisted solar dryer was of superior quality in terms of color retention and rehydration ratio. The drying kinetics using thin-layer drying models and the influence of weather parameters such as ambient air temperature, relative humidity, solar insolation, and wind velocity on drying of tomato slices were evaluated.     

热泵干燥装置的特性方程及其应用分析

以应用最广泛的封闭式热泵干燥装置为例,建立了其SMER计算方程。在此基础上,对SMER随干燥器进口空气温度、干燥器出口空气温度和蒸发器出口空气温度而变化的规律进行了计算和分析。结果表明,其他两个参数一定时,SMER随干燥器出口空气温度上升而降低,随蒸发器出口空气温度上升而增加,但当干燥器进口空气温度取适宜值时,SMER存在最大值。     

低温热泵干燥装置的技术方案分析

低温热泵干燥装置在化学品、食品、药品、农副产品的干燥中具有广泛需要。给出了基本型、真空型和吸附剂型三类低温热泵干燥装置,对其结构、工作原理和特性进行了简要分析。分析表明,在初投资方面,基本型最低,真空型最高;在能源效率方面,真空型最高,基本型最低;吸附剂型在初投资和能源效率方面均居中。上述工作可为低温热泵干燥装置的设计提供较好的参考。     

Calculation Steps for the Design of Different Components of Heat Pump Dryers Under Constant Drying Rate Condition

Heat pump–assisted dryers are an alternative method for drying heat-sensitive food products at low temperature and less relative humidity with lower energy consumption. The mathematical models of a heat pump dryer consist of three submodels; namely, drying models, heat pump models, and performance models. Heat and mass balance of both refrigerant and air circuits in all components of the system are used for development of mathematical models. The models are used for design of different components of heat pump dryers operating under constant drying rate condition. A simple stepwise design procedure for batch-type, closed-loop heat pump dryer is also presented.     

Advanced Exergy Analysis of a Heat Pump Drying System Used in Food Drying

Exergy analysis has been used as a powerful tool to study and optimize various types of energy systems. However, the methodology of splitting the exergy destructions (the so-called advanced exergy analysis) allows for a further understanding of the exergy destruction values to improve the system efficiency. In this study, advanced exergy analysis was applied to a pilot-scale heat pump drying system used in food drying for the first time to evaluate its performance at different drying temperatures. The results showed that inefficiencies within the compressor and condenser were mainly due to the internal operating conditions and the efficiencies in the evaporator and heat recovery system could be improved by structural improvements of the whole system and remaining system components.     

利用太阳能和高温热泵的城市污泥热干化系统技术研究

太阳能是取之不尽的能源，高温双热源热泵也是节能型产品，节能率比普通热泵高70％。所以将太阳能与热泵组合作为热源对城市污泥进行热干化，热干化的污泥可以作为燃料进行焚烧，具有极大的应用潜力。介绍了利用太阳能和热泵作为热源，利用干燥机对城市污泥进行热干化的系统结构、工作原理和实验研究。该系统也可应用于干燥其它物料，如食品、药材等。     

Heat and Moisture Transfer Model for Onion Drying

Onion slices of 3 mm thick were dried in an atmospheric batch tray dryer in order to investigate the influence of air temperature and drying time on parameters such as sample moisture content and drying rate. A model is proposed which takes into account both moisture and temperature distributions in the sample and is in a fair agreement with the experimental data. The models suggested so far by other workers take only the moisture distributions into account for onion drying.     

Heat and Moisture Transfer Model for Onion Drying

Abstract

Onion slices of 3 mm thick were dried in an atmospheric batch tray dryer in order to investigate the influence of air temperature and drying time on parameters such as sample moisture content and drying rate. A model is proposed which takes into account both moisture and temperature distributions in the sample and is in a fair agreement with the experimental data. The models suggested so far by other workers take only the moisture distributions into account for onion drying.     

Drying Kinetics and Color Retention of Dehydrated Rosehips

Freshly harvested rosehips (Rosa canina L.) were dehydrated in a parallel flow type air dryer at six air temperatures (30, 40, 50, 60, and 70°C) at air velocities of 0.5, 1.0, and 1.5 m/s. Drying air temperature and velocity significantly influenced drying time and energy requirement. Minimum and maximum energy requirement for drying of rosehips were determined as 6.69 kWh/kg for 70°C at 0.5 m/s, and 42.46 kWh/kg for 50°C, 1.5 m/s. In order to reduce drying energy consumption, it is recommended that the drying air velocity must not be more than 0.5 m/s and drying air temperature should be 70°C. In addition, the influence of drying air temperature and air velocity on the color of dried rosehip has been studied. Hunter L, a, b values were used to evaluate changes in the total color difference (ΔE) on dried rosehips. 70°C drying air temperature and 1 m/s air velocity were found to yield better quality product.     

Drying Kinetics and Color Retention of Dehydrated Rosehips

Abstract

Freshly harvested rosehips (Rosa canina L.) were dehydrated in a parallel flow type air dryer at six air temperatures (30, 40, 50, 60, and 70°C) at air velocities of 0.5, 1.0, and 1.5 m/s. Drying air temperature and velocity significantly influenced drying time and energy requirement. Minimum and maximum energy requirement for drying of rosehips were determined as 6.69 kWh/kg for 70°C at 0.5 m/s, and 42.46 kWh/kg for 50°C, 1.5 m/s. In order to reduce drying energy consumption, it is recommended that the drying air velocity must not be more than 0.5 m/s and drying air temperature should be 70°C. In addition, the influence of drying air temperature and air velocity on the color of dried rosehip has been studied. Hunter L, a, b values were used to evaluate changes in the total color difference (ΔE) on dried rosehips. 70°C drying air temperature and 1 m/s air velocity were found to yield better quality product.     

香蕉片热泵干燥过程动力学模型研究

利用自制的热泵干燥设备,选择加热温度为45℃、风速为1．0m／s、物料厚度为3mm条件下的热泵干燥香蕉切片试验数据作为实测值样本。基于Matlab软件,利用高斯一牛顿算法,对传统干燥模型进行非线性最小二乘数据拟合求解,确定干燥系数。通过决定系数（R＇）、卡方差（x^2）、平均相对偏差（MBE）和均方根误差（RMSE）等拟合优度评价指标对7种干燥模型进行评价。结果表明,HendersonandPabiS模型的理论值和实测值吻合良好,能够很好地预测和控制香蕉切片热泵干燥过程的水分比变化规律。     

内加热式热泵干燥装置的设计

内加热式热泵干燥装置通过导热加热方式提供物料中水分气化所需热能,可获得较高的能源效率和除湿能耗比。在介绍内加热式热泵干燥装置基本结构和工作过程的基础上,给出了其物料衡算、能量衡算和主要部件选型参数的计算公式,为内加热式热泵干燥装置的设计提供了较好的参考。     

内加热式热泵干燥装置的结构与性能分析

内加热式热泵干燥装置可提高干燥器出口空气的温度和相对湿度,增加空气从物料中吸纳水蒸气的能力。介绍了内加热式热泵干燥装置的结构和工作原理,建立了其SMER计算方程,并对干燥器进口空气温度、干燥器出口空气温度和相对湿度、除湿器出口空气温度对SMER的影响进行了计算和分析。     

Analysis of the Drying Kinetics of Brachiaria brizantha (Hochst. Stapf) Grass Seeds at Different Drying Modes

Forage grass seeds have a high economical importance in the Brazilian bovine cattle breeding and seed drying is a fundamental stage of processing to guarantee their stability and allow their storage for long periods. In this context, the objective of this work was to develop a pilot-scale belt dryer, which operates also as a fixed and fluidized bed. Brachiaria brizantha seeds dehydration was analyzed under different air velocities and temperatures. Experimental data of moisture content variation along the drying time was successfully fit to a one-term exponential model. The experimental drying rate points were calculated by approximating the derivatives to finite differences. Its behavior was accomplished fitting curves of the drying rate versus water content and time. Finally, fissure, germination, and vigor rates were analyzed as a function of the drying conditions so that the experimental conditions combine the best process efficiency with the best physiological quality maintenance.     

Transcritical CO2 Heat Pump Dryer: Part 1. Mathematical Model and Simulation

In this study, a mathematical model and simulation code has been developed to investigate the performance of a transcritical CO₂ heat pump dryer. The model takes into account detailed heat and mass transfer and pressure drop phenomena occurring in each component of the system. To take care of the variable heat transfer properties, the heat exchanger components were divided into several infinitesimal segments to examine the state, heat and mass balance and pressure drop for both refrigerant and air, and hence accurate results are expected. In Part 2 of the article, the model developed has been validated with experimental data and then the model was used to investigate effects of important operating parameters on the performance.     

Drying Characteristics of Barley Grain Dried in a Spouted-Bed and Combined IR-Convection Dryers

A study was performed to determine the drying characteristics and quality of barley grain dried in a laboratory scale spouted-bed dryer at 30, 35, 40, and 45°C and an inlet air velocity of 23 m/s^-1, and in an IR-convection dryer under an infrared radiation intensity of 0.048, 0.061, 0.073, and 0.107 W cm^-2 at an air velocity of 0.5 m/s^-1. The results show that the first, relatively short, phase of a sharp decrease in the drying rate was followed by the phase of a slow decrease. The time of barley drying depended on temperature of inlet air in a spouted-bed dryer and on radiation intensities in an IR-convection dryer. Barley drying at 45°C in a spouted-bed dryer was accompanied by the lowest total energy consumption. The average specific energy consumption was lower and the average efficiency of drying was higher for drying in a spouted-bed dryer. The effective diffusivities were in the range 2.20-4.52 × 10^-11 m² s^-1 and 3.04-4.79 × 10^-11 m²/s^-1 for barley dried in a spouted-bed and in an IR-convection dryer, respectively. There were no significant differences in kernel germination energy and capacity between the two drying methods tested.