DRYING OF CHOPPED SPRING ONION USING FLUIDIZATION TECHNIQUE

Abstract

This research investigates several parameters affecting the drying characteristics of chopped spring onion and develops an empirical model for predicting its drying behaviour in a fluidized bed dryer. Experimental results showed that at air temperature of 32 °C and relative humidity of 62 %, the minimum fluidization velocities were approximately 1.36, 1.20, 0.95 and 0.62 m/s at initial moisture contents of 95, 71, 56 and 5% w.b., respectively. Drying air temperature and specific air flow rate were parameters which affected drying rate. Page's model could predict the value closest to the experimental data. The air-product temperature should be kept lower than 53 °C to maintain the acceptable green color of the dried product.     

DRYING OF CHOPPED SPRING ONION USING FLUIDIZATION TECHNIQUE

This research investigates several parameters affecting the drying characteristics of chopped spring onion and develops an empirical model for predicting its drying behaviour in a fluidized bed dryer. Experimental results showed that at air temperature of 32 °C and relative humidity of 62 %, the minimum fluidization velocities were approximately 1.36, 1.20, 0.95 and 0.62 m/s at initial moisture contents of 95, 71, 56 and 5% w.b., respectively. Drying air temperature and specific air flow rate were parameters which affected drying rate. Page's model could predict the value closest to the experimental data. The air-product temperature should be kept lower than 53 °C to maintain the acceptable green color of the dried product.     

AMARANTH GRAIN DRYING IN A FLUIDIZED BED

ABSTRACT

An empirical equation as a function of drying time and temperature was developed to calculate the moisture ratio required Tor balch fluidized bed dryers design for amaranth grain drying

The relative deviations of the moisture ratio values calculated with the proposed equation with regard to the experimental ones ranged between 0.014 and 0.095 for a drying air temperature between 60 and 100 ° C, and a grain initial moisture content between 23.5 and 16.6 % wb.     

EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT METHODS OF DRYING ON THE QUALITY OF OYSTER MUSHROOM (Pleurotus sp)

ABSTRACT

Mushrooms are extremely perishable and have a short shelf life period. To increase the post harvest lives, different methods of drying viz., sun diving, fluidized bed drying and thin layer drying with potassium metabisulphite (KMS) and blanching was done. The quality of mushroom dried in fluidized bed condition at 50°C for 80-120 minutes with 0.5 KMS was found to be superior to other drying methods. Rehydration ratio was also maximum in KMS treated mushroom and no significant difference at higher concentration. The treatment with KMS and blanching reduces the nutritive quality but improves the colour of the mushrooms when compared with sun dried samples. Storage of mushrooms after treatment with KMS at higher concentration (1.5%) reduces the microbial spoilage.     

THE STUDY OF INTERRUPTED DRYING TECHNIQUE FOR ROUGH RICE

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to study the optimum strategy of the interrupted drying technique for rough rice. The effects of interrupted drying on drying rates, cracking enhancement ratios, and the performance of a commercial circulating rice dryer were evaluated. The results indicated that the required interrupted period of grains with moisture of ranging from 18 to 20% was 2 around 3 hours. The interrupted drying technique can significantly increase the drying rate. The dryer performance e.g. fuel-consumption rate, drying rate, and drying time were all affected by interrupting the drying process, as expected.     

THE STUDY OF INTERRUPTED DRYING TECHNIQUE FOR ROUGH RICE

The purpose of this research was to study the optimum strategy of the interrupted drying technique for rough rice. The effects of interrupted drying on drying rates, cracking enhancement ratios, and the performance of a commercial circulating rice dryer were evaluated. The results indicated that the required interrupted period of grains with moisture of ranging from 18 to 20% was 2 around 3 hours. The interrupted drying technique can significantly increase the drying rate. The dryer performance e.g. fuel-consumption rate, drying rate, and drying time were all affected by interrupting the drying process, as expected.     

EFFECT OF TEMPERING ON SUBSEQUENT DRYING OF PADDY USING FLUIDISATION TECHNIQUE

Drying and tempering models for paddy drying by a fluidised bed technique have been developed to describe the moisture movement inside a single paddy kernel. The grain shape was considered as a finite cylinder. The internal diffusion is an important contribution to control the drying rate of paddy. The dependence of effective diffusion coefficient on drying temperature can be adequately explained based on Arrhenius form. The parameters of this equation were evaluated in the range of temperatures between 110°C and 170°C by using the regression analysis with 189 experimental drying data. As compared with no tempering, the faster drying rate can be obtained by tempering treatment between drying stages. The effect of degrees of tempering on determining the moisture reduction in the second stage has also been explored. According to the simulation results, a prediction equation of the required tempering time for the tempering index of 0.95 has been established in which the drying air temperature, initial moisture content and drying time are taken into account. The tempering time for 35 min is recommended for the continuous fluidised bed dryers being operated in rice mills.     

STUDY ON ROUGH RICE FISSURING DURING INTERMITTENT DRYING

Abstract

The Assuring of rough rice during intermittent drying was studied through experimental and numerical methods. The moisture distribution inside the rice kernel during drying and tempering was obtained by diffusion model. The moisture gradients were used to analyze the hydro stresses in the rice kernel during intermittent drying.

Discontinuing the drying process with tempering can decrease the hydro stresses in the rice kernel. Decreased unit drying time or increased intermittent ratio caused decrease of the stresses in the rice kernel during intermittent drying. Less fissured rice was also observed by discontinuing the drying process in the experiments. Higher intermittent ratio or lower unit drying time caused lower percentage of fissured rice in the experiments.     

重质微细碳酸钙干燥方法与实验研究

着重对湿磨后的重质碳酸钙的浆液采用不同的干燥方法和装置进行了干燥实验。对其成品的有关指标和不同的干燥器的特性进行比较,对实际生产和应用有较好的参考价值。     

DRYING OF TOBACCO PARTICLES IN A MOBILISED BED

ABSTRACT

The drying performance of a novel device capable of mobilising a bed of fibrous materials is evaluated. The drying kinetic of the vegetable product used for this work, cut lamina tobacco particles, was determined from fixed bed experiments. A falling-rate period was observed for the entire drying curve. The results showed that the drying rate is controlled by internal mass transfer mechanism for gas superficial velocities above 0.8 m/ s. The proposed model is based on an effective liquid diffusion coefficient that varies with solids temperature according to an Arrhenius-type relationship. Batch drying experiments were carried out in the mobilised bed apparatus under various conditions of inlet air temperature, humidity and flowrate. Assuming perfect mixing and no internal resistance to heat transfer for the solids, the performance of the mobile bed can be predicted using the proposed internal liquid diffusion model     

多层振动流化床干燥器在活性炭干燥中的应用

介绍振动流化床及多层振动流化床干燥器的工作原理和结构及其优点 ,并分析了现有活性炭中生产应用的几种干燥设备的优缺点     

TWO STAGE DRYING OF SYNTHETIC DETERGENTS

A key ingredient in granular synthetic detergents is Sodium Tripolyphosphate (STP). The hexahydrate of STP is unstable during the spray drying process. The decomposition (reversion) is shown to be solely a function of particle temperature. The reversion products interact with calcium ions in the wash water and form insoluble species. This results in undesirable deposition onto the fabrics. The goal of this study is to develop a drying process with lower temperatures to reduce the decomposition. This, in turn, will improve product quality by reducing undesirable fabric deposits.

A two stage drying process is used to reduce the drying temperatures. Experimental evidence is presented to demonstrate the near-elimination of STP decomposition.

The design of a production scale fluid bed dryer uses a ‘normalization’procedure to calculate the rate constants at constant bed temperature from the data taken at constant inlet air temperature. The rate constants are corrleated to bed temperature using an Arrhenius-like equation.     

超临界流体干燥法制备炭气凝胶

以间苯二酚和甲醛为原料, Ca(OH)2为催化剂,经溶胶—凝胶过程得水凝胶 ;以超临界 CO2干燥水凝胶,得到网络间充满气体的固态材料气凝胶,再经高温热解得炭气凝胶。 TEM表征结果显示：气凝胶和炭气凝胶均具有规则的纳米网络结构,网络节点粒径约 10 nm,典型网络孔径小于 50 nm。     

TREATMENT OF POLLEN BY FLUIDIZATION

ABSTRACT

This work is divided into two distinct parts: i) a study of the cleaning of pollen by encrainment with air and determination of the parameters that permit efficient levels of separation; and ii) a consideration of the drying of pollen by fluidization and an assessment of its effect on product quality. The pollen utilized consisted of fresh material, collected from traps in beehives, and characterized in terms of organic and inorganic materials. The physical properties of each of these materials, as well as their respective hydrodynamic behaviour when fuidized, were determined.

Based on a statistical experiment design, it was found that superficial air velocity and pollen inventory in the dryer are major factors that affect cleaning. Results also show that the drying of pollen by fluidization is controlled by transport within the particles and, therefore, temperature was the major factor affecting drying rate and the one which determined product quality.     

THIN LAYER AND DEEP BED DRYING OF LONG GRAIN ROUGH RICE

ABSTRACT

The paper presents new data for thin-layer drying characteristics of Thai long grain rough rice measured under various conditions of drying air temperature (35 to 60?°C), drying air relative humidity (30 to 70 % ) and the initial moisture content of rough rice (20 to 40 % dry basis). Empirical equations were developed using the instantaneous weight, the weight loss and drying time, with temperature, relative humidity and initial moisture content of rough rice as the independent variables. A computer program was developed to simulate the deep-bed drying process. The thin-layer drying equation developed before was used in the computer simulation. Experimental data from the fixed bed dryer were compared with the results from the calculation.     

OSMO-CONVECTIVE DRYING OF GRAPES

In order to reduce browning of grapes during drying, a special drying method was developed and evaluated using a laboratory scale fluidized bed dryer. Fresh Thompson seedless grapes were initially dried by immersion in a fluidized bed of sugar. The mass ratio of grapes to sugar was 1:1. The flow rate of hot air (at 45 and 60^°C) was sufficient to fluidize the sugar bed, while grapes placed on the screen, 3 cm above the drying air distributor, remained generally stationary.

Due to the simultaneous osmotic and convection drying effects, the drying time was reduced by factor ∼1.5 as compared to drying under the similar conditions without added sugar. A special pre-treatment of dipping of grapes in ethyl oleate (2% solution in 0.5% sodium hydroxide) at 80†deg; C for 30 s further reduced the drying time by factor 2 in both cases. The color of osmo-convective dried grapes were comparable to that of sulfur dioxide treated grapes. The texture of osmo-convective dried grapes was more pliable (softer) than convective dried samples. The major problem associated with die osmo-convective drying of grapes on a sugar bed was the stickiness, caused by sugar, on the fruit surface. This was reduced by partially substituting sugar with semolina (maintaining a 1:1 ratio) to create fluidized bed.     

OSMO-CONVECTIVE DRYING OF GRAPES

ABSTRACT

In order to reduce browning of grapes during drying, a special drying method was developed and evaluated using a laboratory scale fluidized bed dryer. Fresh Thompson seedless grapes were initially dried by immersion in a fluidized bed of sugar. The mass ratio of grapes to sugar was 1:1. The flow rate of hot air (at 45 and 60^°C) was sufficient to fluidize the sugar bed, while grapes placed on the screen, 3 cm above the drying air distributor, remained generally stationary.

Due to the simultaneous osmotic and convection drying effects, the drying time was reduced by factor ～1.5 as compared to drying under the similar conditions without added sugar. A special pre-treatment of dipping of grapes in ethyl oleate (2% solution in 0.5% sodium hydroxide) at 80?deg; C for 30 s further reduced the drying time by factor 2 in both cases. The color of osmo-convective dried grapes were comparable to that of sulfur dioxide treated grapes. The texture of osmo-convective dried grapes was more pliable (softer) than convective dried samples. The major problem associated with die osmo-convective drying of grapes on a sugar bed was the stickiness, caused by sugar, on the fruit surface. This was reduced by partially substituting sugar with semolina (maintaining a 1:1 ratio) to create fluidized bed.     

DRYTNG OF PEPPER SEEDS USING A COMBINED MICROWAVE/FLUIDIZED BED DRYER

Abstract

The drying rates curves in terms of moisture content versus elapsed drying time for white pepper seeds were obtained experimentally using a fluidized bed and a combined microwave/fluidized bed. The combined microwave/fluidized bed employs a microwave field to assist convective drying. For both procedures, the drying rates were found to be dependent on the inlet air temperature and velocity. Significantly improved drying rates were achieved utilized a combined microwave/fluidized bed drying compared with a conventional fluidized bed.     

COMPUTER SIMULATION ON INTERMITTENT DRYING OF ROUGH RICE

This study applied a partial differential equation model with newly-developed thin layer equations to simulate batch re-circulating dryers under different drying conditions, which are combinations of four parameters: drying air temperature, drying air absolute humidity, drying period duration, and tempering period duration. The moisture change and the drying rate, which were of particular concern with respect to the simulated data, were investigated. Validation drying tests were carried out in a lab scale re-circulating rice dryer. Two sets of experiment were performed involving different drying parameters to simulate re-circulating rice dryers which are extensively used in Asian countries. Comparing these two experimental data with two simulated drying curves respectively, it revealed they are quite consist with each other under the same drying conditions. Drying air temperature, drying air humidity, drying period duration and tempering period duration significantly influenced the drying rate. Under the same drying condition, the tempering period duration effect was insignificant to the drying rate in drying zone as the drying air humidity or temperature increased. And, a higher initial moisture content obtained higher time and energy efficiency for the re-circulating rice dryers.     

加压流化床煤气化炉衬里材料的选择与烘制

加压流化床煤气化技术是近年来随着洁净煤技术的兴起而发展起来的新一代大型、先进煤气化技术。就加压流化床煤气化炉耐火衬里的特殊要求进行了耐火材料的选型,并根据所选耐火材料特性制定了烘炉工作曲线,并比较了烘炉所需实际燃料气量和估算值,结果表明计算值与实际值吻合较好,并为大型流化床反应器的烘炉工艺制定和实施提供一种理论参考和估算方法。