Stress and Failure Prediction for the Drying,Tempering, and Cooling of Extruded Durum Semolina

ABSTRACT

This work presents a method to predict the stress and breakage that is caused by the drying of hygros-copic materials. Stresses were predicted for a viscoclasic cylinder with the properties of extruded durum semolina, or pasta noodles. The stresses were calculated as functions of the transient moisture and tem-perature gradients in the material which were predicted for the combined processes of drying, tempering,and cooling. The time and radial position of failure were predicted based on failure data for extruded semolina.

Isotherm data for extruded durum semolina were obtained for temperatures from 40 to 60°C and for relative humidities from 75 to 95%. The results were fit with a modified form of Henderson's equation.Thermal conductivities were measured for temperatures from 30 to 50°C and a moisture range of 12 to 27% (dry basis).

A drying model based on the principles of irreversible thermodynamics; (Fortes, 1978; Fortes and Okos, 1981a, 1981b) was used to successfully predict drying curves for a range of experimental conditions. Transient moisture and temperature profiles were calculated numerically, and a receding evapora-tion front was predicted to exist. Drying was predicted to be a coupled liquid, vapor, and heat transport phenomena.

The drying data were used in a stress analysis of a Maxwell viscoelastic cylinder to predict trends in stress development under various contiitions of combined drying, tempering, and cooling. High temperature-high humidity drying, HTHH, (lOO°C, 65% RH) was compared with low temperature-low humidity drying, LTLH, (53°C, 13% RH). The HTHH drying offered definite advantages in terms of reduced product breakage susceptibility. The reasons for those advantages were increased failure strength and a decreased moisture gradient at the end of drying. In a five-stage drying process, the cooling stage was shown to have a significant impact on the predicted levels of stress and on the strength of the extruded material. Analysis of the model suggested that gradual temperature and humidity transitions from stage to stage in multistage processes were important to product quality.     

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Abstract

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