Drying of Fresh and Rewetted Shelled Corn in Microwave Fields |
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| Authors: | Janos Beke Arun S. MUJUMDAR Rensto G. BOSISIO |
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| Affiliation: | 1. University of G?d?ll? Department of Automotive and Thermal Technology , Godollo , Hungary;2. McGill University, Department of Chemical Engineering , Montreal , Canada;3. Universitè du Montrèal, Ecole Polytechnique , Montreal , Canada |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACT Drying of freshly harvested and artificially rewetted yellow dent shelled corn was studied experimentally under microwave conditions. The dehydration rate of rewetted corn was found to be higher than that of freshly harvested corn; the deviation in the dehydration rates was found to be a power law function of the moisture content. under similar conditions, freshly harvested corn has a lower drying rate relative to the rewetted samples. The difference between these drying rates varies by a power law relationship with kernel moisture content. |
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| Keywords: | Dehydration experiments energy of desorption |
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