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A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF STEAM DRYING OF SILKWORM COCOONS |
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| Authors: | Chen Shi-Ruo Chen Jin-Yong Arun S. Mujumdar |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Silk Engineering Zhejiang Institute of Silk Textiles , Hangzhou , P.R , 310033 , China;2. Department of Chemical Engineering McGill University , Montreal , H3A 2A7 , Canada |
| Abstract: | ABSTRACT An experimental study was conducted to explore the feasibility of silkworm cocoon drying with superheated steam. The influence of steam drying on the drying kinetics and the technological characteristics of the dried cocoons is discussed. A promising new technology of cocoon drying is suggested to improve cocoon quality and decrease raw cocoon consumption in silk production. |
| Keywords: | two-step drying silk quality reelability pupa drying |