Convection drying process modeling and simulation study based on tomato
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Paper/Presentation Title | Convection drying process modeling and simulation study based on tomato |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Shahab, Anna (Author), Wen, Peng (Author) and Richard, George (Author) |
Editors | Giannoccaro, Nicola Ivan and Klingajay, Mongkorn |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of RIIT 2009: International Conference on Robotics, Informatics,Intelligence Control Technologies |
Number of Pages | 6 |
Year | 2009 |
Place of Publication | Bangkok, Thailand |
Conference/Event | International Conference on Robotics, Informatics, Intelligence Control System Technology (RIIT 2009) |
Event Details | International Conference on Robotics, Informatics, Intelligence Control System Technology (RIIT 2009) Event Date 11 to end of 14 Dec 2009 Event Location Bangkok, Thailand |
Abstract | Traditionally, temperature is considered as the most important factor in drying processes, and most of the drying processes are governed by temperature control. This study, mainly, focuses on the other two factors, humidity and air flow. The humidity in a dryer can be controlled by the change of exhaust air rate to the dryer. The humidity within the dryer can be held constant through the control of the recirculation rate using a proportional value. The air flow can be changed by fruit packing or dryer structure design. The air speed in laminar flow dryers relies on the fruit spacing to achieve the required air speed. This dependence can be removed through designing dryers that use 'turbulent flow'. Our simulation study shows that a dryer with such a control system can produce fruit that has super quality at a lower cost in a known time frame. |
Keywords | convection drying; modeling and simulation; tomato drying process |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 300408. Crop and pasture post harvest technologies (incl. transportation and storage) |
400799. Control engineering, mechatronics and robotics not elsewhere classified | |
300604. Food packaging, preservation and processing | |
Public Notes | Permanent restricted access to paper due to publisher copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | Faculty of Engineering and Surveying |
Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering |
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