A study was conducted to find out the optimum tray load and drier type for the drying of osmosed mango, guava slices and aonla segments. The osmosed slices and segments were dehydrated in a cabinet drier, low temperature drier and vacuum drier with the tray loads of 0.30, 0.35, 0.40 and 0.45 g/cm. On the basis of, correlation and regression analyses performed by using dehydration time (h), drie...

Dielectric-based methods were used to determine nondestructively and simultaneously bulk density and moisture content in shelled peanuts from measurement of their relative complex permittivity at microwave frequencies (7–12 GHz) and 24 C. The first method is based on direct relationships between the two components of the relative complex permittivity (dielectric constant and dielectric loss fac...

T HE effects of oven drying temperature and drying time on whole-kernel, long-grain rough rice moisture content determination were investigated for different moisture content levels ranging from approximately 9 to 22% (w.b.). The results showed that a simplified oven method can be used for rapid moisture measurement with accuracy comparable to that of a standard Association of Official Analytic...

For coal-fired power plants information of the moisture content in the coal is important to determine and control the dynamical behavior of the power plants. E.g. a high moisture content in the coal can result in a decreased maximum load gradient of the plant. In this paper a method for estimating the moisture content of the coal is proposed based on a simple dynamic energy model of a coal mill...

Soil stabilization has become a major issue in construction engineering and the researches regarding the effectiveness of using industrial wastes are rapidly increasing. The present experimental work briefly describes the suitability of the locally available Rice Husk Ash (RHA) to be used in the local construction industry in a way to minimize the amount of waste to be disposed to the environme...

Real-time non-invasive moisture content sensing techniques are needed for online moisture measurement and control in food products. In this investigation, a dielectric spectroscopy based system is used for moisture determination in cookie dough. Experiments were conducted with a concentric ring dielectric sensor in the frequency range from 10 Hz to 10 kHz. The system is calibrated based on a li...

A technique is described for estimating moisture content of small samples of hard red winter wheat (10 to 30 kernels) by impedance measurements at 1 and 4.5 MHz on a parallel-plate capacitor holding the sample between the plates. The measurement system was calibrated by measurements on samples, ranging from 9 to 20% moisture content, wet basis, from three wheat cultivars grown in 1991 and 1992,...

water desorption isotherms of raw and osmotically dehydrated (at 25ºc, for 2 hours, with 10 and 26% nacl solutions) garlic slices at different temperatures (25, 40, 55, and 70ºc) were experimentally determined over a range of water activity of 0.05–0.90 using a static gravimetric method. desorption isotherms can be classified as type iii. the water desorption isotherms of raw garlic clearly sho...

This paper presents the results of an experimental investigation carried out to evaluate the effect of fly ash (FA) on fine sand compaction and its suitability as a material for embankments. The literature review demonstrates the lack of research on stabilization of sandy material using FA. The study is concerned with the role of FA content in stabilized soil physical characteristics. The main ...