The cost of drying carpet which is done toward the end of the manufacturing process, is quite high. The carpet industry has been using convection drying for many years. Little attention has been given to quantifying the effect of microwave power during the drying of carpet. An experimental system was developed whereby air was introduced into the cavity of a domestic microwave oven. The resu...

several methods are used to decrease seed drying time and enhance the quality of dried seeds. influidization methods, good aeration occurs during the drying process. in this research, conditioned seedswith 20% d.b. moisture content were dried at 30°, 40°, 50° and 60°c using three bed conditions (fixed,minimum fluidized, fluidized). all experiments were done using a batch-type fluidized bed drye...

Temporal variation in geochemistry can cause changes in microbial community structure and diversity. Here we studied temporal changes of microbial communities in Tengchong hot springs of Yunnan Province, China in response to geochemical variations by using microbial and geochemical data collected in January, June and August of 2011. Greater temporal variations were observed in individual taxa t...

many research studies have been performed on forced convection (active) solar dryers for fruit and vegetables. a short survey of these showed that applying the forced convection solar dryer not only significantly reduced the drying time but also resulted in many improvements in the quality of the dried products. active indirect and mixed-mode thin layer solar drying experiments were conducted o...

A boron isotope study combined with analyses of elemental boron, lithium, and chlorine is used to suggest that brines from the Dead Sea and on-shore hypersaline thermal springs (Hamme Yesha, Hamme Zohar, and Hamme Mazor) are the products of interaction of evaporated seawater with detrital sediments. The high 6”B values of the Dead Sea brines (55.7 to 57.4%0 versus NBS-951) and the hot springs (...

Drying of wild pomegranate seeds was carried out by using various drying methods to evaluate the best and feasible method of drying and to produce a value added product “anardana”. The various drying methods used were vacuum drying, oven drying, sun drying, poly-tent house drying and room drying. The experimental results showed that out of all the drying methods, sun drying method for anardana ...

The Isti Su hot spring is located in southeast of Salmas, in Western Azerbaijan, Iran. The area is a small part of Sanandaj-Sirjan geological zone which hosts many hot springs. The magma chamber of Salmas region is the main heat source of the hot springs in Isti Su area. Abundant rainfall and relatively long duration of snowfall as well as several deep faults in the area create the best conditi...

S. Kondragunta, NOAA/NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research, Camp Springs, MD 20746 [email protected] X. Zhang, ERT Inc., NOAA/NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research, Camp Springs, MD 20746 C. Schmidt, Co-Operative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI R. B. Pierce, NOAA/NESDIS Center for Satellite Applicatio...

In the current climate change scenario, natural spring in region is drying or vanishing, increasing water scarcity. So, to protect this vital resource, rejuvenation and protection activities are needed. Thus, potential zones (SPZ) must be identified execute project successfully. The study used remote sensing (RS) geographical information system (GIS) techniques determine an SPZ based on multicr...

TEMPERATURE PRODUCTS: ANALYZING DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SATELLITE AND IN SITU MEASUREMENTS Yunyue Yu*, Ming Chen, Dan Tarpley, Jeffrey Privette Center for Satellite Applications and Research, NOAA/NESDIS, 5200 Auth Rd., Camp Springs, MD, USA 20746-4304 I. M. Systems Group, Inc., Camp Springs, MD, USA 20746 Short & Associates, Camp Springs, MD, USA 20746 National Climate Data Center, NOAA/NESDIS, Ash...