drying characteristics of quercus were determined experimentally as a function of temperature, air velocity, and variety (quercus persica and quercus libani). in order to estimate and select a suitable drying curve, five different thin layer drying models were fitted to the experimental data. experiments were performed at the air temperatures of 50, 60 and 70°c. at each temperature level, two a...

this paper peresents a mathematical model for the thin layer drying of the viliamz cultivar of soybean. the thin layer drying behaviour of soybean was experimentally investigated and the mathematical modelling performed by using thin layer drying models provided in the literature. experiments were conducted at inlet drying air temperatures of 30, 40, 50, 60 and 70ºc and at a fixed drying air ve...

this paper presents mathematical models of thin layer forced convection solar drying of cuminum cyminum using two drying methods (mixed and indirect) at different operating conditions. the average initial moisture content of the seeds for all tests was about 43% d.b. and the drying was performed continuously, in each test, for a uniform period of 90 minutes drying time in a solar cabinet dryer ...

orange (citrus cinensis) is one of the most important among citrus fruits. the thin layer drying kinetics of orange (thompson variety) slice was here experimentally investigated in a convective dryer and through mathematical modeling and by use of thin layer drying models. drying characteristics of oranges were determined using heated ambient air at temperatures from 40 to 80 °c and velocities ...

rice is one of the most widely human consumed agricultural products. for a prevention or diminishing of rice cracking in its milling process, precision control of drying conditions is indispensable. in this research, a thin layer experimental dryer is employed to obtain paddy’s drying kinetics. drying experiments were conducted at five inlet temperatures of drying air of 30, 40, 50, 60 and 70 °...

rating medicinal plants based on the total number of drug shows that the mint plant species, withgeneral name mentha, among the most consumption herbs that are used in various industries such aspharmaceutical, food, cosmetics and health. drying process, in order to maintain the quality andquantity of essential oil extraction have a great role in the processing medicinal plants. importantaspects...

A fully instrumented air conditioning laboratory unit capable of controlling drying air temperature and humidity integrated with an instantaneous weighing thin layer drying system was used to investigate the thin layer drying behavior and desorption equilibrium moisture content of canola (Brassica napus L.). To this aim, freshly harvested canola samples with moisture content of about 12±0.5% (d...

a fully instrumented air conditioning laboratory unit capable of controlling drying air temperature and humidity integrated with an instantaneous weighing thin layer drying system was used to investigate the thin layer drying behavior and desorption equilibrium moisture content of canola (brassica napus l.). to this aim, freshly harvested canola samples with moisture content of about 12±0.5% (d...

in this research, solar drying of a thin layer of tomato slices was evaluated. the experiments were carried out at the air velocities of 0.5 and 1.0 m s-1 and thicknesses of 3, 5 and 7 mm. in order to find the most suitable form of thin layer drying model, nine different mathematical drying models were fitted to the experimental data to determine the pertinent coefficients of each model. the go...

drying properties of high moisture potato slices with initial moisture content of about 4.06 (db) under thin layer fixed, semi fluidized and fluidized bed conditions were studied. drying air temperatures of 40, 50, 60 and 70°c were applied in experiments using a laboratory fluidized bed convective dryer. in order to predict the drying behavior of potato slices, seven thin layer drying models we...