Professional Documents
Culture Documents
7-2
DRYING TESTS WITH A
FOODSTUFF
ERCILLE MAE O PACAMO
SEPTEMBER 9 2014
PROBLEM
IN ORDER TO TEST THE FEASIBILITY OF DRYING A
CERTAIN FOODSTUFF, DRYING DATA WERE OBTAINED
IN A TRAY DRYER WITH AIR FLOW OVER THE TOP
EXPOSED SURFACE HAVING AN AREA OF 0.186 M2 .
THE BONE-DRY SAMPLE WEIGHT WAS 3.765 KG DRY
SOLID. AT EQUILBRIUM AFTER A LONG PERIOD, THE
WET SAMPLE WEIGHT WAS 3.955 KG H2O + SOLID.
HENCE, 3.955-3.765, OR 0.190 KG OF EQUILIBRIUM
PROBLEM
THE FOLLOWING SAMPLE WEIGHTS VERSUS TIME WERE
OBTAINED IN THE DRYING TEST.
GIVEN
A= 0.186 M2
WS = LS =3.765 KG DRY SOLID
EQUILIBRIUM MOISTURE= 0.190 KG H20
REQUIRED
A. CALCULATE THE FREE MOISTURE CONTENT X KG
H20/KG DRY SOLID FOR EACH DATA POINT AND PLOT X
VERSUS TIME
B. MEASURE THE SLOPES, CALCULATE THE DRYING
RATES R IN KG H20/HM2
C. USING THIS DRYING RATE CURVE, PREDICT THE TOTAL
TIME TO DRY THE SAMPLE FROM X=0.20 TO X=0.04.
USE GRAPHICAL INTERGRATION FOR THE FALLINGRATE PERIOD. WHAT IS THE DRYING RATE RC IN THE
CONSTANT-RATE PERIOD AND XC ?
SOLUTION
SOLUTION
hrs
solid
0.0
0.4
0.8
1.4
2.2
3.0
4.2
5.0
7.0
9.0
12.0
0.26268
0.24701
0.22656
0.19761
0.15910
0.11926
0.07596
0.05179
0.01700
0.00611
0.00000
SOLUTION
SOLUTION
R
kg H20/h
m2
0
0.793011
1.034946
0.976703
0.974462
1.008065
0.730287
0.611559
0.352151
0.110215
0.041219
SOLUTION
C. USING THIS DRYING RATE CURVE, PREDICT THE TOTAL TIME TO DRY THE SAMPLE FROM
X=0.20 TO X=0.04. USE GRAPHICAL INTERGRATION FOR THE FALLING-RATE PERIOD. WHAT
IS THE DRYING RATE RC IN THE CONSTANT-RATE PERIOD AND XC ?
SOLUTION
C. USING THIS DRYING RATE CURVE, PREDICT THE TOTAL TIME TO DRY THE SAMPLE FROM
X=0.20 TO X=0.04. USE GRAPHICAL INTERGRATION FOR THE FALLING-RATE PERIOD. WHAT IS
THE DRYING RATE RC IN THE CONSTANT-RATE PERIOD AND XC ?
SOLUTION
C. USING THIS DRYING RATE CURVE, PREDICT THE TOTAL TIME TO DRY THE SAMPLE FROM
X=0.20 TO X=0.04. USE GRAPHICAL INTERGRATION FOR THE FALLING-RATE PERIOD. WHAT IS
THE DRYING RATE RC IN THE CONSTANT-RATE PERIOD AND XC ?
1/R
0.23
0.20
0.16
0.12
0.08
0.05
0.02
0.966
1.024
1.026
0.992
1.369
1.635
2.840
SOLUTION
C. USING THIS DRYING RATE CURVE, PREDICT THE TOTAL TIME TO DRY THE SAMPLE FROM
X=0.20 TO X=0.04. USE GRAPHICAL INTERGRATION FOR THE FALLING-RATE PERIOD. WHAT
IS THE DRYING RATE RC IN THE CONSTANT-RATE PERIOD AND XC ?
A A