PROBLEM 9.

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

A. CALCULATE THE FREE MOISTURE CONTENT X KG H20/KG DRY

SOLID FOR EACH DATA POINT AND PLOT X VERSUS TIME

SOLUTION

A. CALCULATE THE FREE MOISTURE CONTENT X KG H20/KG DRY

SOLID FOR EACH DATA POINT AND PLOT X VERSUS TIME
X
Time
kg H 0/kg Dry
2

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

B. MEASURE THE SLOPES, CALCULATE THE DRYING RATES R

IN KG H20/HM2

SOLUTION

B. MEASURE THE SLOPES, CALCULATE THE DRYING RATES R IN

KG H20/HM2
X
kg H20/kg
Dry solid
0.26268
0.24701
0.22656
0.19761
0.15910
0.11926
0.07596
0.05179
0.01700
0.00611
0.00000

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 ?

Rc= 0.998 kg H20/ h m2

xc= 0.12 kg H20/kg Dry solid

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