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Performance Evaluation of an Inflatable Solar Dryer for Maize and the Effect on Product Quality Compared with Direct Sun Drying

Applied Sciences, 2021
Maize is an important staple in Africa, which necessitates immediate drying to preserve the postharvest quality. The traditional drying of maize in the open sun is prone to adverse weather and extraneous contamination.
Janvier Ntwali, Steffen Schock, Sebastian Romuli, Christine G. Kiria Chege, Noble Banadda, Gloria Aseru, Joachim Müller   +6 more
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Mathematical modeling of drying behavior of cashew in a solar biomass hybrid dryer [PDF]

, 2017
The main objective of this study is to analyze the drying behavior of cashew nut experimentally in a solar biomass hybrid dryer using mathematical models.
Dhanushkodi, S., Sudhakar, K., Wilson, Vincent   +2 more
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Quality and Process Optimization of Infrared Combined Hot Air Drying of Yam Slices Based on BP Neural Network and Gray Wolf Algorithm

Foods
In this paper, the effects on drying time (Y1), the color difference (Y2), unit energy consumption (Y3), polysaccharide content (Y4), rehydration ratio (Y5), and allantoin content (Y6) of yam slices were investigated under different drying temperatures ...
Jikai Zhang, Xia Zheng, Hongwei Xiao, Chunhui Shan, Yican Li, Taoqing Yang   +5 more
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Drying Behavior and Kinetics of Drying Process of Plant-Based Enteric Hard Capsules

Pharmaceutics, 2021
The drying process is a significant step in the manufacturing process of enteric hard capsules, which affects the physical and chemical properties of the capsules. Thus, the drying characteristics of plant-based enteric hard capsules were investigated at
Chuqi He, Haodong Wang, Yucheng Yang, Yayan Huang, Xueqin Zhang, Moses Arowo, Jing Ye, Na Zhang, Meitian Xiao   +8 more
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Mathematical Modeling of Sun and Solar Drying Kinetics of Fermented Cocoa Beans [PDF]

, 2017
In this study, thin layer drying experiments were conducted to compute drying characteristics of fermented cocoa beans in open sun and indirect natural convection solar dryer. The drying experiments were conducted at the same time for comparison.
O, O. J. (Olajide), O, O. O. (Olabinjo), P, O. A. (Olalusi)   +2 more
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Study of Molding and Drying Characteristics of Compressed Municipal Sludge-Corn Stalk Fuel Pellets

Energies, 2021
Sludge incineration is a sludge resource management and disposal method that can greatly decrease the volume of sludge, reduce the degree of harm and realize the recovery of sludge heat energy.
Li Ma, Li Sha, Xingxin Liu, Shuting Zhang   +3 more
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Inhalable spray-dried chondroitin sulphate microparticles: effect of different solvents on particle properties and drug activity [PDF]

, 2020
Spray-drying stands as one of the most used techniques to produce inhalable microparticles, but several parameters from both the process and the used materials affect the properties of the resulting microparticles.
Buttini, Francesca, da Costa, Ana M Rosa, Faleiro, Maria Leonor, Flórez Fernández, Noelia, Grenha, Ana, Rodrigues, Susana, Torres, María Dolores   +6 more
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Effects of Drying Conditions on Hot-air Drying Characteristics and Quality of Goji Berries

Shipin gongye ke-ji
This study investigated the quality of goji berries by analyzing the effects of three drying temperatures (40, 50, and 60 ℃), immersion pretreatments in sodium carbonate, sodium sulfite, and citric acid solutions, and staged temperature variations on ...
Qinghui WANG, Yan LUO, Liling YANG, Jia LIU, Wenqiang MA, Zhanjiang ZHU, Jun WANG, Xintao MENG   +7 more
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High Hydrostatic Pressure Pretreatments Regulating Drying Characteristics, Texture Quality, and Pectin Fractions Content of Yam Slices

Shipin gongye ke-ji
In order to investigate the effects of high hydrostatic pressure (HHP) pretreatments on the drying characteristics and qualities of yam slices, HHP (100~600 MPa) pretreatments were employed prior to drying process.
Jinghui LU, Yuanshan YU, Lu LI, Zhibin BU, Lina CHENG, Wanling WU, Zhihua CHEN, Jian PENG, Yujuan XU   +8 more
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Drying of Heat Sensitive Materials of High Moisture Content in Mechanically Spouted Bed of Inert Particles [PDF]

, 2008
In drying operation the material characteristics such as heat sensitivity, moisture content and particle size are of great importance, which should be taken into account in selection of proper design and conditions for the process.
Gyenis, János, Pallai-Varsányi, E., Tóth, J.   +2 more
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