Study on Effective Diffusivity of Sea Cucumbers with Heat Pump Drying
Zhileng xuebao, 2018 The effective diffusivity is an important parameter for mass transfer research on the drying of sea cucumbers. The dependence of the effective diffusivity on temperature has been adopted in current studies, while the effects of moisture content and ...
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Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2018 During the thermal process to transform lignocellulosic wastes in energy, the drying process is an important stage because it requires energy and decreases overall process yield.
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Drying kinetics of fermented grape pomace: Determination of moisture effective diffusivity [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental, 2016 The aim of this study was to obtain the equilibrium moisture content of grape (variety ‘Tannat’) pomace through desorption isotherms, to evaluate the drying kinetics, determine the coefficient of effective diffusivity and physico-chemically characterize ...
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Determination of Effective Moisture Diffusivity Considering Shrinkage for Vibration-Assisted Infrared Drying of Pumpkin [PDF]
BIO Web of ConferencesDrying characteristics and physical properties of pumpkin slices during vibration-assisted infrared (VIR), infrared (IR), and hot air (HA) drying were investigated.
Jongyingcharoen Jiraporn Sripinyowanich +3 more
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Effective moisture diffusivity, moisture sorption, thermo-physical properties and infrared drying kinetics of germinated paddy [PDF]
Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology (SJST), 2014 Temperature and relative humidity (RH) dependence of moisture sorption phenomena for agricultural products provide valuable information related to the thermodynamics of the system.
Supawan Tirawanichakul +2 more
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Effective Moisture Diffusivity and Activation Energy of Tannia Cormels: Influence of Temperature, Pre-Treatment and Slice Thickness [PDF]
, 2021 This study investigated the effects of temperature, pre-treatment and slice thickness on the effective moisture diffusivity and activation energy of tannia (Xanthosoma sagittifolium) cormels.
Oyefeso, B.O., Raji, A.O.
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Estimation of the effective moisture diffusivity in cake baking by the inversion of a finite element model [PDF]
, 2020 The moisture diffusivity of food is a very important physical parameter to model baking processes. Unfortunately, specific moisture diffusivity values are not easily found in literature, especially measured or calculated during the baking processes.
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Determination of Effective Moisture Diffusivity of Banana Using Thermogravimetric Analysis [PDF]
, 2014 Drying has been extensively used as a food preservation procedure. The longer life attained by drying is however accompanied by huge energy consumption and deterioration of quality. Moisture diffusivity is an important factor that is considered essential
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Determination of appropriate effective diffusivity for different food materials [PDF]
, 2017 Effective diffusivity is the most important key parameter needed in the analysis, design and optimization of heat and mass transfer during food drying process. Generally, two types of effective diffusivities are used to develop the mathematical modelling
Khan, M.I.H. +6 more
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Inversion of a numerical model to predict the effective moisture diffusivity of fruits during drying as a function of temperature and moisture content [PDF]
, 2021 Drying is one of the most important fruit and vegetable preservation method useful to remove water from fresh materials. This permits to avoid growth of bacteria, yeasts or moulds.
Fabbri A., Cevoli C.
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