Shahab, Anna and Wen, Peng and Richard, George (2009) Convection drying process modeling and simulation study based on tomato. In: International Conference on Robotics, Informatics, Intelligence Control System Technology (RIIT 2009), 11- 14 December 2009, Bangkok, Thailand.
Abstract
Traditionally, temperature is considered as the most important factor in drying processes, and most of the drying processes are governed by temperature control. This study, mainly, focuses on the other two factors, humidity and air flow. The humidity in a dryer can be controlled by the change of exhaust air rate to the dryer. The humidity within the dryer can be held constant through the control of the recirculation rate using a proportional value. The air flow can be changed by fruit packing or dryer structure design. The air speed in laminar flow dryers relies on the fruit spacing to achieve the required air speed. This dependence can be removed through designing dryers that use 'turbulent flow'. Our simulation study shows that a dryer with such a control system can produce fruit that has super quality at a lower cost in a known time frame.
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| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Commonwealth Reporting Category E) (Paper) |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Additional Information: | Permanent restricted access to paper due to publisher copyright restrictions. Paper no: 138. NOTE: Final word in conference title varies from 'technology' to 'technologies' in RIIT2009 publications. |
| Faculty / Department / School: | Historic - Faculty of Engineering and Surveying - Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Mar 2010 12:11 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Oct 2014 01:12 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | convection drying; modeling and simulation; tomato drying process |
| Fields of Research : | 07 Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences > 0703 Crop and Pasture Production > 070307 Crop and Pasture Post Harvest Technologies (incl. Transportation and Storage) 09 Engineering > 0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering > 090602 Control Systems, Robotics and Automation 09 Engineering > 0908 Food Sciences > 090804 Food Packaging, Preservation and Safety |
| Socio-Economic Objective: | E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970109 Expanding Knowledge in Engineering B Economic Development > 82 Plant Production and Plant Primary Products > 8202 Horticultural Crops > 820215 Vegetables |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/6743 |
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