Data/hora: 11/06/2024 15:01:24

Provedor de dados: | 111
País: | China
Título: | Energy requirements for drying of sliced agricultural products: A review
Autores: | Nwakuba, Nnaemeka Reginald; Asoegwu, S.N.; Nwaigwe, K.N.
Data: | 2016-07-04
Ano: | 2016
Palavras-chave: | Agricultural and Bioresources Engineering; Processing and Postharvest systems crop drying  sliced product  energy requirement  dryers  heat.
Resumo: | This work presented a review of energy requirement for drying sliced agricultural crops in order to produce high quality and shelf-stable products.  Work on the estimation of energy requirement for drying different sliced crops such as potato, carrot, garlic, onions, mango, banana, apple, tomato etc. and factors affecting their energy requirement were reported.  From the review, programming models for drying sliced fruits, as well as different empirical equations adopted by some researchers for estimating the energy requirements of different sliced crops at specific drying parameters were reported. Obtained results showed that crop functional characteristics, initial and desired moisture contents, slice thickness, air temperatures, specific heat capacity, relative humidity, and air velocity are the major parameters affecting sliced crop drying energy requirement.  Generally, the minimum energy requirement for drying moisture-laden sliced crops like tomatoes, apples, carrot, mango, cucumber etc. were found to be between 4.22 and 24.99 MJ/kg water removed. Field test results by other researchers for different drying systems and crops were also presented. Prospects for future work were suggested.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.cigrjournal.org/index.php/Ejounral/article/view/3605
Editor: | International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Relação:

http://www.cigrjournal.org/index.php/Ejounral/article/view/3605/2350

http://www.cigrjournal.org/index.php/Ejounral/article/downloadSuppFile/3605/1306

Formato: | application/pdf

Fonte:

Agricultural Engineering International: CIGR Journal; Vol 18, No 2 (2016): CIGR Journal; 144-155

1682-1130

Fonte: | Copyright (c) 2016 Agricultural Engineering International: CIGR Journal