Affiliation:
1. Department of Biosystems Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture , Bu-Ali Sina University , Hamedan , Iran
2. Young Researchers and Elite Club, Sardasht (Urmia) Branch , Islamic Azad University , Sardasht (Urmia) , Iran
Abstract
Abstract
Thin-layer drying kinetics of pistachio nuts were examined experimentally as a function of drying conditions in a fluidized bed dryer with microwave pretreatment. Four drying specifications of diffusivity, shrinkage, specific energy consumption and total color change were calculated and the effects of parameters were studied. Numerous experimentations were conducted at three levels of air temperature (40, 55, 70 °C), air velocity (1.2, 2.93, 4.01 m/s), and microwave power (270, 450, 630 W). The variation ranges of diffusivity, shrinkage, energy consumption and color change were recorded from 5.01×10–10 to 5.07×10–9 m2/s, from 26.95 % to 13.13 %, from 1.04 to 9.23 kWh and from 10.44 to 17.17, respectively. According to response surface methodology, optimum condition of drying process occurred at microwave power of 630, air temperature of 70 ˚C, and air velocity of 1.2 m/s. In this optimum point, the values of diffusivity, shrinkage, specific energy consumption and total color change were 4.865×10–9, 14.22 %, 2.164 kWh and 12.312, respectively.
Subject
Modelling and Simulation,General Chemical Engineering
Reference52 articles.
1. Tavakolipour H, Mokhtarian M, Ashtari AK. Persian pistachio nut (Pistacia vera L.) dehydration in natural and industrial condition. Int J Biolog Biomol Agric Food Biotech Eng. 2016;10(1):32–36.
2. F.A.O. Statistics. 2011 www.FAO.org.
3. Motavali A, Minaei S. Effects of microwave pretreatment on the energy and exergy utilization in thin-layer drying of sour pomegranate arils. Chem Ind Chem Eng. 2012;18(1):63–72.
4. Amiri Chayjan R, Alizade HH, Shadidi B. Modeling of some pistachio drying characteristics in fix, semi fluid and fluid bed dryer. J Gigr. 2012;14(2):143–154.
5. Doymaz I. Drying of green bean and okra under solar energy. Chem Ind Chem Eng. 2011;17(2) 199−205.
Cited by
13 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献