Wheat Convective Drying: An Analytical Investigation via Galerkin-Based Integral Method

Autor: J.P.S. Santos, Ivonete B. Santos, Antonio Gilson Barbosa de Lima, J.V. Silva, E.M.A. Pereira
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Defect and Diffusion Forum. 365:82-87
ISSN: 1662-9507
Popis: This work aims to study convective drying of ellipsoidal solids. Aplication has been done to drying of wheat Kernel. Diffusion equation in cylindrical coordinates has been solved via Galerkin-based integral method considering convective boundary conditions and constant thermo-physical properties. Results of the temperature and moisture content are presented and compared with wheat experimental drying data at relative humidity 33.8 % and temperature 47.0°C. It was verified that heat transfer in the drying process occurs much faster than the mass transfer, thus providing a rapid heating of the product, which reduces grain quality.
Databáze: OpenAIRE