Efficient Production of Dried Whole Peanut Fruits Based on Infrared Assisted Spouted Bed Drying
| Autor: | Linlin Li, Guangyue Ren, Caixia Qiu, Kaiyang Zhu, Xu Duan, Weiwei Cao |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Health (social science)
Materials science Chemical technology Plant Science TP1-1185 medicine.disease Microstructure Health Professions (miscellaneous) Microbiology Article product quality Drying time energy consumption medicine infrared assisted spouted bed drying peanut Dehydration Food science Porosity Food Science |
| Zdroj: | Foods Volume 10 Issue 10 Foods, Vol 10, Iss 2383, p 2383 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2304-8158 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/foods10102383 |
| Popis: | The present study is designed to evaluate the effect of infrared assisted spouted bed drying (IR-SBD) on the product quality and energy consumption of whole peanut fruits (including peanut kernels and shells). The dehydration of whole peanuts by means of hot-air drying (HD) and infrared drying (ID) were used as the control groups, and the drying characteristics, energy consumption, microstructure, porosity, hardness and fatty acid content were compared. The results showed that, compared to HD and ID, IR-SBD could reduce the drying time by 40% and 33%, respectively, and reduced energy consumption by 66% and 32%, respectively. During the drying process, the structures of both the peanut shells and peanut kernels underwent significant deformation specifically, the porosity gradually increased gradually. The maximum porosity value was obtained by the samples dried by means of IR-SBD. Under the three drying conditions, the hardness of the peanut shells first decreased and then increased, while the hardness of the peanut kernels showed a trend of first increasing, then decreasing and finally increasing. Compared to the fresh whole peanuts, the IR-SBD dried samples exhibited a 4.07% decrease in fatty acid. This study shows that IR-SBD is a suitable application for the dehydration process of whole peanuts for the purposes of achieving high-efficiency and -quality production in the industrial sector. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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