Assessment of efficiency of drying grain materials using microwave heating
Journal Title: Восточно-Европейский журнал передовых технологий - Year 2019, Vol 1, Issue 8
Abstract
<p>We present results of experimental work on studying the drying of a dense layer of grain using microwave heating. We investigated a series of techniques to supply heat to grain to assess energy efficiency of a microwave field. We studied the following ways of drying: a microwave method, a pulsating microwave method, a microwave-convective cyclic method with blow of a layer with heated air flow and air without preheating, simultaneous microwave-convective drying method.</p><p>Studying the kinetics of drying in a microwave field showed that we can divide the process into heating periods (zero drying rate), constant (first drying rate) and falling (second drying rate). These periods are characteristic for drying of colloidal capillary-porous bodies at other methods of heat supply. We obtained empirical relationships for the drying rate and the average temperature of grain in the first period based on the generalization of experimental data on the study on drying of grain of buckwheat, barley, oats, and wheat. We presented kinetic dependences in a dimensionless form. They summarize data on the studied grains. The aim of comprehensive studies of various methods of heat supply during drying was determination of the optimal method and rational operational parameters, which ensure high intensity of the process and the required quality of the finished product with minimal energy consumption.</p>All studies took place under identical conditions and for the same grain (oats) to ensure the accuracy of the comparison. We determined that the most preferable method is a simultaneous microwave-convective energy supply without air preheating, which minimizes specific energy consumption. Experimental studies on drying using a microwave field made possible to select the required process parameters: power, heating rate, mass, and form of loading. We plan to develop a technology for drying of grain using microwave energy based on the study data
Authors and Affiliations
Irina Boshkova, Natalya Volgusheva, Alexandr Titlov, Sergij Titar, Leonid Boshkov
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- EP ID EP666219
- DOI 10.15587/1729-4061.2019.154527
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