SIMULATION OF THE DRYING CHARACTERISTICS OF GROUND NEEMSEEDS IN A FLUIDISED BED

The neem seed is a good source of neem oil as well as insecticides and pesticides. Theoil and insecticides can be extracted by two consecutive leaching of neem seed kernelswith hexane and ethanol. This work presents a model for simulating the drying ofneem seeds in a fluidized bed. Experimental values obtained from literature were usedto validate the model prediction. The drying simulation results show that there was agood agreement between the experimental values and the corresponding model predictions.