Title :
Hot-air drying characteristics and kinetics model of litchi pulp
Author :
Hui, Li ; Hetong, Lin ; Fang, Yuan ; Yife, Lin ; Yihui, Chen
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Food Sci., Fujian Agric. & Forestry Univ., Fuzhou, China
Abstract :
In this paper, hot air drying characteristics of litchi pulp was studied. Effects of size, maturity, hot-air temperature and air velocity on hot air drying characteristics of litchi pulp were compared. Drying kinetic models of litchi pulp were also investigated. The results showed that the drying rates of litchi pulp were markedly affected by hot air temperature. The Two-term model fitted the experimental data best and could exactly describe and predict the moisture dynamics of litchi pulp during hot air drying process.
Keywords :
agricultural products; drying; food products; air velocity; drying kinetics model; hot-air drying; hot-air temperature; litchi pulp; moisture dynamics; size effect; Atmospheric modeling; Data models; Mathematical model; Moisture; Temperature; Water; drying characteristic; drying model; hot air drying; litchi pulp;
Conference_Titel :
New Technology of Agricultural Engineering (ICAE), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Zibo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9574-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICAE.2011.5943953
