Open AccessEffect of Reheat Capacity in the Performance of a Model Heat Pump Dryer
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of innovative technology and exploring engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2278-3075
DOI - 10.35940/ijitee.l1015.10812s19
Subject(s) - shrinkage , heat pump , process engineering , process (computing) , food industry , pulp and paper industry , botrytis , moisture , materials science , agricultural engineering , food science , mechanical engineering , composite material , computer science , chemistry , heat exchanger , engineering , horticulture , biology , operating system , botrytis cinerea
Drying of vegetables is a developing million-dollar food industry. It plays an important role in vegetable chipmaking industry. It is very important to maintain the shape of the sliced vegetable during drying in the chips making process. In this research, the drying and deformation characteristics of eggplant slices, which are commonly used as edible chips, are carried out in a special type of equipment, in a transparent weighing chamber, so that the product can be visualized for deformity and shrinkage during the course of drying. In this work, the drying characteristics of slices have been studied in detail for different heat conditions and are compared.