Prototype continuous microwave foam-mat dryer: design and fabrication.

Foam mat drying Guava drying Microwave dryer Prototype dryer

Journal

Journal of food science and technology
ISSN: 0022-1155
Titre abrégé: J Food Sci Technol
Pays: India
ID NLM: 0056471

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Sep 2021
Historique:
revised: 04 11 2020
accepted: 13 11 2020
entrez: 9 8 2021
pubmed: 10 8 2021
medline: 10 8 2021
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

A prototype microwave foam mat dryer with continuous operation was fabricated for tomato and guava. Results of preliminary studies on microwave foam mat drying of tomato and guava were used to design the prototype. The continuous foaming operation was achieved with the help of a submersible pump controlled by a time switch which ensured the delivery of pulp into foaming container and streamlined the delivery of foam on the drying surface (belt). The drying section presented a combination of hot air and microwaves, which resulted in accelerated heating and subsequently drying of the foam. Dried flakes were collected at the exit with the scrapper blade, which ensured appreciable recovery. The quality evaluation of guava pulp and tomato pulp dried at different microwave powers and inlet air temperatures revealed that the products dried at 1000 W microwave power and 50 °C exhibited excellent physicochemical properties in both the cases. Performance evaluation study depicted that the capacity of the dryer for guava drying was 4.84 l/h, the final moisture retention in the dried powder was 0.059 g H

Identifiants

pubmed: 34366453
doi: 10.1007/s13197-020-04907-3
pii: 4907
pmc: PMC8292499
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

3357-3367

Informations de copyright

© Association of Food Scientists & Technologists (India) 2020.

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Auteurs

Ovais Shafiq Qadri (OS)

Department of Post Harvest Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India.
Department of Biotechnology, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, India.

Abhaya Kumar Srivastava (AK)

Department of Post Harvest Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India.

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