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1. The initial moisture content of a food product is 77% (wet basis), and the
critical moisture content is 30%(wet basis). If the constant drying rate is
0.1 kg H2O / m2.s, compute the time required for the product to begin the
falling rate drying period. The product has a cube shape with 5- cm sides,
and the initial product density is 950 kg/m3.
a. 23.4 s b. 34.6 s c. 48.5 s d. 53.2
s
5. fluidizeD -bed dryer is being used to dry diced carrots. The product enters
the dryer with 80% moisture content (wet basis) at 25*C. The air used for
drying enters the dryer at 120 *C after being heated from ambient air with
60% RH at 20*C. Estimate the production rate when air is entering the
dryer at 700 kg dry air/hr and product leaving the dryer is 10% moisture
content( wet basis). Assume product leaves the dryer at the wet bulb
3. A tunnel dryer is being designed for drying apple halves from an initial temperature of air and the specific heat of product solid is 2.0 kJ/kg .*C.
moisture content of 79% (wet basis) to a final moisture content of 5%(wet Air leaves the dryer 10*C above the product temperature.
basis). An experimental drying curve for the product indicates that the a. 11.25 kg solids/hr b. 16.12 kg solids/Hr
critical moisture content is 25% (wet basis) and the time for constant rate b. c. 18.69 kg solids/hr d. 20.15 kg solids/hr
drying is 5 minutes. Based on information provided, estimate the total
drying time for the product. Assume 1 kg of product is the basis.
a. 4.25 min b. 5.81 min c. 6.54 min d. 6.89 min
8. A porous solid is dried in a batch dryer under constant drying conditions. Five
hours were required to reduce the moisture content from 30 to 12 lb water/lb
dry solid. The critical moisture content is 18 lb water/lb dry solid and the
equilibrium moisture is 5 lb water / lb dry solid. If the drying rate during the FRP 10. An adiabatic tunnel dryer handles 100kg of banana chips per batch reducing
is a straight line through the origin, calculate the time required to dry the solid the moisture content from 50%and 12% wet basis. Drying takes10 hours to
from 30 to 8 lb water/lb dry solid.
a. 4.75 h b. 7.74 h c. 10.15 h d. 15.2 h complete by flowing air at 82 C and 5% R.H. The air leaves the dryer
saturated. Assuming that the rate of drying constant, the volume of air blown in
is
a. 7840m3/hr b. 222m3/hr
c. 250 m3/hr d. 7000ft3/hr