期刊
DRYING TECHNOLOGY
卷 39, 期 4, 页码 466-480出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/07373937.2019.1709077
关键词
Drying; energy and exergy analysis; maize grain; mixed flow dryer
资金
- Krishi Gobeshona Foundation (KGF), Ministry of Agriculture, the People's Republic of Bangladesh [TF 29 AM-15]
This paper investigates the energy and exergy performance of a mixed flow dryer for drying maize grain, analyzing the energy utilization ratio and exergy efficiency at different drying temperatures and air velocities. The research shows varying energy efficiency and exergetic improvement potential with increasing drying temperature, with model equations developed to illustrate the energetic and exergetic parameters.
Evolution of energetic and exergetic performance is an important concern for selecting suitable dryer for any drying process. This paper attempts to observe performance evaluation in terms of energy and exergy analysis of a mixed flow dryer for drying of freshly harvested maize grain. Existing models in regard to energy and exergy that were established by investigating the first law and second law of thermodynamics were applied for this study. Grain drying experiments executed for 40-80 degrees C drying temperature at 3.0 and 6.0 m/s air velocity. Energy utilization ratio decreased with increase of drying temperature at 3.0 m/s air velocity while differing surveillance was noticed for 70 and 80 degrees C at 6.0 m/s air velocity. Energy efficiency of the research mixed flow dryer vacillated from 26.52 to 71.75% over the temperature range. The magnitude of exergy inflow, exergy outflow and exergy loss varied as increasing trend with the upturn drying temperature. The analysis shows that exergy efficiency and exergetic improvement potential varied between 8.54 and 20.87% and between 0.81 and 11.12 kJ/s, respectively for mixed flow maize drying. Model equations that could aptly illustrate the energetic and exergetic parameters were developed as a function of drying temperature.
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