期刊
ULTRASONICS SONOCHEMISTRY
卷 72, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2020.105410
关键词
Drying; Contact ultrasound; Airborne ultrasound; Heat and mass transfer; Blackberry
资金
- Jiangsu Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Fund [CX (18)2017]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [32072351, 31701616]
The study found that contact ultrasound can better accelerate the drying process of blackberries compared to airborne ultrasound, reducing energy consumption and enhancing the retention of substances in blackberries. At the same input ultrasound intensity level, contact ultrasound received more ultrasound energy than airborne ultrasound, promoting a more comprehensive exchange of heat and moisture, resulting in a more uniform drying effect.
This study aimed at investigating the performances of air drying of blackberries assisted by airborne ultrasound and contact ultrasound. The drying experiments were conducted in a self-designed dryer coupled with a 20-kHz ultrasound probe. A numerical model for unsteady heat and mass transfer considering temperature dependent diffusivity, shrinkage pattern and input ultrasonic energies were applied to explore the drying mechanism, while the energy consumption and quality were analyzed experimentally. Generally, both airborne ultrasound and contact ultrasound accelerated the drying process, reduced the energy consumption and enhanced the retentions of blackberry anthocyanins and organic acids in comparison to air drying alone. At the same input ultrasound intensity level, blackberries received more ultrasound energies under contact sonication (0.299 W) than airborne sonication (0.245 W), thus avoiding the attenuation of ultrasonic energies by air. The modeling results revealed that contact ultrasound was more capable than airborne ultrasound to intensify the inner moisture diffusion and heat conduction, as well as surface exchange of heat and moisture with air. During air drying, contact ultrasound treatment eliminated the gradients of temperature and moisture inside blackberry easier than airborne ultrasound, leading to more homogenous distributions. Moreover, the total energy consumption under air drying with contact ultrasound assistance was 27.0% lower than that with airborne ultrasound assistance. Besides, blackberries dehydrated by contact ultrasound contained more anthocyanins and organic acids than those dried by airborne ultrasound, implying a higher quality. Overall, direct contact sonication can well benefit blackberry drying in both energy and quality aspects.
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