Tambunan, Armansyah H., Indonesia

  • Forum Pasca Sarjana Vol. 32 No. 1 (2009): Forum Pascasarjana - Articles

    Re-circulating rice dryers suitable for large amount of loading capacity.  It generally comprises of two parts, the tempering section and a drying section, and the grains are dried in an intermittent way until the final moisture content of the grains can be achieved.  Wet grains are initially dried for about 11 minutes within the drying section of the dryer.  The grains then are conveyed to the tempering section where it will be stored for about 40 to 50 minutes.  At every passes, about less than 2%(wb) of the moisture content can be removed from the grains. The number of passes required to accomplish a drying process in a recirculation dryer depends on the initial moisture content and the amount of rough rice to be dried.  The drying and tempering duration can be adjusted by means of a mechanical valve.  The purpose of this study was to examine the performance of re-circulating dryers equipped with pneumatic conveyor instead of bucket elevator to reduce electricity cost and heated using a proper blend between kerosene and jatropha oil.  Several experimental runs had been conducted under a constant drying temperature of 60oC and was controlled by adjusting the rate of fuel consumption.  The experimental results showed that the drying efficiency was in the range of 22.2% to 31.1%, the specific energy consumption was between 3.475-4.785 MJ/kg H2O evaporated, fuel consumption at 0.95 to 1.15 (liters/hr) and the drying rate was 0.9%/hr.  The entire drying operation using 465 kg of rough rice required 10 hours of drying time with 74.3% of head yield.  Mathematical model used in this study also had indicated close agreement with experimental data.

     

    Key words: re-circulating dryer, pneumatic conveyor, drying performance, tempering period, bio-kerosene blend
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  • Forum Pasca Sarjana Vol. 30 No. 1 (2007): Forum Pascasarjana - Articles

    Fish is a perishable product, and thereby needs a special treatment to prolong its shelf life. Traditionally, drying is a common treatment for the purpose, especially by using sun drying. This paper is devoted to the study of histiophoridae fish  drying using a truneated  trapezoidally shaped green house effect solar dryer  in order to maximize the  use of solar energy. The drying system used different size of racks and tray following the dimension of the structure so as to minimize empty space.  The dryer was   equipped with 25  watt DC blowers to remove  the moist air.  From two experimental runs, the results show that the system can properly dry the histiophoridae fish to its desired moisture content, which ranged from 30.08% (wb) to 32.80% (wb).  Utilization of the truneated  trapezoidally shaped green house effect solar dryer was found to be effective in enhancing the absorbtion of solar irradiation not only by the heat absorber but also by the producs on speated the vertically arranged racks. Solar PV modules were used to power inlet  exhaust fans as well as for temperature control. A PCM energy storage was also provided to provide heating  during night time.

     

    Keywords: fish drying, trapezoidal shape green house, solar drying, PCM heat  storage, PV modul temperature control


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