TY - JOUR
T1 - Drying of chilli in a combined infrared and hot air rotary dryer
AU - Mihindukulasuriya, Suramya D.F.
AU - Jayasuriya, Hemantha P.W.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Higher Education. The experiments were conducted in Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, Association of Food Scientists & Technologists (India).
PY - 2015/8/2
Y1 - 2015/8/2
N2 - The investigation of an economical and efficient drying method for chilli is beneficial because it could provide a means of overcoming the drawbacks of traditional drying methods: high operating power and long drying time, which result in a decrease in the quality of the chilli. This study involved the design and development of a combined infrared and hot air laboratory-scale rotary dryer, which consists of three operating modes: hot air, infrared, and combined infrared and hot air. Drying experiments were conducted at five different temperatures (50, 55, 60, 65, and 70 °C). The drying behavior produced with the three operating modes was evaluated. The best mode was determined based on the parameters for evaluating the quality of chilli, the power consumption, and the retention time. The results indicate that the optimal overall drying performance for chilli was achieved at 70, 65, 50 °C drying temperatures in hot air, combined, and IR mode, respectively. A positive correlation was observed between retention time and power consumption with the hot air and the combined modes, while a negative correlation was identified in the IR mode.
AB - The investigation of an economical and efficient drying method for chilli is beneficial because it could provide a means of overcoming the drawbacks of traditional drying methods: high operating power and long drying time, which result in a decrease in the quality of the chilli. This study involved the design and development of a combined infrared and hot air laboratory-scale rotary dryer, which consists of three operating modes: hot air, infrared, and combined infrared and hot air. Drying experiments were conducted at five different temperatures (50, 55, 60, 65, and 70 °C). The drying behavior produced with the three operating modes was evaluated. The best mode was determined based on the parameters for evaluating the quality of chilli, the power consumption, and the retention time. The results indicate that the optimal overall drying performance for chilli was achieved at 70, 65, 50 °C drying temperatures in hot air, combined, and IR mode, respectively. A positive correlation was observed between retention time and power consumption with the hot air and the combined modes, while a negative correlation was identified in the IR mode.
KW - Chilli
KW - Drying
KW - Hot air
KW - Infrared
KW - Power consumption
KW - Rotary dryer
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U2 - 10.1007/s13197-014-1546-9
DO - 10.1007/s13197-014-1546-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84938297124
SN - 0022-1155
VL - 52
SP - 4895
EP - 4904
JO - Journal of Food Science and Technology
JF - Journal of Food Science and Technology
IS - 8
ER -