This paper presents an experimental evaluation of the first commercial scale dry-sort-redry (DSRD) strategy for drying of 2x4 Pacific coast hemlock (PCH) lumber. The DSRD strategy is a methodology designed to reduce final moisture content variability in kiln dried lumber by complementing conventional drying with radio frequency vacuum (RFV) drying technology. The strategy’s objective is to avoi...

rice is one of the most widely human consumed agricultural products. for a prevention or diminishing of rice cracking in its milling process, precision control of drying conditions is indispensable. in this research, a thin layer experimental dryer is employed to obtain paddy’s drying kinetics. drying experiments were conducted at five inlet temperatures of drying air of 30, 40, 50, 60 and 70 °...

The effect of the geometric representation of bananas on the numerical simulation of its isothermal drying kinetics is studied. To study that effect, it is supposed that the diffusion model describes satisfactorily the drying process with boundary condition of the first type and diffusivity varying as a function of the local moisture content. The geometries used to represent the banana are: inf...