The operation of inclined type dryers for paddy rice is studied to improve their and efficiency, considering the variables drying time, humidity distribution in layer after air velocities within plenum. Simulating flow before crossing layer, outlet ducts plenum are relocated dampers placed distribute evenly. On other hand, it proposed replace flat-type mesh with a zigzag-type mesh. To verify mo...

“Pimentón de La Vera” is a smoked paprika regulated by Protected Designation of Origin. The smoking process confers highly-valued sensorial properties to paprika. However, this particular drying also increases the levels polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons concerning concentrations. In work, two modified dryers were compared traditional dryer as strategy mitigate PAH contamination. Drying paramete...

Abstract Due to the high density of users hosted everyday, public buildings are important producers waste and emissions greenhouse gases (GHGs). Public restrooms play an underrated role in generation GHG emissions, especially if paper towels used as hand-drying method. The choice method (i.e., vs. electrical hand dryers) also affects economic balance a institution, involving costs for purchase ...

Optimised solar air dryers, in terms of efficiency and performance, can solve some major concerns the agro-industrial processing sector. Solar dryers reduce large share energy costs a final product provide sustainable rural areas where access to is often limited. In this study, pilot scale v-groove double pass collector has been analysed thermodynamically with real time radiation mass flow rate...

The differences in water absorption properties were investigated among three types of flat pastas (LT: pasta dried at low temperature 50°C for 20 hours ; HT: pasta dried at high temperature 70°C for 11 hours; VHT: pasta dried at very high temperature 85°C for 4 hours). Pastas were soaked at different temperatures and for different times in a thermostatic bath to investigate moisture distributio...

[1] Boreal wetland carbon cycling is vulnerable to climate change in part because hydrology and the extent of frozen ground have strong influences on plant and microbial functions. We examined the response of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and total dissolved nitrogen (TDN) across an experimental manipulation of water table position (both raised and lowered water table treatments) in a boreal‐r...

Extrapolation from occupational data to general environmental exposures gives some interesting results, and these results might be useful in our decision-making process. These results could never be observed by environmental epidemiology and this method probably represents the only way of quantifying the health effects of low-exposure levels. Three linear models for extrapolating to low levels ...