"Observer based model predictive control of the water Based painting drying using a humidity profile soft sensor and a temperature measurement", This paper deals with the model predictive control of an infrared drying process of a water based epoxy-amine painting. During the drying cycle, the control problem is to optimize the use of the process under constraints. This approach is based on a no...

AIM To study the antimicrobial activity of citric acid (CA) and sodium hypophosphite monohydrate (SHP) against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, and to determine the influence of conventional and microwave thermal treatments, on the effectiveness of antimicrobial treatment of cotton textiles. METHOD Textile material was impregnated with CA and SHP solution and thermally treated by eit...

In our work we focused on the investigation of two intensive drying methods, i.e. infrared (IR) and microwave (MW) drying, for dairy sludge. During the experiments the effects of IR and MW drying with different power intensities on drying characteristic and biodegradability were examined. Our results has revealed that MW drying was more advantageous for dairy sludge, because the drying time nee...

In this study, applications of ultrasound in food drying processes have been reviewed. High frequency ultrasonic treatment can be used in food drying processes as a pretreatment or for the improvement of the main process and the traditional driers. Ultrasonic waves at low frequency can also be used as a diagnostic method for measuring properties of the final dried products and controlling the d...

In this paper, the results of an experimental study on textile thermal drying after wet processing pretreatments are presented. The mass variation of the studied samples as a function of drying time was determined using the gravimetric method at three different temperatures: 100°C, 110°C and 120°C. A polynomial model was found and established to follow the drying phenomenon of wet textile fabri...

The aim of the current work is to give a contribution to the study of the drying process of tomatoes through the synergy of the hot air and microwave technologies. The drying of tomatoes is a process commonly used to preserve the product and to prolong its shelf-life. In this paper, four experimental tests on the product under study, were carried out. Then, different drying diagrams were develo...

The objective of this study was to determine the drying behavior of 2-phase olive mill waste (2POMW) under isothermal microwave-convection drying conditions. 2POMW samples were dried in a thin layer in a variable-power pilot microwave oven with impinging air, using a feedback controller to maintain sample temperature at one of four levels. Moisture loss and shrinkage of the samples were recorde...

Background: The effective therapeutic dose of pralidoxime methylsulphate for organophosphate (OP) poisoning is necessary to be clarified. This study was designed to comparatively assess the blood level of pralidoxime (BPL) and clinical outcomes in OP poisoned patients treated with intermittent dosing and patients treated with continuous infusion. Methods: This was a prospective, open labelled, ...