Grape Drying in a Pilot Plant With a Heat Pump
- 1 January 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Drying Technology
- Vol. 15 (3-4) , 899-920
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07373939708917267
Abstract
We describe a pilot-scale drying plant comprising a closed-circuit, hot-air convection chamber with a heat pump. In this plant, food and forest products can be drled with lower energy consumption and over a wider range of air, speeds, temperatures and relative humidities than in conventional driers. Also the dryinq conditions can be controlled independently of external conditions. Under several different sets of drying conditions, we determined the kinetics of dryinq of grapes that had been variously pretreated. The effects of drying conditions and the pretreatment on the drying time and the appearance of the dried product were evaluated. The drying kinetics can be described by a diffusion model.Keywords
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